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Archives for January 2006

Google Pack

Google has done it again. Google has begun to offer Google branded favorites software in a single package called Google Pack.

Google Pack is free collection of essential software that is useful for your computer. The good thing is you can choose the software you want to install and remove those you don’t want before you download the Google Pack.

Google Branded Softwares:

Additional Softwares:

[Find out more here: Google Pack]

Recent WordPress Posts in Sidebar

I had tried out the code Recent WordPress Post in Sidebar suggested by EngLee. Although the code did shows the recent posts correctly but some functions (eg: is_page() and is_home() are not working properly when it is after the portion of the code. My guess is the wordpress loop in the code modified value of some global variables.

I have a workaround for it. Before using the is_home() or is_page() function, I save the returned in a temporay variable, call the recent posts loop, and use the temporary variable later when neccessary.

Today when I search for wp_get_archives() in WordPress WIki, I found that I can generate recent wordpress posts in the more easier way. Here is the code:


<li>
	<h2>Recent Posts</h2>
	<ul>
		<?php wp_get_archives('type=postbypost&limit=10'); ?>
	</ul>
</li>

Simple and tidy :)