The first location that you probably try to apply this is in the ”functions.php” file by adding something like this:


remove_action('wp_head','oldFunction');
function newFunction() { echo "use me instead"; }
add_action('wp_head','newFunction');


However, this is not going to work. The oldFunction is still going to be executed and the new one as well. The child themes ”functions.php” is executed before the parent themes ”functions.php” and the remove_action command doesn’t know about the function it is trying to remove. We somehow need to remove the old function after it has been declared. The wordpress hook after_setup_theme seems to be a good candidate for a solution because it runs AFTER the parent and childs functions are loaded.

Use it like this:

function removeOldFunction() {
remove_action('wp_head','oldFunction');
add_action('wp_head','newFunction');
}
function newFunction() { echo "use me instead"; }
add_action('after_setup_theme','removeOldFunction');


Good reading
WordPress theme function files
The Right Way to Override Theme Functions

Specifikationer
CMS: WordPress 3.0.1
Tema: Fresh And Clean 1.0 (modifierat)
Tillägg/plugins: Akismet, All in One SEO Pack, Blogger Importer, Contact Form 7, Google XML Sitemaps, NextGEN Gallery

Lycka till med målandet och webbsidan Harriet!

To clean this up you can run the following sql-commands against the wordpress database:

update wp_posts SET post_title = TRIM(LEADING '>' FROM post_title)   WHERE post_title LIKE '>%'
update wp_posts SET post_content = TRIM(LEADING '>' FROM post_content)  WHERE post_content LIKE '>%'

Eftersom jag tycker att WordPress är så otroligt bra och lättjobbat så blev det WP som fick driva sajten. Om jag skulle avslöja hur snabbt jag fick upp sajten så skulle ni nog inte tro mig, men snabbt gick det. Lite fakta om sajten nedan:

CMS
WordPress

Tema
iNove

Tillägg/plugins
µAudio Player
Akismet
All in One Adsense and YPN
All in One SEO Pack
GD Simple Widgets
Random Pages widget
Theme My Login
XPertMailer

Eftersom jag är ett stort fan av att använda WordPress (php) som CMS till enklare webbsidor åt föreningar/mindre företag så blev det givetvis den tekniska lösningen. Som vanligt blev det lite hackande i form av att mixtra med teman samt plugins/tillägg men det var ganska enkla fixar som behövde göras. Samtidigt var det kul att se alla bra nyheter i WordPress 2.8. Det är riktigt imponerande att följa WP’s utveckling.

Step 1
Open the file ”wp-includes/class-phpmailer.php” (which is the class that sends email in WordPress) in your favourite text-editor.

Step 2
Find and modify the following properties.

var $Mailer = ‘smtp’;
var $Host = ‘smtp.gmail.com’;
var $Port = 465;
var $SMTPAuth = true;
var $Username = ‘your_username@gmail.com’;
var $Password = ‘your_gmail_password’;

Step 3
Find the the method ”IsMail” (in the same file) and comment out one row of code like this:

function IsMail() {
//$this->Mailer = ‘mail’;
}

All steps complete!

This should work with all WordPress versions that uses a version of the phpMailer-class that is Gmail compatible.

Tested in WordPress v 2.7

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I don’t use this method any longer because I don’t want to touch the core-files of wordpress. It is a bad habit to do so, because they get overwritten each time you update wordpress. There is a plugin called XPertMailer that can send email through gmail. Use that one instead!