Step 1

First create your own custom avatar (recommended size width: 100px height: 100px) and drop it into your theme images folder.

Step 2

Under your theme files open your functions.php file and drop the code below and make sure to change your avatar path and name:

// Custom Default Avatar
 if ( !function_exists('addgravatar') ) {
    function addgravatar( $avatar_defaults ) {
    $myavatar = get_bloginfo('template_directory').'/images/custom-gravatar.jpg'; //=> Change path to your custom avatar
    $avatar_defaults[$myavatar] = 'Custom Avatar'; //=> Change to your avatar name
    return $avatar_defaults;
    }
 add_filter( 'avatar_defaults', 'addgravatar' );
}

Step 3

In the admin area go to the Settings tabs –> Discussion and select your new avatar and click save.

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Step 1

Download the TimThumb  script and save it in the root of  your website files. To keep things organised create a folder called scripts like the example below:

yourdomain.com/scripts/timthumb.php

Step 2

Open the timthumb.php file and around line 556 add your domain name to the list and save the file.

$allowedSites = array(
'flickr.com',
'picasa.com',
'blogger.com',
'wordpress.com',
'img.youtube.com',
'yourdomain.com'
);

Step 3

Under your WordPress theme open your functions.php file and add the code below and specify the size of your thumbnail $first_img.”&h=100&w=100:

//function to show image thumb
function catch_that_image() {
  global $post, $posts;
  $first_img = '';
  ob_start();
  ob_end_clean();
  $output = preg_match_all('/<img.+src=[\'"]([^\'"]+)[\'"].*>/i', $post->post_content, $matches);
  $first_img = $matches [1] [0];
  if(empty($first_img)){ //Defines a default image
    $first_img = "";
  } else {
    $first_img = "<img class=\"postThumb\" src=\"/scripts/timthumb.php?src=".$first_img."&h=100&w=100&zc=1\" alt=\"\">";
  }
  return $first_img;
}

Step 4

Implement your thumbnail in your WordPress theme. Open your index.php file and inside the loop, just before your <?php the_excerpt(); ?> or <?php the_content(); ?> tag, add this code below:

<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php echo catch_that_image(); ?></a>

Step 5

Now let’s give it some styling. Open in your theme the style.css file and add the code below:

.postThumb{
    float:right;
    margin:0 0 10px 10px;
    padding:5px;
    background-color:#f2f2f2; 
    border:1px solid #ccc;
}

That’s it. I hope you enjoyed this quick tutorial!

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Step 2

Copy and paste the code below into your wp-load.php and upload it live.

/** Define BAD_REFERER */
define ( 'BAD_REFERER_ACTIVE', true);
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Here some of the features:

• Stops bad referers ( domains list )
• Stops domains by keywords
• Bandwidth safe
• Spam protect for your website
• Referers custom Black List
• Referers custom White List
• Keywords White List
• IP block custom
• Light and fast PHP script (3.8 ko)
• No reduce performances
• No database required
• Secure PHP script
• Open Source PHP Script
• You can rename folder of SSR
• No .htacess file (low machine resources)
• 1787 domain names in blacklist ( and all sub domains )
• 96 keywords in blacklist ( for thousand domain names )

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Here is a list of my 10 favourites places for free high quality royalty free photos. Feel free to suggest your favourite sites in the comments section.

Getty Images

GettyImages.com

Jupiter Images

JupiterImages.com

Morgue File

MorgueFile.com

Free Digital Photos

FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Corbis Images

CorbisImages.com

SXC

SXC.hu

Every Stock Photo

EveryStockPhoto.com

Flickr

Flickr.com

Stock Vault

StockVault.net

Search Creative Commons

SearchCreativeCommons.org

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