Optional Necessity

Serendipity templates utilize a page structure that includes a main content pane and sidebar containers, often positioned left and/or right of the main content. But what if you want a top or bottom "sidebar"? How about more than two?

How do you code that information into your template, and present - and secure - it to other users of your custom serendipity templates if they are publically distributed? Template configuration and Smarty code can easily provide the solution for any of your custom serendipity templates. [ Continue reading "Additional sidebars for ... » ]

Effective use of a page title element, meta description and meta keyword tags can lead to significantly better search results for your site's content. Achieving better results in any Serendipity blog is easy thanks to the Serendipity "HTML Meta-Tags" plugin.

I have recently completed modifications to version 0.8 of this plugin with the assistance of the Serendipity user and developer community. These new and modified features unleash the hidden power of a plugin that may make the difference between an entire Serendipity weblog, or specific blog entry, being found by the masses and one that is rarely, if ever, viewed by anyone other than its author.

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