Big Bagel

$post->post_parent just returns the ID of that page. Maybe: echo get_the_title($post->post_parent);

If you’re trying to get the title outside the loop, wp_title() might do what your looking for.

I think exclude takes a string. Try wrapping it in quotes: '1,12'

It’s not reloading for me.

I noticed you’re using Google Analytics. Have you recently used the “In-page Analytics”? Everytime I use it, it sets a cookie that makes my browser reload my site every minute or so even if I restart the browser. The only way I get it to stop is by deleting that cookie. To make sure it’s that, open your site in another browser and see if it ever reloads.

Yup, the latest is August 4th in all browsers. The W3C feed validator also returns a 404 but then goes on to display your entire feed…which is weird.

I don’t even know if this is a problem with WordPress. The only thing I can suggest is going through the standard WordPress troubleshooting list (disable all plugins, change to default theme, make sure your using the latest version) and if none of that works, try talking with your host. Maybe someone who’s had a similar problem will stop by.

The only issue with making changes to the parent themes is that if/when the author updates the theme and you decide to update to that version, all your changes will be overwritten.

It’s a matter of personal preference; there isn’t one that’s better than the others. Just pick whichever one you like the best and that you think will be the least confusing to your visitors.

Though if you use the custom setting, you should read this to make sure your don’t set it to something that could cause conflicts. (It’s also a good reference even if you don’t use the custom setting.)

My guess would be that it’s because iPads don’t have flash, which WordPress uses for it’s uploader. Assuming you’re trying to upload them from the Media>Add New page you should see this below:

You are using the Flash uploader. Problems? Try the Browser uploader instead.

with a link to use the non-flash uploader.

You can use get_post_format() to have each type use a different template within the loop using get_template_part(). Twenty Eleven does it like this:

<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>

Instead of wrapping all the php code in a div, you could make the div inside the php code.

Remove the surrounding div then change the echos to:

echo "<div id='whatshot'><h2><a href='/category/hot/'>The Latest</a></h2><ul>";
echo $result . "</ul></div>";

To get rid of the margins at the top and bottom find:

#page {
    margin: 2em auto;
    max-width: 1000px;
}

in your style sheet and change the margin bit to: margin: auto;

If you don’t have that in your child theme’s style.css file or you don’t want to find it (it should be near the top) just add this to the bottom:

#page {
    margin: auto;
}

Since you’re using Twenty Eleven, if you go to Appearance > Header and set “Display Text” to no it will remove the black area above your header image and put the search box in the navigation area.

Have you already made and switched to your child theme? Cause right now your site is still using the main Twenty Eleven theme.

Edit:
Bah, sorry keesiemeijer, I took to long to answer and said the same thing. ??

In Settings > Reading you can set that page to be your front page.

WordPress uses plugins to do importing after version 3 (I think). In the tools > import page it should have you download the proper plugin. You could also do that manually from the plugin repository (WordPress importer).

Feed looks fine to me in every browser. A “This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it.” along with the actual XML of your feed is just how Chrome shows feeds; It doesn’t have an RSS viewer built in. I don’t know why IE would show that, but it worked for me with IE 9.

The “This XML file does not…” message along with your feed’s actual XML is how Chrome shows feeds; Chrome doesn’t show RSS feeds nicely. Check it in another browser and you should see it in a more presentable way.

The code to display your header right now is:

<a href="https://blog.abbyott.com/"<img src="https://blog.abbyott.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/abby1.png"/></a>

It seems you accidentally missed a closing > in the <a> tag:

<a href="https://blog.abbyott.com/"><img src="https://blog.abbyott.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/abby1.png"/></a>