However, the slides are implemented directly in php code in the page.tpl.php file. I hated that. So I pushed my hate towards a positive result: a fix proposal.

So now you just put some PHP block on the Slideshow region, add a custom field to the pages you want to show up there and use the Summary for the content. Seems simple enough and it’s possible to change the slides without needing direct access to the code, so you can let less experienced people just post content.

In order to login into WordPress with SSL you just need to add the following to wp-config.php:

define(‘FORCE_SSL_LOGIN’, true);
define(‘FORCE_SSL_ADMIN’, true);

But that redirects you to https://www.yourDomain.org/. What if you need to redirect into https://www.yourDomain.org:8443/ ? What then?

Well, the following patch will allow you to add a property called CUSTOM_PORT which you will define as your desired port. In case of my small example, 8443 like this:

define(‘CUSTOM_PORT’, 8443);

I registered this patch as enhancement 20253 on WordPress’s trac.

Happy hacking!

--- old/wp-includes/link-template.php    2011-10-24 20:13:23.000000000 +0100
+++ new/wp-includes/link-template.php    2012-03-18 00:06:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -1931,8 +1931,10 @@
else
$url = get_blog_option( $blog_id, 'siteurl' );

-    if ( 'http' != $scheme )
+    if ( 'http' != $scheme ) {
$url = str_replace( 'http://', "{$scheme}://", $url );
+        if(defined('CUSTOM_PORT')) $url .= ":" . CUSTOM_PORT;
+    }

if ( !empty( $path ) && is_string( $path ) && strpos( $path, '..' ) === false )
$url .= '/' . ltrim( $path, '/' );