Plugin Picks 6: Lifestream
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 17 2010 at 8:24 am | 1 Comment »
If you’ve got all kinds of social networking sites where you’re posting content, pull it all into your sidebar in a pretty little widget with the Lifestream plugin.
Around the WordPress Community: Design, Thesis Hooks and Filters, Comments, and Design Mistakes
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 17 2010 at 4:21 am | No Comments »
This week’s trip around the WordPress Community digs more into web design with a collection of resources and tips from around the WordPress Community. We found some great tips on WordPress Theme design for navigation, custom post types, Thesis Theme hooks and filters, comments, and a few reminders on those common pesky design mistakes we all make.
WordCast Conversations 9: Erno Hannink
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 16 2010 at 1:09 pm | No Comments »
This week on WordCast Conversations, we’re heading to the Netherlands one more time, to chat with Erno Hannink, an independent social media consultant and the lead organizer of WordCamp Netherlands.
Travel Oregon: An Example in Creating Loyal Customers
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 16 2010 at 4:03 am | No Comments »
The Travel Oregon official tourism site provides a great lesson platform for design, interaction, and social media, and Lorelle shares her experience and lessons learned.
Plugin Picks 5: WP Tabbity
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 15 2010 at 6:00 am | No Comments »
Javascript tab interfaces have become a popular method of displaying content on the web these days. Today on Plugin Picks, Kym and Dave take a look at a WordPress plugin that makes tabs incredibly easy to implement in WordPress blog posts.
Firefox Next Release to Fix Flash Crashes
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 10 2010 at 7:57 am | No Comments »
The ongoing issues with Firefox crashing due to confllicts and bugs in the Flash Plugin are about to be history as Mozilla introduces new improvements. Bloggers can rejoice as the power browser is making a comeback.
Plugin Picks 4: WP Function Reference
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 10 2010 at 6:00 am | 4 Comments »
For those WordPress users who have trouble remembering all the various PHP functions used when coding extensions for the platform, the WP Function Reference WordPress plugin adds a dashboard widget for quick reference.
Around the WordPress Community: CSS3 Tips and Techniques
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 10 2010 at 4:19 am | No Comments »
In this week’s Around the WordPress Community, we look at CSS3 and offer some tips and techniques and examples of what could be coming to a WordPress Theme near you, or that you need to keep in mind as you design or upgrade your next WordPress Theme. You will want to bookmark many of these!
Future of Google Wave in New API Competition?
By Lorelle VanFossen, posted Mar 9 2010 at 2:03 pm | 1 Comment »
A new Google Wave API competition might heat up interest again in the collaborative documentation program. What would you like to see Google Wave do beyond it’s current functionality?
WordCast Conversations 8: Anne Helmond on SEO and Social Media
By Dave Moyer, posted Mar 9 2010 at 10:05 am | 1 Comment »
When it comes to the relationship between blogs and search engines, there’s no comparison to the expertise of Anne Helmond, who’s worked for years researching blog software and how it connects to Google and other search sites. This week, she talks to Kym about her research and how it connects to search engine optimization (SEO), WordPress, blogging, and social media.