The topic of advertising on a website can be a sensitive one. To some, it is intolerable under any circumstance, to others it’s just another part of the internet experience. I like to think I fall somewhere in between these two extremes. I realize that many site owners work very hard to create... Read→
In this Theme View update we feature themes that take advantage of Responsive Web Design techniques. What is Responsive Web Design? I’m glad you asked! The capabilities, formats and sizes of the browsing experience have become more and more diverse in the last few years at what seems to be... Read→
Normally, changing the Category of a Post is as simple as editing and updating the Post in question. But what if we are talking about moving dozen, hundreds or THOUSANDS of Posts? That is a lot of mouse clicking! There is a quicker and easier way. WordPress has a concept known as Default Post Category.... Read→
In this Theme View update we feature three free themes specifically for photographers, photo-bloggers or visual artists. These themes put all the emphasis on the images and allow you to showcase your imagery or art, unlike traditional blogs that are typically driven by written content. One the greatest... Read→
In this Plugin Picks we look at plugins for widgets. Widgets “…add visitor visual and interactivity options and features, such as sidebar widgets for post categories, tag clouds, navigation, search, etc. They were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design... Read→
Excerpts are short, text only previews of posts that WordPress can use in various places as teasers or introductions. These can be automatically generated or custom tailored when creating a Post. By default these are limited to 55 words, but there is no easy way to increase or decrease this in WordPress... Read→
In this Theme View update we feature three free WordPress from the official WordPress Repository. Parament, a dark theme with attention getting orange call outs, zeeBizzCard, a clean multi-use theme with several user customization options and Jeans, a fun denim inspired casual theme. One the greatest... Read→
http://www.vimeo.com/31100268 “… new powers to block Americans’ access websites that corporations don’t like. The bill would criminalize posting all sorts of standard web content — music playing in the background of videos, footage of people dancing, kids playing video games, and... Read→
Click to Enlarge More and more themes are taking advantage of Theme Options in WordPress, particularly when site administrators are not designers or developers but still want some ability to make widespread changes to the site without breaking functionality or aesthetics. Today I’m looking at a fairly... Read→
Click to Enlarge Proving once again that WordPress is not just the domain of hobby blogs and small online entities, we are spotlighting international news giant, CNN as a WordPress user. CNN actually has a constellation of WordPress blogs covering a wide variety of topics from the news giant’s... Read→
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The topic of advertising on a website can be a sensitive one. To some, it is intolerable under any circumstance, to others it’s just another part of the internet experience. I like to think I fall somewhere in between these two extremes. I realize that many site owners work very hard to create quality content and while some do this purely as a labor of love, it is still nice to be able to recoupe some of the time and expense of running their website. Internet advertising can be something of a mixed bag for the visitor as well, but there is no reason a site can’t feature advertising... Read→
In this Theme View update we feature themes that take advantage of Responsive Web Design techniques. What is Responsive Web Design? I’m glad you asked! The capabilities, formats and sizes of the browsing experience have become more and more diverse in the last few years at what seems to be an accelerated rate. The most readily visible lines fall along mobile phones, tablets and traditional desktops & laptops. And within these common groups there are even further distinctions such as low bandwidth connectivity on data plans, various tablet screen sizes, widely varying screen resolution... Read→
A lot of fans, including myself, of the popular photography finder and attribution plugin, PhotoDropper, were disappointed with the updates. So today we are looking at some alternatives that may be able to fill PhotoDropper’s shoes. Below are three selections from the Official WordPress Plugin repository. Just as the case with any open-source contribution to the WordPress community, you mileage and compatibility may vary. Always backup your site before experimenting with new plugins and never install plugins from untrusted sources. If you need help getting your WordPress site exactly... Read→
In this Plugin Picks we look at new security plugins. While WordPress takes security very seriously (making constant improvements, monitoring/culling entries in the Repository and notifying WordPress hosts of updates in real time), there are always going to be situations and users that call for special measures. Below are three recently released plugins which expand WordPress’s security features, options and settings. No Soup Plugin: If you want to block certain sections of the internet, companies, countries or specific users, you can specify the different IP addresses or IP blocks and where... Read→
Normally, changing the Category of a Post is as simple as editing and updating the Post in question. But what if we are talking about moving dozen, hundreds or THOUSANDS of Posts? That is a lot of mouse clicking! There is a quicker and easier way. WordPress has a concept known as Default Post Category. If you don’t specific a Category, WordPress will automatically place a new Post in that Category until you tell it otherwise. By default, the basic Category “Uncategorized” is used, but savvy WordPress users will probably already have changed this to their most commonly used (and... Read→