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Archive for January, 2008

Add Google Calendar to Your Firefox Sidebar

| January 16, 2008 | 0 Comments
If you're an avid Google Calendar user, it would probably make your life easier if you could access it easily all the time. BNET describes a really easy way to get your Google Calendar to appear in your Firefox sidebar at ... View Post

WordPress plugin for better admin from iPhone (and other mobile devices)

| January 15, 2008 | 0 Comments
Here is a WordPress admin plugin for better access to the admin in mobile phones, in particular the iPhone. Here is the plugin description:
Mobile Admin adapts the WordPress admin UI to be more friendly to mobile devices, specifically phones. The iPhone is the primary target (and only supported device)
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Adding Microsoft Live Search Maps to your WordPress blog

| January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments
You can add a Microsoft Live Map to your WordPress blog pretty easily. All you have to do is create a custom template Page for the map page, and add some code to it. Full instructions are ... View Post

13 plugins that will make WordPress into a CMS

| January 14, 2008 | 38 Comments
Recently I posted about why I think WordPress is a CMS. This led to a pretty interesting discussion in the comments on the topic, ... View Post

Google removes IncrediMail from AdSense program

| January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment
A lot of bloggers talk about the danger of placing all of your "eggs" in the Google basket, whether it's for search results or for advertising revenue. IncrediMail, an Israeli company that has mysteriously made lots of money by adding smiley faces to email, has just announced via ... View Post

WordPress plugin easily creates drop-down navigation

| January 13, 2008 | 21 Comments
This is really handy: the Drop Down Menu WordPress plugin creates a drop-down navigation scheme where sub-pages appear under their parent pages in the menu. All you have to do is upload, activate, and add one snippet of code to your template files. The menu can be ... View Post

Apply different themes to different categories with WordPress Themed Categories Plugin

| January 11, 2008 | 15 Comments
I've never come across a situation where I would need this feature, but I'd like to have this on record in case it ever comes up. Mike has developed a WordPress plugin, Themed Categories that allows the user to select different uploaded themes for different categories. According to the ... View Post

Blog Oh Blog lists common WordPress myths and facts

| January 11, 2008 | 0 Comments
Blog Oh Blog has published a great article for people interested in entering the world of WordPress. The article lists 9 myths about WordPress related to what it is, plugins, security, costs, ... View Post

Hell Yeah Dude’s list of ways to supplement your WordPress content

| January 10, 2008 | 0 Comments
Hell Yeah Dude has a great rundown of different types of content you can add to your WordPress blog, and plugins for doing so: flickr, Twitter, Pownce, Tumblr, de.licio.us and more. 12 automatic ways ... View Post

Could it be that WordPress would like us to vote for them in the Crunchies?

| January 10, 2008 | 0 Comments
It seems, but I'm not 100% sure, that the guys at WordPress might want us to vote for them in the Crunchies. At least, I think that's what the big banner at the top of every page on WordPress.org with the word "Crunchies" in huge letters ... View Post
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