“Are you sure you want to do that?” That’s the message I was getting from assorted WordPress sites when using Jetpack’s built in contact form. And by golly I know they use to work. If you are using W3 Total … Continue reading
Here’s a question I had come my way. “Can I embed my photos from Flickr in my WordPress site instead of uploading them to WordPress?” Yes, you sure can. Here is why I wouldn’t do that. 1. Having your own … Continue reading
Since I started helping other people with WordPress websites I’ve had to explain to people what a hosting company is and what it does and what a good hosting package should look like. Here is my advice on hosting services. … Continue reading
In my quest to make the tiles photo gallery that comes as part of the Jetpack plugin work I found I had to create a child theme for my theme of choice, Weaver II. This was quite the saga and … Continue reading
Weaver II WordPress Theme Released My favourite WordPress theme is Weaver II and I have just discovered that a totally new version has come out. More new features along with massive support for mobile devices. If you are not using … Continue reading
WP Social Toolbar Plugin WP Social Toolbar will display your latest tweet status, list your social networking profiles, and allow users to “Like” your page on Facebook or tweet about it on Twitter! With so many options for customization our … Continue reading
How to backup your WordPress Database: Backing up your WordPress database on a regular basis is very important. By very important I mean it’s right up there with oxygen. If you don’t have either you are screwed. There are a … Continue reading
Enhancing NextGEN Gallery NextGEN Gallery is a very popular way to display images in WordPress. There are a number of plugins which enhance NextGEN. NextGEN Gallery Sidebar Widget allows you to display thumbnails linking to your NextGEN galleries in your … Continue reading
Flash Powered Slideshow for WordPress GRAND Flash Album Gallery is a fully integrated (flash skin based, slideshow option) Image Gallery plugin with a powerful admin panel. Long have I quested for an easy, effective and visually pleasing way to insert … Continue reading
I updated the Secure WordPress plugin from v1.0.6 to v2.0.0 and it totally killed my blog. If you are using this plugin upgrade with caution. If you encountered this and know how to fix it please post your solution to … Continue reading