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27th Apr

11

Barcamp Belfast: The 7 Deadly Sins of Wordpress

I had the pleasure of attending and talking at Barcamp Belfast on Saturday (25th April) before dashing off and getting a plane to London for the marathon.
I had a great morning and going by feedback from others the whole day was a great success with some fantastic speakers and over 350 attendees. Well done to [...]

19th Jan

7

Guest Post: 10 Things To Do After Installing Wordpress

I started the year looking to write a few guest posts for other blogs and not just my own so I approached Michael from Pro Blog Design with an idea for a post.
The post takes a look at what you should do after installing Wordpress and acts as a checklist that you can use to [...]

13th Jan

21

Quicktip: Auto-Complete Blog Comment Fields

You like to comment on blog posts but you’re sick of having to enter the usual name, mail and website fields (even with autofill it still requires effort).
If you’re using Firefox there’s a handy solution. EasyComment is a plugin that stores this default information for you. Then, when you’re on a blog post and you [...]

8th Jan

7

Quicktip: Update your Wordpress copyright date automatically

New year, time to go through all your websites and blogs and update the copyright date that you placed in the footer, right?
Not if you were smart and developed your site so it updates automatically.

13th Oct

3

10 plugins you should be using in your Wordpress theme or blog

Nearly everything you’ll need to do on Wordpress someone’s been there and done it first. One of the great things about Wordpress is that there’s so many plugins available and they’re so easy to install on your theme.
Here’s 10 (+bonus) plugins that I used on my Wordpress theme that should aid both you and your [...]

6th Oct

19

Tips and hacks for creating your own Wordpress theme

Wordpress is a great blogging engine. It’s easy to get it up and running and there’s a lot of free themes available. But if you want to be a bit more creative and design your own theme or even use Wordpress as a CMS (content management system), this can be easily done. The recent redesign [...]