On WordPress blogs, there has for a number of versions been a really handy trick which automatically embeds YouTube videos when you post the URL on it’s own on a new line. Traditionally(!) this was a real time saver, as it allowed busy WordPress webmasters the opportunity to grab YouTube URLs and simply paste them [...]
Read More →Fix Broken YouTube Auto Embed with WordPress
on November 23, 2012in Blogtags: Auto Embed, Embed, https, plugins, Video, WordPress, YouTubewith 1 Comment
New WordPress “Race Maps” Plugin Built in Silicon Dales
on November 4, 2012in Newstags: Love2Run, plugins, Plugins for Running, Race Maps, Race-Calendar.com, Silicon Dales, WordPress, Wordpress Plugins, WPwith No Comments
This morning, we committed the 1.0 version of a new WordPress plugin, called “Race Maps” to the WordPress plugins repository, on behalf of international running website, Race-Calendar.com. You can find Race Maps at WordPress here. The plugin very simply allows bloggers with an interest in running, or health, to very quickly add interactive maps (built [...]
Read More →How to Get Auto-Update Working on WordPress – Update WP Version & Plugins Without FTP
on September 7, 2012in Blogtags: auto-update, ftp, plugins, Themes, updates, updating, updating wordpress, upgrades, upgrading, WordPresswith 2 Comments
Whenever there’s a new version of WordPress out (which should always be installed for security reasons – (WordPress 3.4.2 is out today!)) or a new version of your WordPress website’s theme or plugins is released, you’ll often want to upgrade from within WordPress without having to download, FTP, upload and install each new version. Luckily [...]
Read More →WordPress Extensions
on August 22, 2012in Blogtags: Extend, Extensions, MySQL, PHP, plugins, SEO, Themes, WordPress, Wordpress Plugins, WordPress Themeswith No Comments
We often install the Open source (free, and developed by a community of programmers, rather than one, paid, team) Content Management System (CMS), WordPress. WordPress was originally a blogging platform developed by Matt Mullenweg, but, in its short history, the software, which runs on (also Open source) PHP and MySQL, has developed into far more [...]
Read More →Mobile Versions: How Do We Make Our Website Look Better on an iPhone or Android Handset?
on May 23, 2012in Blogtags: Android, Apple, iPhone, iPod touch, Mobile, plugins, Smart Phone, WordPress, WP Touchwith No Comments
The mobile web is here, and it doesn’t look like it is going anywhere fast, now, does it?! So you probably want to make your company website look good on an Apple iPhone, iPad, or Google Android Handset? Well, the good news for people who use WordPress to manage their web content is that there [...]
Read More →Translation: Translation Plugins (automatic) Vs Human Translation
on May 23, 2012in Blogtags: Babelfish, global translator, Google Translate, human translation, plugins, Technical Translation, Translationwith No Comments
More and more frequently, in this shrinking, digital, world, we find we are asked to consider more than just one language when new web development projects come through. We recently completed a website which is available in two languages – for a Germany based translation firm, interestingly enough. This work led us to consider the [...]
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