The text widget is one of the worst-named and most overlooked features in WordPress. It’s not just for text, but for images and HTML code or JavaScript. (Advanced text widgets even let you include PHP.) Easily add e-mail sign-up forms, linked images, and anything else to your WordPress sidebar just by pasting the code into… Continue Reading Video Tutorial: Adding a (Dynamic) Widget
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Adding a Photo Gallery to a WordPress Post or Page
I have a client who’s on a world tour, and he wanted some help with uploading photo galleries to his blog, which is using the Coraline theme. Inserting a gallery isn’t quite as intuitive as inserting a photo, so I decided to create some instructions for him. Since I thought they might be useful to… Continue Reading Adding a Photo Gallery to a WordPress Post or Page
There’s a Plugin for That Presentation
This is a presentation I gave to the Breakfast Blogging Club on November 9, 2010. We covered 19 WordPress plugins in 40 minutes. The criteria I used to choose them was “Which of the options available to perform this task will be easiest to use for those who are primarily bloggers and not WordPress experts?”… Continue Reading There’s a Plugin for That Presentation
How to Configure Your WordPress Site for Mobile Devices (in One Minute)
George Smyth asked me to do another segment on his One Minute How-To podcast, and I picked this as a topic. First, log into your dashboard and go to “Plugins.” Select “Add New” from the menu. Type “WordPress Mobile Pack” into the search box and click the button that says “Search Plugins.” Click “Install Now.”… Continue Reading How to Configure Your WordPress Site for Mobile Devices (in One Minute)
It’s WordPress Plugin Developer Donation Day!
Scott Ellis designated March 1st WordPress Developer Donation Day and has urged us all to donate $5 to the developer(s) of our favorite plugin(s) and then blog or tweet about it with the hashtag #wppdd. There are a lot of plugins I rely on and use in almost every installation. I’m working on getting descriptions… Continue Reading It’s WordPress Plugin Developer Donation Day!
