speedlink: plugins vs upgrades
One of the only things that slows me down when a new WordPress upgrade comes along is the need to turn off all the plugins, install update, then enable all the plugins again. In case you missed in on your wp-admin, Geek ramblings informs us of some excellent progress on this front over at his [...]
plugins: wordpress productivity
I love the part in Mary Poppins where the father of the house is timing himself doing up the buttons on his waistcoat to see if top to bottom was quicker than bottom to top. I think it was Mary Poppins…
The point being that saving 20 seconds a few times a day may not seem [...]
plugins : automatic image resizing
Plugins that save you time are some of the most useful. This plugin makes handling images much easier, and is particularly useful if your WordPress theme suffers from layout problems if the main content column is over-wide due to large images. Sometimes the sidebar will wrap below the main column, rather to the side, because [...]
Plugins: Video for WordPress, vidavee
vidavee has released a new plugin aiming to make life easy for the WordPress blogger looking to feature video. It seems to be aimed very much at managing your own video, rather than a youtube / revver approach of linking to other peoples videos.
I asked Anthony Umann of vidavee a few questions about the plugin [...]
Plugins: Comment License
Comment licencing is likely to become a growing issue as ‘user generated content’ becomes more and more important to all media, but in particular blog. I was pleased as the proverbial punch when reading Techquila Shots to find one of my comments on TechCrunch (yes, it was about twitter) being linked directly.
A timely reminder for [...]
Finding WordPress Plugins
One great way to find WordPress Plugins is when you aren’t even looking for them. You see something being done well on a blog, you check to see if it’s running WP, then you have a peek at the source to check for any plugin credits. Sometimes they are there, sometimes not. When not I [...]
Plugins: Category Icons made Easy
Sometimes it’s the smallest touches that lift a design and hammer home a feel of quality and attention to detail. A few well placed and well designed icons can make all the difference.
I noticed the icons on this site: theinterchangedesk.com
I asked the author what plugin he was using to run the icons. He wasn’t using [...]
Plugins: Twitter sidebar up
In some ways this is a test to see if the Twitter toolbar from Alex King works, and in some ways a flag to readers that it’s live. Either way - twittering commences! What fun.
If you haven’t looked at this plugin before, this plugin provides a two way connection between your Wordpress and Twitter accounts. [...]
