January 2011
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5 Most Visited Articles in 2010 (hello, Facebook)
I don’t make New Years resolutions but sometimes I do like to look back on the previous year.
So, I decided to actually take a look at my stats in Google Analytics to find out what the 5 most visted articles were on my site in 2010. These are the top 5 articles by pageviews.
I was a little surprised by the results, except for the first one, and that all 5 articles are on the same...
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Where the Facebook Friend's List is Located in the...
It seems like every time Facebook makes an update to the layout, as with the new profile pages, certain settings become hidden or difficult to find. If the setting can’t be located or it’s location is unintuitive then it’s poor design.
With the recent change to the profile, it has become difficult to locate the Friend’s List.
The Facebook Friend’s List is a way...
December 2010
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How to Customize Facebook Photos on the New...
On the new Facebook profiles there is a row of photos below your name, which are photos that you have been tagged in. People have been doing some cool things with those photos so I decided to figure out how that was one. Below are some examples of creative photo use and instructions on how to set it up.
Of course, all of your hard work can be ruined by being tagged in a new photo.
The...
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10 Things to Do With 10 Minutes
Frequently, I finish up a task and discover that I only have 10-15 minutes until I have to go pick up my daughter or until my next phone call. And I often find that I end up mindlessly sitting at my desk clicking around at nothing and I feel like I wasted the time.
So, I started thinking about what I could do with that 10 minutes and came up with the following list.
The List
Clean the litter...
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Partial Facebook Comments Appear on Your Profile...
Sometime over the weekend (I first noticed it on Friday night and admittedly, I spent way too much on Facebook for a Friday night), Facebook changed the way your comments on others links, status updates, photos, etc. show up on your profile wall.
Previously my wall would say something like “Kim commented on Deep Friar’s status” and the friends name would link to his profile...
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Free Christmas WordPress Themes
I like Christmas. I like Winter, snow and the decorations. Plus, it’s my youngest brother’s birthday :-)
I’ve collected a lot of Christmas WordPress Themes at my Holiday WordPress Themes site.
Screenshots of the themes are listed below and you can view and download them at my other site.
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WordPress 3.0.2 Released: Necessary Security...
Two days ago I wrote about the upcoming features in WordPress 3.1. And then, bam, a required security update, version 3.0.2, has been released. It’s been awhile since we’ve seen one of these (anyone remember the 2.8 series) and I do recommend updating WordPress to address this security issue.
The big issue being fixed is the following:
Fix moderate security issue where a...
November 2010
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Upcoming Features in WordPress 3.1
WordPress 3.1 is scheduled for release on December 15th. Of course, that date is subject to change but it will be coming out soon-ish.
Here are some of the features we have to look forward to in the next version of WordPress.
Posts and Pages
Easier Internal Linking - It will now be easier to link to older posts. Instead of having to open a new tab or search around for that post in...
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All Studiopress Themes for WordPress 25% off
I am a huge fan of the Studiopress themes for WordPress and while I don’t use them on my this site, I use them on a number of client sites and on my Mary Shelley site and new Watch Doctor Who project.
Now through next Tuesday November 30th everything all Studiopress is 25% off. Every theme and even the Pro Plus All-Theme package. If you were thinking about buying Genesis and a child...
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How to Make Your Custom Facebook Page the Default...
I am frequently asked how to make a custom Facebook tab the default landing tab and realized that I haven’t written this up before. And, the location to do this has recently changed, so if I had written an article before, it would need to be revised. You do know that when writing about Facebook, it really should be done in pencil. ;-)
Set the Default Landing Tab
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How to Randomize the Images with the WordPress...
Earlier this week I reviewed the WP-Cycle plugin, which is an easy to use image slideshow plugin.
One feature that it doesn’t have is a random display of the images. The images are displayed in the upload order. This isn’t such a big deal, if you know this in advance, but I didn’t know a client wanted them displayed randomly until after I had uploaded 30+ images and I...
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WordPress Image Slideshow Plugin: WP-Cycle
WP-Cycle is a WordPress image slideshow plugin that uses jQuery. It can link to any post, page or a URL outside of the site. It can be set to any size and has a number of other useful settings. I’ve used this plugin on a number of sites and really like it for it’s ease of use. It does, however, have the limitation of single use and all images added in the settings have to be...
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How to Add Content to Your Custom Facebook Tab
My most popular article, by far, is How to Add a Custom Tab to a Facebook Fan Page. And one of the questions related to that article that I get asked the most frequently is, “how do I add content to the custom tab?”
The short answer is in order to add content to a custom tab created with FBML, you have to use HTML. If you don’t know any HTML, there isn’t much you can...
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The Facebook Page Name Can Now be Changed
Earlier this year I wrote an article called How to Change the Name of Your Facebook Page in which I said that you can’t change the name of a Facebook page.
This was one of the most wanted features by Page Admins and it can now be done with some limitations.
The page name can be changed only if you have less than 100 fans. I think this is so people don’t create a page under...
October 2010
4 posts
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"Just a Quick Question"
I get a lot of emails from existing clients, previous clients, or potential clients with the subject line “Quick Question”. And I have to say that I tend to view these emails negatively.
The word quick implies that the answer is so simple and so effortless that it will somehow take no time for me to answer it and therefore I should not be billing for the time spent answering it.
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How to Include and Exclude Images with the...
Almost a year ago I wrote about how a simple gallery could be added to a post or page using the WordPress Gallery Shortcode. At the time I found out about it because include and exclude were going to be added to later releases. It is now part of the shortcode.
Last week I used the gallery shortcode for the Halloweeen themes post but I didn’t want to use all of the images in the gallery...
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10 Halloween WordPress Themes
Halloween is my favorite holiday. And that’s saying a lot from someone who typically ignores holidays.
I have a site that I haven’t done much to publicize called Holiday WordPress Themes. Most of the themes there are for holidays although “holidays” have been stretched to also include events like weddings.
Since Halloween is quickly approaching (although kids have...
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16 Facebook Pages That Will Help You Make a...
One of the biggest complaints about Facebook is that there isn’t good communication about new features, changes and privacy settings.
There are a number of Facebook pages devoted to the all things Facebook so I will round them up here. Liking these pages will add their updates to your news stream and may make it a little easier to keep up with Facebook news and information.
Facebook -...
September 2010
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5 Taxonomy Plugins for WordPress
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about custom taxonomies and the code required to add them to your theme.
I decided to take a look at available plugins for taxonomies and if they will assist with this process as it’s not always fun messing with the functions file. This post will be the roundup and then I will highlight them individually over time.
GD Custom Posts And Taxonomies Tools -...
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Discover Facebook Pages with the Page Browser
Facebook launched the new page browser last week making it easier for users to discover new pages. Pages are displayed in a grid of photos. Any that have blue borders are pages that you already like. You can view all or sift through them via seven categories such as Movies, TV Shows, Celebrities, etc.
To the right of the page is a list of your friends with similar interests and it tells you...
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4 Resources for Getting Started With Android
How quickly we can change our minds. Last Spring I left a comment on the article, Why I Refuse to Own a Smartphone, stating that I totally agreed, that I didn’t have one and that I didn’t want one.
Fast foward four months and now I have an LG Ally with Android on it. (no iPhone for me but that’s a another discussion for a different day - let’s just say I prefer open...
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How to Create a Simple Contact Form for a Facebook...
It isn’t exactly easy to integrate a website’s contact with Facebook but many people want to collect customer or visitor data via a contact form.
Fortunately, Response-o-matic has created an online tool that makes form creation and integration a snap. Here I will show you how to do this.
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How to Include a Post on a WordPress Static Front...
I work with the Thesis theme for WordPress quite a bit but I don’t think I’ve written about it before. It took me a bit to figure out how to add a post to static front page so I decided I would document what I learned.
My client wanted a static front page and then for the blog to be on a different page. No problem there - that’s managed by a WordPress setting under Settings...
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How to Add Custom Taxonomies to Your WordPress...
The first burning question here is what the heck is a taxonomy.
Simply, it’s a way to group things together. You are probably familiar with this with your music collection - it can be grouped by genre, artist, release year, etc. You may also remember taxonomies in Biology class when you learned about Linneaus and his classification of plants, animals and minerals.
In WordPress, a...
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How to Use Captions with WordPress Post Thumbnails
Since version 2.9.2, the post thumbnail feature has been supported by WordPress.
A couple of days ago I was working on a front page layout that has rows of post thumbnails in three columns. Clicking on the thumbnail takes you to the full post for the page.
I didn’t want a title, date, posted by or any of the other usual post content - I simply wanted the thumbnail. I realized,...
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How to Setup Multiuser in WordPress 3.0
WordPress 3.0 has multiuser capability. What this means is that you can set up a network of sites with a single WordPress installation.
While 3.0 is multiuser capable a couple of files need to be edited and some settings checked in order for the network to actually be available.
You should know how to use ftp and use a text editor to follow these instructions. I also recommend backing up the...
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How to Send Updates to Facebook Fans based on...
Like all of us, I get a lot of emails. I try to answer them all even though general inquiries don’t get answered very fast.
Sometimes, however, an email question gives me an idea for a post - like this one.
I was asked if it was possible to send updates to Facebook fans based on their location. Since I am unable to store a lot of new information in my brain anymore, I tested it out...