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WordPress: The Big Three “O”

Paul Myatt — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:20:23 +0000

Today WordPress hits version three. I’ve been using it for a few weeks now on a number of sites with no problems and recommend upgrading ASAP. I have used WordPress version 3 with over sixty popular plugins and can report that they all work. I’ve also had no problems using older themes although they won’t [...]

Plugin Review: Insights

Paul Myatt — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:23:09 +0000

If you are looking for a way to speed up writing posts then Insights may be the answer. It quickly finds and inserts links, photos, videos and maps in to posts and pages. The great thing about this plugin is that all the searches are done without leaving the editor page. What’s more the search [...]

Plugin Review: Add Linked Images To Gallery

Paul Myatt — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:54:05 +0000

Copies external (linked) images to the WordPress gallery when post is saved making images editable.

Plugin Review: Admin Renamer Extended

Paul Myatt — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:02:53 +0000

Renaming the default user name admin is one of the most basic security measures that should be taken to secure a WordPress installation. Unfortunately the only way to do this (until WordPress 3.0 arrives which will let you choose your admin name at install) is to edit the database directly. This plugin lets you rename admins [...]

Plugin Review: Admin Favicon

Paul Myatt — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:49:46 +0000

Your WordPress set-up may have a favicon that you’ve created or that comes as part of your current theme. However by default it is not used for the admin area. Admin Favicon adds a custom favicon to your WordPress admin area. Great for those of us who like to have thirty tabs open in their browser but can’t [...]

Web Development for Small Business

Paul Myatt — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 10:37:13 +0000

I’m a webmaster working in the UK and Spain as a developer and webmaster (I also create sites). I have over 16 years of industry experience configuring and maintaining ecommerce sites and blogs. On this site you’ll find my blog offering tips and thoughts on subjects related to the services I offer such as online [...]

Auto-translation

Paul Myatt — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 08:33:34 +0000

At the bottom of this site you will see that I state that all pages have been translated automatically. I’ve been asked often why I do this. I work with Spanish and English speaking clients however I don’t have the time to produce two versions of everything I write. If I wrote some pages in [...]

From Google Docs to WordPress

Paul Myatt — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:30:58 +0000

Do you use Google Docs? If so did you know that you can publish documents from it directly to your blog? Here’s how to publish to a WordPress site but it also works with other blogs.To set-up: Click the Share button on the right > Publish as a web page > “change your blog site [...]

New WordPress Pharma Attack Hits 200,000 Sites

Paul Myatt — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 09:19:51 +0000

The “Pharma” attack, first spotted (as far as I’m aware) by Chris Pearson is a new type of hack that makes no obvious changes to your WordPress site. Its only when you seach your site in Google that you can see the damage – phrases advertising drugs have been randomly inserted throughout each page. See What it [...]

[Video] Google Docs: New, Improved Formula!

Paul Myatt — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:26:39 +0000

As this video shows Google Docs has made some significant changes this week notably character-by-character changes as other collaborators make edits (very similar to Google Wave), the long overdue tab stops ruler, spreadsheet improvements to behave more like Excel and a simple graphics editor. To try the new features go to http://docs.google.com/settings click the ‘Editing’ tab then [...]