How To Customise BuddyPress Default Messages

by Jerome

March 4 th

Thanks go to the BuddyPress development team for making it really easy to amend any text labels and messages through your BuddyPress install. For example, if you would like to change the word “Groups” to “Topics” through the site, or you would like to change the entire website into a foreign language- simply follow the [...]

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How To Customise Your BuddyPress URL

by Jerome

February 24 th

After the arrival of BuddyPress version 1.2, I have been immersing myself in it as much as possible. I have started working on a few BuddyPress projects and for the next few weeks I will share some of my discoveries and learnings by posting some tutorials and tips.
By customising your URL there are benefits [...]

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Run WordPress Locally In Just Few Clicks

by Jerome

January 25 th

It’s always a good idea to have a copy of WordPress running on your local PC for anyone who wants to create a new WordPress Theme, test some plugins or try the latest version of WordPress.
One of the quickest ways to install WordPress locally was to use the popular XAMPP on Windows machine: but I [...]

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How To Expand Your WordPress Post Box

by Jerome

January 14 th

The other day I was checking the Writting Settings options and discovered after years of using WordPress that you can extremely easily expend your text editor post box. I find it extremely useful especially for large posts,  as it means there is  much less need for back and forth scrolling.

Expand Your Post Box In One [...]

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How To Insert Videos With One URL In WordPress 2.9

by Jerome

January 7 th

In WordPress 2.9 there is no more need to embed the full source code of your videos into your post thanks to the support of oEmbed. Now you just simply need to drop the video URL in your WordPress blog post.  It’s that simple!
As an example we are going to show you how to embed [...]

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Be More Productive With The ‘Press This’ WordPress Tool

by Jerome

December 13 th

Press This is a free tool to help you easily grab a section of a web page you want to quote and add it to your blog post. You can even import images and videos.
How To Install Press This.
Simply go under your Tools section, select Tools and drag the “Press This” link marked in red [...]

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Make Your Blog Work For You Not Against You

by Jerome

December 1 st

These are words from the WordPress Queen Lorelle VanFossen.  Spoken at the WordCamp Netherland during her presentation.  A highly amusing presentation!
This 30 minute video will teach you some tips on how to write good content and how to be productive and make your blog work for you- by sharing great software and  firefox addons tips.
I [...]

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Awesome Plugins To Help You Create An Hyperlocal Website With BuddyPress

by Jerome

November 23 rd

A few days ago at the WordCamp event in  New York  Ted Mann from InJersey.com shared some awesome plugins tips to help you create a Hyperlocal website with  BuddyPress. I have listed below the plugins that he suggested, plus some extra ones that I have found quite useful.
What is a Hyperlocal website?
It is a website [...]

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