Optimise Your WordPress Blog For Mobile Devices
Posted on 03. Jan, 2010 by Jerome.
Recently we have seen a massive increase of people browsing the web from their mobile devices. That is why it is getting more and more important to have your blog pages loading quickly and being easy to read on small devices. Here are some plugins to help you achieve this: Top Plugins WPtouch-the WPtouch plugin [...]
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Five Free Christmas Themes To Look At
Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Jerome.
To keep you in the festive Christmas spirit I have looked around to find some good-looking, free WordPress themes for the holidays. To be honest- I struggled to find many high quality themes but here are five that I think are worth looking at. May I take the opportunity here to wish you all a [...]
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Just In Time For Christmas- WordPress 2.9 Is Out
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by Jerome.
Merry Christmas everyone! Just in time for Christmas the WordPress Dev team have given us their latest WordPress version 2.9 “Carmen” named in honour of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae. Of course- before any upgrade don’t forget to backup your files and database. For easy backup remember you can use the WP PD Backup plugin. [...]
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Be More Productive With The ‘Press This’ WordPress Tool
Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by Jerome.
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 [...]
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Share Your Blog Post By Dragging Images To Your Favourite Social Sites
Posted on 03. Dec, 2009 by Jerome.
Several weeks back when I was reading an article on Mashable.com I noticed a new method to share your blog posts via image sharing. This new tool powered by Meebo lets you share any of your blog post images to your favorite social websites by simply selecting the image and dragging and dropping it into [...]
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Make Your Blog Work For You Not Against You
Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by Jerome.
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 [...]
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Awesome Plugins To Help You Create An Hyperlocal Website With BuddyPress
Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by Jerome.
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 [...]
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How To Create A Facebook Fans Page For Your Blog
Posted on 11. Nov, 2009 by Jerome.
To keep in touch with your readers effectively every blogger should have a Twitter account and a Facebook fans page to promote your latest blog posts. A few days ago I decided to create a Facebook page for PimpMyWordPress.com. It’s an easy way for Facebook users to keep in touch with your latest blog news, videos, [...]
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