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10 Google Wave Invites Up For Grabs!

10 Google Wave Invites Up For Grabs!

By Alex on November 17 2009 | Featured, WordPress | 16 Comments

We interrupt your usual WordPress News to tell you of a competition to win a Google Wave invite!

Theme and Plugin Authors: Easily Add an RSS Widget to the Dashboard

Theme and Plugin Authors: Easily Add an RSS Widget to the Dashboard

By Alex on November 2 2009 | Tutorials, WordPress | 8 Comments

I’ve been working on a project lately, and needed to add an RSS widget to the Dashboard via a theme or plugin, and was surprised to find that there were no tutorials offering all the code, just tutorials on how to add a widget, but with no content. So here goes, how to create and [...]

New User Email Plugin Compatibility and Update

New User Email Plugin Compatibility and Update

By Alex on October 29 2009 | Downloads, Plugin, WordPress | No Comments so far

Finally, after months of promising, I’ve updated my New User Email Setup Plugin. The latest update includes several bug fixes and feature additions. As the Plugin Compatibility Checker is now in place, this is also a call for those of you who use the plugin to give me some feedback.

5 Sites That Will Pay You For Your Coding Knowledge

5 Sites That Will Pay You For Your Coding Knowledge

By Alex on October 13 2009 | WordPress | 3 Comments

So, you think you know your stuff, you code like a Ninja, you practically own the internet, but does someone pay you to do it?

WordPress Desktops

WordPress Desktops

By Alex on September 17 2009 | Downloads, WordPress | 7 Comments

I had a little spare time the other day, so I decided to do something I had been wanting to to for a while; make some WordPress Desktops!

Guest Post on Pro Blog Design

Guest Post on Pro Blog Design

By Alex on September 14 2009 | Tutorials, WordPress | 2 Comments

I’m pleased to say that my guest post on Pro Blog Design was published today. As per my usual style, it’s a fairly in depth tutorial on using post_class

Getting Gravatars on the Fly

Getting Gravatars on the Fly

By Alex on September 1 2009 | WordPress | 8 Comments

I love using gravatars on my blogs, but there has been discussion lately that they aren’t used enough, and are still to find the mainstream. In this article, we will look at 3 different ways to get a Gravatar, both promoting their use, and making the user go WOW when using our comment form.

Site Redesign Now Live

Site Redesign Now Live

By Alex on August 18 2009 | WordPress | 4 Comments

Well, I decided to take the plunge, and upload my new site design that I have been working on for some time now. I’d hinted at the redesign a while back, and discussed some of the cool things I’d implemented, like the YARPP template. So here it is!

YARPP Templates

YARPP Templates

By Alex on August 11 2009 | Downloads, WordPress | 9 Comments

I love the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, it’s the most powerful related posts plugin I’ve ever used, and it has some cracking features, not least of which is being able to use custom templates to control exactly how your related posts are displayed.

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