Category: Use
WordCamp Ottawa and Canton- After the Install
Here are my slides from this mornings session at WordCamp Ottawa. I had a ton of fun presenting and am looking forward to coming back next year!!
Creating New User Roles in WordPress with Members Plugin
WordPress offers a number of user roles out of the box that enables you to grant or limit access to the back-end of your site as needed.And while the default user roles will do the job most of the time, there may be occasion where you need what would be seen as a custom user [...]
WordPress Jetpack now includes comments
Released this past Friday, Jetpack (an Automattic plugin) now features Jetpack Comments. This is a very positive step up from the default comment system that comes with WordPress as this allows site visitors who wish to leave a comment using one of their social networks as a registration, eliminating the need to create yet another [...]
Facebook launches WordPress Widget
Your WordPress site just got a little more social with the release of the official Facebook for WordPress widget. The widget was released earlier today and includes the following functionality: Like button Recommendation Bar Comment box Post to an Author’s Facebook Timeline whenever they publish a new Page or Post Mention Friends and Facebook Pages. [...]
WordPress releases JetPack 1.3- now includes Contact forms!
The Jetpack plugin got an important feature addition this week with the release of contact forms into the suite of plugins provided by WordPress.com. While it’a a pretty basic form, it’s a great addition to those who need just that, a pretty basic form. In addition to the standard text fields you can also add [...]
WordPress.tv gets a facelift
One of the best sources for learning WordPress has got to be wordpress.tv. For those who have never visited before,it contains videos of sessions delivered at the various WordCamps around the world. Weren’t able to make it to WordCamp Philly last year? No worries, the sessions are on WordPress.tv. It’s an awesome source of WordPress [...]
Turning on/off comments in WordPress pages and posts
If there was ever a list of WordPress related questions I get asked most often,somewhere in the top three would be something about turning comments either on or off for posts and pages. And in addition to how to turn comments on or off, the second part of that question would be when should they [...]
Embed videos in your WordPress Posts and Pages
As more and more people include video in their arsenal of content types, I frequently get asked how to embed video into WordPress Posts and Pages. And the answer is really quite simple. In the Media Settings page in your dashboard (Settings > Media), make sure the checkbox for Auto-Embeds is checked. It is by [...]
Change the ‘Howdy’ in WordPress Admin bar
When you log into your WordPress dashboard, you are greeted with a simple ‘ Howdy, Username’ message in the top right hand corner of your admin bar.While it’s fun and friendly, you may not be a fan of the word Howdy, or may want something more corporate for a client. So how do you go about changing [...]
Change the login logo in WordPress
Ever want to change the logo on your WordPress login page–maybe to the cool looking one you spent all that money on? Or maybe you want to add your client’s logo to the page and make them realize just how awesome a resource you are? Why not do it? It’s simple to do because, like [...]
