Archive for Blogging

The History of WordPress

posted on February 12th, 2011
by Jeff Lambert

Here’s a very cool synopsis of the history of WordPress as well as just how much of a force it is in today’s blogging and CMS world. WordPress truly is king. The only question is whether it will be manageable given the astounding number of plugins and themes available. My expectation, given the product enhancement path I’ve experienced, is an astounding Yes. My recommendation Read More→

Adding Linked Captions to Images in WordPress

posted on June 3rd, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

This is a re-print of my original post on blogWIP.com. At the end of this post I note some changes I had to make to this re-post to get the same results.

So, you are writing a Post in WordPress and are including an image that isn’t yours and doing so requires that you include the proper credits and, possibly, a link. Or maybe it is yours and you want to include your photo credit / copyright . Well this can be difficult within WordPress if you are using the Read More→

Updating WordPress Plugins

posted on May 27th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

Part of the maintenance of a website built upon the powerful WordPress publication engine is to periodically review plugins that have updates released by the plugin’s author. It is recommended that Read More→

Auto Thickbox Plugin by Semiologic

posted on May 26th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

Recently I was looking to update one of my websites to incorporate a feature that, when a user clicks an image or a link, would pop a window to display the image at full size. The typical term for this feature is “thickbox”. It’s a great look and also Read More→

Adding a WordPress Plugin

posted on May 25th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

Perhaps you are new to WordPress or you are a site administrator and not the person who built the site. In any case, WEBphysiology has produced a video that will help you when it comes to ad Read More→

Keywords Make the Difference for Your Blog

posted on May 19th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

Google Keyword SearchSo, you now are full steam ahead on your blog, that’s great. What’s next? Well, if you are trying to drive traffic to your site and have not yet jumped into the fray that is Search Engine Optimization (SEO), then you need to start reading up. Read More→

After the Deadline Plugin

posted on May 11th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

After the DeadlineIn one of the Quick Sessions held at WordCamp SF, a demo of “After the Deadline” was presented.  After the Deadline is a contextual spell checker, grammar checker and advanced style checker that can be used within WordPress or as a browser add-on.  The demo was very impressive in that it caught quite a few issues with their sample text.  Especially amazing was the co Read More→