Archive for CMS

Put a Facebook Send or Like Button on Your Posts with Code

posted on May 5th, 2011
by Jeff Lambert

On April 25, 2011, Facebook released the [Send] button. The [Send] button provides a means to share a web page with someone directly, as opposed to the [Like] button’s behavior of placing the entry on your wall for all your friends. Of course, the [Like] button is handy too. Fortunately Read More→

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→

WordPress Security

posted on December 29th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

padlockToday I happened to come across a great article (update – article no longer exists, so, link removed) that has some details on hardening a WordPress install. I already follow Read More→

Adding Widget Areas to a Page

posted on September 7th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

In this post I want to cover how one can add widget areas to a page. The example I’m going to use is something I had done on a TwentyTen child theme to make the home page consist of two widget areas. The left widget area is meant for Read More→

Foray into WordPress Themes and Plugins

posted on August 2nd, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

During much of the past 20 years the main lifeblood of, first, Software Solution Specialists, and now JVHM, Inc., has been to develop custom client-server software applications.  Applications have ranged from Client Relationship Management (CRM) systems to HR systems to barcode labeling systems and Read More→

WordPress Plugins Worth Mentioning

posted on July 8th, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

For over a year now I’ve been utilizing WordPress as the code base for the web sites that I build. Why? Because it is simply amazing, full featured and doesn’t add additional costs to my clients’ sites, actually, it Read More→

WordPress 3.0 Has Arrived!

posted on July 1st, 2010
by Jeff Lambert

Blue WordPress ButtonIt has been just about two weeks now since the release of WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”. As of today, version 3.0 has been downloaded over 2.5 million times, that’s almost 185,000 downloads per day! Why would WordPress 3.0 have such popularity? Because it is, without a doubt, the best content management system (CMS) software out there. With version 3.0 WordPress has added some Read More→