Author Archives: Jeff Lambert
Foray into WordPress Themes and Plugins
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
WordPress Plugins Worth Mentioning
I always have a few WordPress plugins incorporated into my website designs. Why wouldn’t I? They save me time, which equates to my clients’ money, and often provides solutions that are more robust or integrated than I would have the time to code myself.
WordPress 3.0 Has Arrived!
With over 2.5 million downloads in less than 2 weeks, WordPress 3.0 is quickly being adopted as the best web publishing software platform available today. And it is available to everyone free of charge! That means an organization can have a full featured, customized web site built for much less and quicker than a traditional custom web site.
Video Sitemaps – Do You Have One?
If your website contains video content you will want to create an XML Video Sitemap to help build video SEO. Search engines, like Google, are doing what they can to discover video content. Creating a video sitemap will help them to discover your videos.
Creating a YouTube Playlist
Assist your viewers by providing a playlist that organizes related videos in an orderly fashion. The YouTube playlist is an awesome tool for delivering Part II of a video or a related video within a similar topic. And creating and sharing a YouTube playlist is very simple. Check out this how-to video for step-by-step instructions.
Automatic WordPress Backup
The Automatic WordPress Backup plugin by Dan Coulter makes it easy to perform the all important backup of your complete WordPress website. A site backup plan is critical, now it’s painless too!
Adding Linked Captions to Images in WordPress
Have you figured out how to include a linked copyright notice or photo credit in the caption of an image? Have you tried to find a plugin to help with this? Had any luck? If so, let me know. If not, don’t worry, you’re not alone. So, what can a non-developer do? This post covers one solution that isn’t the most elegant but it gets the job done.
Updating WordPress Plugins
WEBphysiology has produced a video that will help you through the process of maintaining any plugins that you may be using in your WordPress powered website.
Auto Thickbox Plugin by Semiologic
In my search for a WordPress plugin to add a thickbox image pop-up I found Auto Thickbox by Denis de Bernardy with Semiologic. The plugin works great and is customizable enough to cover my needs. This how-to video shows you it in action.
Adding a WordPress Plugin
WEBphysiology has produced a video that will help you through the process of adding a plugin to your WordPress powered site including plugin selection, installation and activation.