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YouTube plug-in

This is possible the easiest-to-use WordPress plug-in around! I am not a fan of YouTube — Jack Parow, however, rocks!

Find your video on YouTube
Copy the URL from the address bar
Paste it as-is into your post or page
Insert a “v” after the “http”

Get it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/smart-youtube/

BM Custom Login Plugin for WordPress

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I started fiddling with the login page of my WordPress blog the other day…

Rather than delve into the code and try and completely customize the page, I did what any smart WordPress user would do: went in search of a Plugin!

I found the BM Custom Login plug-in. Install it like any other plugin. Then all [...]

Embedding a PDF in a web page

I recently did some work for a friend who wanted to display a PDF on a website. Rather than display a link to download the PDF, or open it in a separate browser window (or tab), I used the <embed> tag.

Simply use the embed tag to embed the pdf as an object in the page. [...]

Create a Twitter Feed Widget for your blog or website

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I recently implemented this handy, easy-to-use, configurable Twitter feed Widget on www.clearer .co.za

Its real simple:

Log in to your Twitter account at www.twitter.com
Click on the Goodies link in the footer
Click on Widgets
Select the “MyWebsite” option on the left, and click on “Profile Widget“
Your Username should appear in the relevant input field – change it if you [...]

"SexyBookmarks" plug-in

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I recently loaded a heap of WordPress plugins on my blogs, one of them being the “SexyBookmarks” plug-in.

As usual, loading and configuring the plug-in was an absolute breeze. It gives you sharing options for all the social networking sites — many of which I have never heard of — as well as an email link.

The graphics are [...]

Plaxo no longer free as of end of July

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As of the end of this month (July 2009), Plaxo started charging in the region of $50 per annum for premium services, like the Microsoft Outlook synchronize function. I have often wondered what I would do if any of these free services / applications suddenly started charging.

I have been using Plaxo for years now to [...]

Stop the Skype plugin from breaking your design

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It took me a bit of searching to find this line of code to stop the Skype browser plug-in from automatically styling all the telephone numbers in your [...]

WordPress Meta tags & SEO optimisation

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I assumed that part of the reason blogs rated well with search engines was because things like meta tags were taken care of for you. I was hugely surprised when I viewed the source of my blog pages on my hiking blog, [...]

i could not do without Firebug

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I have been using the Firebug extension for Firefox since being introduced to it at my interview for my job at [...]

Use Windows Media Player as an alarm clock

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How to set up your Windows PC as an alarm clock to wake you up to your favourite music playlist.

So there I was, looking for an alarm clock or a small home sound-system that I could use to wake myself up with my favourite music.
Having a PC set-up in my room, I started fiddling with [...]