Technology and Marketing Advice from New Media Marketing Experts
Ironically, I was just speaking to an agency this morning on the complexity of theming within WordPress. For folks like us that are both PHP developers, have done a ton of themes and plugins and fully understand the WordPress API, it’s not bad. Unfortunately, that’s out of reach for some companies and individuals, though. Bottom line – having to call a developer each time you wish to modify your layout or theme can get expensive! PageLine is changing this with … Continue reading
Note: Since writing this, we’ve since migrated to WPEngine with a Content Delivery Network powered By MaxCDN, a much faster CDN than Amazon. If you’ve followed the blog for a while, you know that I’ve struggled with WordPress. Out of the box, WordPress is a fairly fast content management system. However, once you fully customize the site and get it where you need it for users, it’s often a dog. Our pageload times on the new template were exceeding 10 … Continue reading
I’m not sure what ever happened to IntenseDebate… seems to have been swallowed by Automattic with nothing exciting new in quite a while. I left Disqus to test the paid system, Echo, and wasn’t impressed at all. The feature may or may not have been around for a while, but Disqus is now cleanly integrated with Twitter and Facebook to promote blog posts socially. Today, I noticed that when I clicked “Like” on a post, it provided me with the … Continue reading
I am not a techy by training or nature, so I am always looking for tools which allow me to play in the tech community. Two and a half years ago, I discovered Wordpress, and for me it was a game changer.
And now, Wordpress 3.0 is scheduled for release on Monday. How much better will this new version be? The early reports from the Beta testers hints at some terrific new features. Continue reading
We built a WordPress micro-site for Corporate Blogging for Dummies and wanted to have a section where we displayed upcoming events in the lower sidebar. The solution to do this is actually quite simple and built directly into WordPress. Within your theme, you can add a loop that only queries and displays future posts for a specific category that is only used for Future Events: <?php query_posts(‘order=ASC&cat=3&post_status=future,publish’); if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post(); if(strtotime(get_the_time(“F jS Y”)) > time()) : continue; else: … Continue reading
I had the pleasure of speaking at the CMS Expo last week in Chicago. This was the first time I had attended this conference I was not sure what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised at how great it was. The CMS Expo is a learning and business conference devoted to Content Management Systems and website services. It features a number of tracks centered around business and technology themes. The five tracks at this year’s conference were Joomla, WordPress, Drupal, … Continue reading
With the Facebook Like button launching, I thought I’d spend some time tonight and integrate it into my WordPress blog. I also integrated it on a Compendium client’s blog, too, tonight. First step is pretty simple – just add the iframe code to your template pages (index and single). Since your index page can have multiple posts, it’s important to modify the button within your page loop so that the permanent link is properly appended. <iframe src=”http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href= <?php the_permalink() ?>&layout=button_count&action=like” … Continue reading
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