Recent Articles.
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Hangin’ with the ITIVE Crew
Reading time: 1 minuteYou can see it in action on the Social Media Clubhouse website – the various events have various images, logos, and link categories showing up depending on where you are on the site. You can download the plugin from the official WordPress repository, or install it through your local blog! EDIT: Screencast below 🙂
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The BCN Speaker-Up
Reading time: 1 minuteLast night I had the extreme privilege to speak at a “prep session” for anyone who was interested in speaking at BarCampNashville this year. It was a great time, with great people (and the best drinks in Nashville!). We covered lots of topics, and instead of trying to do it an injustice and recap, here’s…
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An Intro to WordPress 3.0 – Navigational Menus
Reading time: 2 minutesWordPress 3.0 has plenty of new features, and all of them are worth mentioning and diving deeper into. Over the next few days I’ll be diving into the finer features of the newest incarnation of the WordPress platform. Everything from Custom Post Types and Taxonomies to navigational menus and all of the custom functions you…
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WordPress 3.0 RC1 – a look
Reading time: 1 minuteI gave two presentations: my staple presentation (and my strong point in the WordPress world) titled “How to Use WordPress for Dang Near Anything” – which basically equates to “Using WordPress as a CMS”, and an introduction to WordPress session. I love doing the WordPress 101 sessions because it gives me a chance to really…
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a small recap of #wcfay
Reading time: 1 minuteI’m sitting back at my desk after a looooong series of flights back from Fayetteville, Arkansas today coming back from their inaugural WordCamp. Chris Spencer did a fantastic job organizing an army of volunteers and sponsors, and the event was fantastic. I’m hoping I get to go back next year, because there’s an immense pool…
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WordCampFayetteville (#wcfay) is small, intimate, and awesome
Reading time: 1 minuteI’m sitting in my hotel room after getting a hot shower under led shower head (I love how water change its’ color as I shower) after the day’s conference. I sat outside talking to Brian Collinger for a while (he’s one of Automattic’s Code Wranglers – and the dude knows his stuff). And that’s what…
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Adding a Facebook “Like” Button to WordPress – the (Somewhat) Easy Way
Reading time: 3 minutesUPDATE: I managed to write this into a plugin – Facebook Like Button Since Facebook announced a few days ago that you would be able to use its OpenGraph technology to “like” pretty much anything on the Internet, I took it upon myself to test out a few solutions for adding a “Like” button on…
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How to Create a Dynamic Sidebar Controlled with Custom Fields in WordPress
Reading time: 5 minutesOK, so it’s not the most original title in the world, but it gets the point across 🙂 I’ve been working with the fantastic Jeff Brown and the Way-FM crew to create a site for their Nashville presence that will allow them super-quick, easy content management and a place they can post local stories and…
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Yahoo Publisher is going Away
Reading time: 1 minuteI had signed up to test some ads on another blog with the Yahoo Publisher network. I wasn’t too impressed, and took the ads down quickly, but kept the account, just in case. Well, today I got this email: Dear Publisher, Yahoo! continuously evaluates and prioritizes our products and services, in alignment with business goals…
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The Location War: Mid-Battle Report
Reading time: 1 minuteSo, as promised a few weeks ago on Twitter, I decided to give a few services a try, and weed out the ones that I felt like weren’t serving my purpose well. After almost a month of testing, I’ve finally narrowed it down to the two top contenders: Foursquare and Gowalla. IF all things continue…
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