A quick line of code to ensure that your WordPress content editor will always land on the HTML tab by default. This will ensure that your HTML tags & attributes are never stripped automatically.
Posts with tag: Productivity
Create a (free-ish) custom URL shortener
I, like many other people, recently created my own URL shortener that I use for links to pages on my website as well as sharing any other links I find. It was actually surprisingly easy to get setup thanks to a handy service called YOURLS, so I thought I would share the process here.
Experiment: Streamlining my online content using ifttt & tumblr
Near the end of 2010 a great little tool was launched called ifttt – the genius abbreviation of ‘if this then that’. It’s purpose is to connect together all the different online services it can or, as they put it, ‘put the internet to work for you’. I managed to get a beta invite to use the service shortly after it launched and since then I have been using it to make my life that much easier.
Creating shortcodes in WordPress
WordPress shortcodes are a handy way to add standardised or dynamic content to any post or page. Once you have used them for a bit you will start to realise just how powerful they really are. Here is a guide on how to create shortcodes that you (or your clients) can use.
WordPress plugins that I always use
In order to save time when developing a new WordPress site, I have a set of plugins that I will use almost every time. They range form spam blockers to productivity enhancers and are useful on most types of websites. There are a few that I only use in specific situations and are not as globally relevant, but they fill a need perfectly.
Monitor WordPress activity (including hack attempts)
When building a Wordpress site for a client, it’s helpful to know how they’re using the site and what they get up to with regards to content management. It’s also sometimes useful to know if any of those dastardly hackers that we hear so much about are trying to access the site’s sensitive information.
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Using Nutch and Solr to crawl and index the web
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Code Snippet: A custom Twitter feed for your website
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Experiment: Streamlining my online content using ifttt & tumblr
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My top (free) recommended Android apps
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