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Thesis & WordPress Plugins

by Jon Bishop on November 2, 2009

in Plugins

Thesis WordPress Plugins

As I submerse myself more and more into the world of Thesis from DIYthemes, I am gaining a huge appreciation for all of the enhancements it provides to the WordPress platform. Furthermore, I have developed a new found appreciation for developers who have taken the time to create WordPress plugins that integrate easily with the [...]

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WordPress As a CMS

by Jon Bishop on October 12, 2009

in Blogging, Web Development

WordPress CMS

Rather than reinvent the wheel here I’m going to share some articles I both agree with and have found helpful in the past. WordPress is extremely powerful in it’s simplicity but is made more powerful by it’s loyal users. The future of this platform is very exciting as we stretch theĀ possibilitiesĀ of traditional websites.

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How To Speed Up Your WordPress Blog

by Jon Bishop on August 7, 2009

in Blogging, How To

Speed Up Your WordPress Blog

A WordPress blog is an easy way to establish a dynamic online presence however it’s also very easy to get trigger happy with plugins and themes that ultimately slow down your websites loading time. Here’s a quick little checklist to help improve your blogs performance.

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13 Wordpress Plugins You Need To Know Exist

by Jon Bishop on July 31, 2009

in Plugins

13 Important WordPress Plugins

There are over 6000 plugins in the WordPress Plugin directory. Some are broken and others are just not worth your time. However, you should at least know about these 13 as they are either the most sought after or provide much needed functionality to WordPress.

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7 Awesome Twitter Plugins for Wordpress

by Jon Bishop on March 13, 2009

in Blogging, Plugins, Twitter

Twitter Wordpress Plugins

TweetSuite
TweetSuite is an excellent plugin developed by ’social & viral marketing scientist’ Dan Zarrella. It started off as a plugin that returned all ReTweets of a post and has turned into a complete Twitter/Wordpress solution.
Features include:

Server-side (no-JS or remote calls) TweetBacks
ReTweet-This buttons for each TweetBack
A digg-like Tweet-This Button
Automatic Tweeting of new posts
A Most-Tweeted Widget
A Recently-Tweeted [...]

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Too Much Trash In Your Sidebar

I’ve made this mistake in the past and it may have cost me a few readers. People get trigger happy with their plugins and readers can’t get to the content.
You need to remember that the content is the main reason someone might be reading your blog at any one point in time. If your blog [...]

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