WordPress designers gather a lot of plugins over the years. Mostly they have one or two uses that make them worth having around, but occasionally a plugin comes along that a designer sticks in a folder to install every time WordPress gets deployed on a server. While these plugins may not be new, they are …
When it comes to all the social media that people have, it can be a bit… well, overwhelming sometimes. It almost feels like you’re trying to drink out of a firehose. Twitter, Facebook, RSS feeds, Yelp reviews, Brightkite updates… there are hundreds of different ways to tell people what we’re up to when we’re not …
If you like to schedule posts ahead of time (especially on the podcast), there’s a way to show your readers what posts are coming up next: <h2>Upcoming Posts:</h2><?php $my_query = new WP_Query(‘post_status=future &order=DESC&showposts=5’); if ($my_query->have_posts()) { while ($my_query->have_posts()) : $my_query->the_post(); ?> <?php the_date(); ?> – <?php the_title(); ?> <?php endwhile; } ?> This will display …
For those of you who use your calendars in Google (and Google Apps), you sometimes find the need to display your events. Speaking events, personal vacations, travelling; there are any number of reasons why you’d need to show an event list. But, keeping track of multiple calendars is a pain. So, take the easy solution …