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27 Jan
15 useful plugins for multi-author blogs
Blogging, Plugins, WordPress
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Managing a blog with a single author can be time-consuming enough, but adding in multiple authors can exponentially increase the amount of time and effort it takes to manage.
There’s editorial workflow, scheduling, and author management to consider, among other things.
Below are fifteen plugins that can make managing your multi-author blog a lot easier.
They include editorial workflow plugins, scheduling and calendar plugins, and plugins that will benefit your authors or make it easier to communicate with them. Read more
12 Jan
10 excellent SEO plug-ins for every blog
Plugins, SEO, WordPress
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SEO can be a very daunting task. With the help of plug-ins, this daunting task becomes a piece of cake. As we all know search engine optimization is extremely important for any website or blog in order to be found on search engines like Google, Yahoo and others.
In order to ensure that we meet our SEO goals, we must make sure that we do it properly. Performing search engine optimization tasks improperly can put you even farther behind than where you started.
With this list of 10 SEO plug-ins, I’m going to show you how to easily exploit search engine optimization techniques and do it correctly. Many of these plug-ins can be used in conjunction with each other, further optimizing your websites SEO potential.
As always if you think we’ve missed something, please let us know in the comments. Read more
21 Dec
7 WordPress plugins for font replacement
Plugins, Typography, WordPress
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There are a ton of options out there for font replacement, including some great WordPress plugins that make font replacement easier than ever.
Sure, you can hard-code your font replacement into your theme (or into a theme options page), but a plugin is sometimes a much better option, especially when you want to make a theme backwards-compatible.
Below are seven fantastic font replacement plugins. Some are for use with paid services, while others work with free services or are self-hosted.
All of the plugins included are compatible up to WP 3.1.4, and most are compatible up to 3.2.1. Read more
6 Dec
Adding an advanced calendar to WordPress
Plugins, Resources, WordPress
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As WordPress morphs more and more into a CMS rather that just a blogging platform, there are a lot of instances where you might want to add calendar functionality to your WordPress-powered site, beyond the standard posts calendar widget.
The good news is that there are a ton of awesome calendar plugins out there that can be integrated into your site quickly and easily.
Whether you just want to display events or do something more complex (like allow visitors to book events or appointments), there are existing plugins available to help you do whatever it is you need.
Below, we’ve collected a dozen of the coolest plugins out there for adding advanced calendar functionality to WP. Check them out, and then let us know your favorites (on or off this list) in the comments! Read more
11 Nov
10 awesome social sharing plugins for WordPress
Plugins, Social Media, WordPress
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Social sharing options are pretty much a must for any blog.
You want to make it easy for your visitors to share what you’ve written with their social networks so that others can discover your content.
And the best way to do that is to include a button or two that puts the idea of sharing front and center, and makes it incredibly simple for your users to post your link to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or elsewhere.
Below are ten great social sharing plugins for your WordPress blog. Most are free and all have sharing options for multiple platforms. Some even include upwards of a hundred or more services you can implement. Read more
2 Sep
10+ WordPress comment management plugins
Community, Plugins, WordPress
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We’ve covered advanced commenting systems for WordPress before, but what about those bloggers who want to use the stock WordPress commenting system?
Not everyone wants to manage a third-party comment system. And those are the users who will find the comment plugins below really useful.
Below are eleven plugins that can handle everything from adding tweets about your posts to your comments section to stripping out potentially malicious code to preventing spam comments.
There are also plugins that help increase user engagement and usability for your commenters. Let us know in the comments what your favorite comment-related WP plugins are, whether they made the list or not! Read more
19 Aug
10 WordPress plugins to enhance your blog’s typography
Plugins, Typography, WordPress
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Have you ever visited a blog and noticed immediately how the typography added sophistication and really made the content stand out? Perhaps it was an elegant typeface that fit the theme of the blog, or white space that was used proficiently throughout the layout. Whatever it was, it caught your eye, and you probably wondered how they did it.
These kinds of readability enhancements are done either via manual CSS styling or with plug-ins. If you’re not familiar with CSS coding, then plug-ins are definitely the way to go, and this article highlights the top 10 typography-related WordPress plug-ins for enhancing the readability of your blog.
Plug-ins like these are important because they help you better handle hyphens, spacing, character formatting, text enhancements, quotes and much more. By using just a plug-in or two, you can breath life into an otherwise dull layout and keep readers longer.
So, let’s look at how to make your blog come to life with enhancement plug-ins. Read more
2 Aug
25 jQuery image galleries and slideshow plugins
Compilation, Plugins, jQuery
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For some sites, image galleries are an absolute must. Portfolios are the first to come to mind, but galleries are also useful for blogs, e-commerce sites, and really any site that regularly displays multiple images on a single page.
Below are 25 fantastic jQuery gallery and slideshow plugins.
They’re all free (though some require different licensing for commercial use, have premium versions available, or offer paid add-ons).
We’re sure there’s almost certainly going to be something to fit whatever your current project needs.
Feel free to suggest other options at the end of this post in the comments’ area… Read more
17 Sep
300+ Resources to Help You Become a WordPress Expert
Plugins, Tutorials, WordPress
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WordPress is one of the most popular blogging platforms available today. And for good reason.
It’s powerful enough to be a complete CMS, has every feature or function a blogger could dream of (either built in or available via plugins or custom functions), and it’s free and open source.
While WordPress is incredibly powerful and easy to use on its most basic levels, it can also get pretty complicated, pretty quickly.
Below are more than 300 resources to help you master WordPress no matter what your skill level is.
Everything from premium and free themes to plugins to WP hacks and everything in between is included. If it’s possible with WordPress, it’s likely you’ll find it below. Read more
27 Jul
Massive Compilation of Designer Tools
Add Ons, Plugins, Web Designers
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Web designers have a wealth of tools available to them, for doing everything from organizing their thoughts about a particular design to debugging the final design.
But with so many tools out there, how do you ever determine which ones are really useful and which ones are just going to waste your time?
We’ve compiled a massive list of some of the best and most useful tools out there for web designers.
Purposely left off the list are common tools most designers are likely already using (like Dreamweaver or Panic’s Coda, Photoshop or GIMP, and similar common software programs that pretty much every designer already has in their toolkit).
These are tools that will save you time, make you a more effective designer, simplify or speed up your design process, or otherwise make your life easier.
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23 Apr
20 Excellent Plugins for Safari
Extensions, Plugins, Safari
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These days we have great choices for Web browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome and the list goes on.
Each browser comes with its own set of advantages and features and one of the greatest benefits of Firefox has been the ability to fully customize it through the use of plugins and add-ons.
This feature is especially important for those of you using Mac OS X, when deciding whether to pick one of the two heavyweights: Firefox or Safari.
But Safari actually does support plugins. While the choice is nowhere near as extensive as that of Firefox, there is still a good variety of them to choose from.
Here’s a list of 20 useful plugins for Safari for OS X. Read more
15 Nov
10 Essential WordPress Plugins to Start Your Blog (and Why)
Add Ons, Extensions, Plugins, WordPress
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Ready to start your own blog or online portfolio? Interested in downloading and incorporating WordPress into it? Or maybe you need to spruce up your current site? Well here are 10 essential WordPress plugins to get your blog started today.
Maintaining a blog requires some work, but with WordPress plugin capabilities it has become a lot more convenient and less time consuming.
Literally take these plugins and dump them into your /wp-content/plugins/ directory, turn them on in your Dashboard and Voila! A fully functional blog with all your vital needs. Read more