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Lanyrd Splat WordPress Widget Plugin

Posted on January 2, 2012 by todd

Last night I noticed that the Lanyrd event info that was meant to be listed in my blog sidebar was no longer working. I was, at the time, using the My Lanyrd Widget which was up to a time working … Continue reading →

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2011 Goals Update – In review

Posted on January 1, 2012 by todd

A whole year has now passed since I set my goals for 2011 and as such its time to wrap up and have a look back how I did. Complete work on our house As far as the year as a … Continue reading →

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WordPress 1 Minute Wonder – Quick Performance Boosts

Posted on December 5, 2011 by todd

This latest WordPress 1 Minute Wonder installation covers a couple of quick alternative steps that can be taken to dramatically increase your site performance… and yes I’ll be honest and say that actually to cover all 3 steps here it … Continue reading →

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2011 Goals Update – Quarter 3

Posted on October 2, 2011 by todd

9 months have now passed since I set my goals for 2011 and so it’s time for another update… of dear! Complete work on our house - Some progress has been made, which is really good news. We now have all new … Continue reading →

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My WordCamp UK 2011 Review

Posted on July 24, 2011 by todd

So last weekend (16-17 July 2011) I upped and offed to my 2nd WordCamp. The previous one was in Manchester (UK) in 2010 and I had an absolute blast… so much so that there was no way I was going … Continue reading →

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WordPress Upgrade Error – Incompatible Archive Solution

Posted on May 14, 2011 by todd

Just a quick post to highlight the solution to a recent WordPress issue I had when trying to upgrade WordPress release using the “Upgrade Automatically” option. The error I was seeing was: Incompatible Archive.: PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Unable to find … Continue reading →

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WordPress 1 Minute Wonder – Styling Widgets on Pages Horizontally

Posted on May 8, 2011 by todd

In this edition of WordPress 1 Minute Wonders I will answer a question which I frequently get emailed about… and that is how to style widgets next to each other when using my Widgets on Pages WordPress plugin. In this … Continue reading →

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Best Ribbit Transcription… ever

Posted on May 5, 2011 by todd

I use a service called Ribbit to handle my voicemails and they send me a text and email of the transcribed message as well as an mp3 of the audio. As it’s a free service I tend not to be … Continue reading →

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WordPress 1 Minute Wonder – Adding Gravatar Hovercards

Posted on May 3, 2011 by todd

As a sequal to the debut entry of the “WordPress 1 Minute Wonder” series which talked about styling author comments differently to other comments this post extends the usefulness of your comments by adding Gravatar Hovercards to you site/blog. This posts … Continue reading →

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WordPress 1 Minute Wonder – Styling Author Comments

Posted on April 23, 2011 by todd

This is the first in the series of my 1 Minute Wonder series for WordPress where I’ll be showing simple and quick tricks for WordPress to add a little extra to your blog or WordPress powered website. And in this … Continue reading →

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