Category Archives: wordpress

From a Problem to 100,000 Downloads

Posted on March 9, 2013 by todd

It was 1054 days ago that I first wanted to place a WordPress widget into a post I was writing. Whether it was for a client site or personal one I can’t remember… the important thing is that out of … Continue reading →

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Goals for 2013

Posted on January 1, 2013 by todd

Well 2012 was a good year I’d say… in fact with the birth of little Rafferty I’d say it was a great year. But onto 2013; what am I hoping to achieve this year… Lose a little weight As per … Continue reading →

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August wp-hooked Widgets Admin Write-Up

Posted on August 12, 2012 by todd

At the August Meet-up of the London based wp-hooked I talked on the topic of WordPress Widgets, and in particular the admin area for them (slides can be found here). The talk came from the view of a user (read … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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