Tag Archives: wordpress

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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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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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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5 Tricks to Spice up your WordPress Blog

Posted on April 6, 2011 by todd

By adding a few lines of code or installing a plugin or two you can add some extra spice to your WordPress blog (or other WordPress powered site) and at the same time  bring a lot more value to your … Continue reading →

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How to display Widgets inside posts and pages

Posted on May 9, 2010 by todd

I was faced the need to be able to place extra manageable content inside a wordpress page’s core content… and without an existing plugin available to do this I thought I’d write one of my own. The output was the Widgets on Pages … Continue reading →

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My 1st Plugin is Released

Posted on April 21, 2009 by todd

As part of my work for Gingerbread Design I have just released my first WordPress plugin into the wild. The plugin provides bulk functionality to help manage eCommerce web sites/stores. Details of the plugin can be found on the official … Continue reading →

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