When you look at our sidebar, you will see a different widget at the top depending on the page you are viewing. We have a quick links list to services when viewing services pages, and an intro to the blog, when you are visiting the blog. In some instances we provide a page summary, and sometimes a call to action. This cool new function you can add to your blog without any theme mods! Just … [Read more...]
Plugin Pick: Link Checker
I adore this plugin! (Not that I would otherwise have broken links - No! Not ME!) How to Use Broken Link Checker: Go to your "Plugins" panel, and select "Add New" In the search field, type "Broken Link Checker" and click on "search". Find the correct plugin, and click "Install" to the far right of the name. Click "Install Now" and WordPress will do its thang and download right into … [Read more...]
Plugin Pick of the Week: Link Within
This little plugin lets you put related posts images and links beneath your posts. It is an excellent way for readers to find out more about you, and the current topic. Have you seen these kinds of images: Those are produced by the plugin, Linkwithin, which you can get here! There is absolutely NO work involved - you click on it to upload it, and then activate it, and it installs … [Read more...]
Adding a Carousel Gallery
There are a few options that are available for adding a featured content gallery similar to the one on our front page. Our favorite is the Dynamic Content Gallery Plugin for the following reasons: 1. We use an excerpt and a thumbnail plugin, and out of the 3 galleries that we tested, this was the only one that didn't conflict. (We use Advanced Excerpt by Bas Van Doren, and Thumbnails for … [Read more...]
DS Plugin Picks
My latest discovery has been the "Excerpts of Children" plugin. Here's what it does: This plugin dynamically generates html paragraphs with excerpts from child pages. Put [excerpts-from-children] on any page and it will insert the excerpts from its child pages. See our Value Added Services for WordPress for an example. … [Read more...]
Essential Plugins for a new WordPress Installation
Image via CrunchBase Included in all our bundled packages are 10 plugins: 1. *Akismet anti-spam 2. contact form 3. All In One SEO 4. TinyMCE Advanced - installs extra options in the write panel 5. Google Analytics or Wordpress.com Stats - which one? 6. *WP DB(database) Manager 7. Sociable bookmarking options. 8. Broken Link Checker 9. Feedburner 10. WP-Super-Cache to speed things … [Read more...]
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