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Webtools for Fools ~ Hello World!
Webtools for Fools is the place for you if you if you have a website... but you aren't sure how to use it.Maybe you write a blog, manage your website, tweet, promote your band...or your brand. We cover...
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How to prevent the Wordpress editor adding tags to your code
Adding this code at the top of my templates pages worked for me:<?php remove_filter ('the_content', 'wpautop'); ?>via wordpress.orgI am increasingly spending more and more time working with...
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Wordpress Contact Form 7 Tracking on Google Analytics
Contact Form 7 is a plugin that I use quite often, it is flexible and does the job quickly and easily. For a recent project, I was required to integrate a Campaign Monitor subscription into the...
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Linking your Google AdWords and Google Analytics accounts and Tracking...
So you have your Google Analytics up and running, and your first Google AdWords campaign is rolling too! You are licking your lips at the prospect of all that traffic coming your way and spending your...
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Balsamiq ~ Useful Rapid Wireframing Tool
If you are a designer, you will know the feeling of spending hours on a sample design, only to have the client ask you to put the sidebar on the left instead of the right, or split the content into...
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Progression, Improvement and the power of RSS feeds
Working in the web industry is all about progression and improvement. Not only in what you do, but also in everything you don't. And this all needs to be done in very little time too. So how does one...
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3 Payment Gateway Options for South African Businesses
Recently I have embarked on an E-Commerce project. Being based in South Africa means that often times many widely used solutions overseas are not available locally. This has provided plenty of...
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The Future of 27 Dinner
On Tuesday I attended my first 27 Dinner. I really enjoyed it! Cool venue, cool people and good talks. (The finger foods were good too!). In particular I enjoyed Gareth Ochse talks on start ups. I...
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South African Web Hosting Comparison
Since returning from the UK a few months ago, I have been finding out more and more about how things are done online here in South Africa. I have been quite amazed at how much things cost, and in...
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Wordpress Tips: Spam Basics
Have you ever spent hours having to delete spammy comments from your website?Does everyone that reads your website seem to be obsessed with Viagra, penis enlargements and obscure pharmaceuticals?...
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Amazon and the pricing of digital downloads
I recently made my first purchase on Amazon. This may sound crazy, but yes. This was the first time I ever used Amazon. And to be honest, though it is a great service, there were some things that I...
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Going Commando
Recently I have been making inroads into the world of the freelance agent. Even though I have been "freelance" for two years this is the first time I am truly "on my own" as such. My daily process now...
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Easier website publishing with Wordpress + Posterous
You may know that Wordpress is a fantastic tool for running and managing your website. The sheer control you have over what your site can do and how it is presented is mind blowing. The size,...
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Get Amongst It - Getting Involved in Open Source
How many of you use open source technologies?Be they Wordpress, Joomla, Magento, Drupal or even Expression Engine sites or any number of other open source technologies? Recently I have read a few...
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User Friendly Admin Areas for Wordpress in 2 Easy Steps
For those of you that use Wordpress. You would know that the Wordpress admin area is already pretty user friendly. However, there are a few steps one can take to make them a little more user friendly...
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Invisible Wordpress
Imagine having a website...without "having a website"... In essence, an invisible website. What do I mean by this? Well, simple, you can publish content to your website, without having to login or...
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Wordpress Wishlist
Wordress 3.2 was just released and it is cool! It's not nearly Christmas yet, and it ain't my birthday, so I have no right putting up a wishlist. But here goes just for fun. Wordpress is my bread and...
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WordPress Images ~ The Right Way
Using images in WordPress has developed rapidly in recent times with the introduction of native thumbnail support as well as the ability to use images in the header and background images of your...
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