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The End Of Twitter

Posted on May 8, 2013 by tom.mcgee

That’s probably an overstatement. But this June 11, Twitter is going to be retiring their current API and replacing it with the new version. What does this mean to you?

The process so far has been pretty simple. Load up your widget, point it at a feed, and you’re good to go. But now . . . → Read More: The End Of Twitter

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Sidebar Login Is Back!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by tom.mcgee

The latest update of the Sidebar Widget works nicely with our systems. If you want an easy way to log in from your blog’s home screen, just follow this simple recipe. . . . → Read More: Sidebar Login Is Back! Continue reading →

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Sidebar Login Is Back!

Posted on April 11, 2013 by tom.mcgee

The latest update of the Sidebar Widget works nicely with our systems. If you want an easy way to log in from your blog’s home screen, just follow this simple recipe. . . . → Read More: Sidebar Login Is Back! Continue reading →

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New Themes

Posted on January 2, 2013 by tom.mcgee

We’ve added two new themes for you to work with.

Clean Retina is “a Simple, Clean and Responsive Retina Ready WordPress Theme which adapts automatically to your tablets and mobile devices.”

It has lots of theme options so you can customize, including nine home page layouts, five post layouts, a featured slider, social icons, . . . → Read More: New Themes

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 2, 2013 by tom.mcgee

To help celebrate, we’ve upgraded the blog system to WordPress 3.5. The biggest change is the new media manager. It’s easier to use — all you have to do is drag-and-drop your media files onto the popup. It’s especially speedy when you’re making a gallery.

It should also produce better results for you on . . . → Read More: Happy New Year

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Happy New Year

Posted on January 2, 2013 by tom.mcgee

To help celebrate, we’ve upgraded the blog system to WordPress 3.5. The biggest change is the new media manager. It’s easier to use — all you have to do is drag-and-drop your media files onto the popup. It’s especially speedy when you’re making a gallery.

It should also produce better results for you on . . . → Read More: Happy New Year

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Twenty-Twelve

Posted on December 4, 2012 by tom.mcgee

WordPress 3.5 is scheduled to be released tomorrow, and while we won’t be updating it immediately — we usually wait until a 3.5.1 release to be sure the kinks are worked out — we have picked up this year’s new default theme, twentytwelve.

To see twentytwelve in action, visit the Badges blog. But one . . . → Read More: Twenty-Twelve

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Featured Image Bug – Updated and Fixed

Posted on October 12, 2012 by tom.mcgee

If you’re using the Arras theme, or another one that’s dependent on featured images, Drag and drop the image you want from your desktop into the “Featured Image” box in the right-hand column. You won’t be able to do it from within the Media popup screen until a future update.

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Site Categories

Posted on October 5, 2012 by tom.mcgee

A new plugin, “Site Categories,” will let us build nicely organized lists of sites by their topic. We’ve already set up a few basic categories, and next time you go in to make an update to your site, you can help. . . . → Read More: Site Categories Continue reading →

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Appointments+

Posted on September 24, 2012 by tom.mcgee

Introducing a new plugin, Appointments+.

What’s it for? Suppose you’re managing a group of students available to work on specific projects in specific time slots. You can build a calendar, and assign tasks and people to times. Confirmation and reminder e-mails happen automatically, and you can even pipe it into a Google calendar.

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