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WordPress.TV: Pimp Your WordPress Plugin

May 21, 2010 by Blair Williams · 5 Comments

WordPress.TV just posted my presentation from OCWordCamp, “Pimp Your WordPress Plugin” … FYI — it’s actually quite a bit more technical than it sounds — but if you want to learn some of my techniques for developing & maintaining larger-scale plugins, this is the one for you:

Here are the slides for this presentation: Pimp Your WordPress Plugin

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Anyone Can Use WordPress Hooks

May 18, 2010 by Blair Williams · 34 Comments

Hooks are one of the greatest features of WordPress — yet they are unseen by most WordPress users.

Okay, I’ll admit, hooks are only available in the code — but I believe they’re simple enough to be used by anyone technical enough to use a text editor and FTP.

WordPress has a really good Intro to Hooks and there are a couple of WordPress Hook databases out on the web too … but these might be a bit technical and overwhelming for many users wanting to customize their blogs.

This is my basic overview of what hooks are for and how they can make your life easier as a WordPress user. [Read more...]

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Stop Using WHOIS Privacy and 3 Other Strategies For Increasing Your Website’s Credibility

November 10, 2009 by Blair Williams · 17 Comments

Domain Name This article will show you some simple steps you can take to increase the credibility of your site with a very low amount of effort. Today I came across this fantastic article by Daniel Scocco:

Time to Stop Using Whois Privacy?

His article inspired me to write about this topic and to extend his thinking a bit beyond Private Registrations.

Scocco’s argument is that using private registration on your domain names leads to less trust. This is 100% true but here’s another big reason not to use Private Registration if you ever plan to install an extended verification SSL certificate on your site you’ll have to remove the privacy registration settings (and trust me, that can be a pain in the butt). [Read more...]

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New Pretty Link Video Tutorials Added

November 9, 2009 by Blair Williams · 1 Comment

demo I’ve had a ton of requests from Pretty Link and Pretty Link Pro users to update and expand my video tutorials for these products. I’ve finally gotten around to recording the first of these.

Do you need help with:

Getting started with Pretty Link on your WordPress Website
Setting up Pretty Link Redirects
Organizing your links with Pretty Link Groups
Advanced Link Options
Tracking Hits on your Pretty Links
Pretty Link Global Options

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