ADS * PLUGINS * THEMES
HAPPYTRIP.INF0 recently re-opened with a WordPress theme using the framework developed by Themetation. HAPPYTRIP.INFO shares news and information with members and readers on travel bargains (cheap airfares, car hire, hotels).
The website was re-developed by Compucentric, a Sydney-based site developers and managers.
One distinct advantage of using a standard blogging platform like WordPress is its facility to re-skin and change the looks of your site.
You can change the theme of your site without touching your database. In addition to making changes to the theme’s graphics and typography, all you need is to transfer or copy across your codes eg, analytics and other codes to call your plugins to the relevant templates.
Today, we did a quick re-skinning of our site. The free Excellent WordPress theme by BlogOhBlog was a natural choice for us. It took us about 2 hours to complete the job.
To avail of Excellence’s layout, we were able to install a new plugin to display 125×125 ads (more on this in our future updates) still making our site with its previous clutter-free look.
As usual, our friends at Compucentric had to make sure that our site documents checked out as XHTML valid by reviewing and modifying the theme’s framework codes.
We hope you enjoy our new theme.
Our friends at TEMPLATEROW.COM have called to let us know that they have completed first phase of their current work.
TEMPLATEROW.COM features some of the best (and free) WordPress themes around. Some have been XHTML validated with links to operational websites using the themes.
Some of the themes featured include Compositio, Copyblogger, Fervens, Blak Magik as well as those featured in the WordPress.org Extension directory.
Just checking how good this Google News 2.4 WordPress plugin is.
Based on the plugin’s sales pitch: “This plugin allows you to define a number of Google News feeds and have them displayed anywhere in content, in a widget or in a theme. Any number of inline replacements or theme inserts can be made… To use the feeds insert one or more of the following special html comments or Shortcodes anywhere in user content….”
After installing, we played around with it using the following settings:
First group, the settings are title=”Entertainment”; type=”with image”; location=”US”; length=”long”; entries=”5″
Second group, the settings are title=”Business”; type=”with image”; location=”US”; length=”short”; entries=”5″.
What do you think?
The plugin is available for download at the WordPress Extension Plugin directory.
Below video was uploaded using Viper’s Video Quicktags plugin for WordPress.
The plugin’s “sales page” states: ‘Tired of copying and pasting the embed HTML from sites like YouTube? Then this plugin is for you.
Just simply click one of the new buttons that this plugin adds to the write screen (rich editor included) and then paste the URL that the video is located at into the prompt box — easy as that. You can fully configure how the videos are displayed (width, height, colors, alignment on the page) and much more. Your site will even stay (X)HTML valid unlike with the code provided by most video sites.’
Well, it delivers its promises. Great plugin.
You can download the plugin at the WordPress extension plugin directory.
Akismet 2.5.3
» Automattic (url)
Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback spam. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep. To get started: 1) Click the “Activate” link to the left of this description, 2) Sign up for an Akismet API key, and 3) Go to your Akismet configuration page, and save your API key.
Genesis Footer 0.1.1
» WPChildThemes (url)
This plugin allows you to modify Genesis-powered-website footer via Genesis theme settings.
Google News 2.5.1
» Olav Kolbu (url)
Displays a selectable Google News RSS feed, inline, widget or in theme.
Snazzy Archives 1.6.3
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
Snazzy Archives is a visualization plugin for your WordPress site which creates completely unique archive pages.
Theme Test Drive 2.8.2
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
Safely test drive any theme while visitors are using the default one. Includes instant theme preview via thumbnail.
Viper's Video Quicktags 6.3.4
» Viper007Bond (url)
Easily embed videos from various video websites such as YouTube, DailyMotion, and Vimeo into your posts.
WP-PluginsUsed 1.50
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.
WP-SpamFree 2.1.1.2
» WP-SpamFree (url)
An extremely powerful anti-spam plugin that virtually eliminates comment spam. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog! Includes spam-free contact form feature as well.
WP125 1.4.2
» Matt Harzewski (redwall_hp) (url)
Easily manage 125×125 ads within your WordPress Dashboard.
We have looked into Twitter and we quite like it. We have also tried Twitterberry and Twitter Tools which work great. For those who would like to write light and short blogs like SMS, we recommend Twitter. Good for personal and commercial blogs. Twitter allows web promotions and links. You can follow this link for a sample Twitter page.
