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5 WordPress Plugins you absolutely need in 2010
Whether you are starting a new WordPress blog or already have one, either way this post should be very helpful in finding some great plugin’s to help make your WordPress blog function better, faster, and prettier.
1. Lightbox Plus
Lightbox Plus is a great tool for displaying any of your pictures within your blog in a Lightbox. You get about 15 different styles to choose from, and 2 different transitions. You can also change the opacity of the overlay that is applied behind your lightbox.
Not only can you use the lightbox for individual images in your blog but you can also have slideshows, and galleries (Must use WP Gallery plugin). Visit the plugin’s site.
2. cforms
Ever want to have a form on your site for contact, or any other reason? Hate plugin forms that have no versitality? With cforms it is simple and easy to style and create multiple Ajax driven contact forms throughout your blog or even on the same page. cforms will then Email you with the end-user’s inputted data.
cforms has a place to edit CSS and also an API for building dynamic forms. You can basically do anything you want with it, if you know enough! If you are looking for a form choose cforms, don’t even bother with the rest. View the plugin’s site. Continue Reading
Google Fiber in Buffalo. That will keep us regular.
As most people know Google is planning to build, and test ultra-high speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the country. They will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. They will also offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000, and potentially up to 500,000 people. With this is mind there are other reasons to want this great opportunity.
Buffalo is a dying city. It’s been dying for about 50-60 years now. We need large corporations that will help support Buffalo while Buffalo helps and supports them. Google is that company. I am afraid without something big happening, Buffalo will just get worst. Don’t you want to be able to continue to live here and maybe have your children live here too? Please help support the cause, below are a few links to check out. Do it for the cause.
http://www.buffalowantsfiber.com/
http://www.buffalorising.com/2010/03/buffalo-wants-google-fiber.html
http://www.city-buffalo.com/applications/googlefiber/default.aspx
PS: Sorry about the lack of posts. I have been sick and had a bunch of side work to get out of the way.
CMS’s: the good, the bad and the ugly.
For the last few years now everyone who wants a new site or a site redesign, often wants to have some kind of content management system in the backend. Mostly the client wants to be able to update content whenever they want and not have to wait or pay for a developer/company to do this for them. The client from what I have seen never has a plan set up for this updating. Usually they will do themselves, which is fine if they where a marketer, and web developer all in one. I believe to run a website and add content you must possess both talents when it comes to a business. Most clients do not or will not spend the money for someone who is proficient in both. So when this happens, sites go to crap.
Although adding a CMS to a site is not the most involved process, but it will increase a clients cost but usually the convienence and money saved in the long run, out ways the price. Continue Reading
The Future for online applications. My hope.
I hope that very soon we will start to see applications start letting the user control their own data. When you find that application that you would love to use, just to find out that you can’t get the open source and maintain the application yourself but rather give control to the owners of the application and keep all your data with them. I am hoping for an option in the future to allow users to maintain their own data, and just data for now. The application stays on the owners server while allowing each user to set up their own database with the correct structure. Once the user signs up for the application they can enter the database connection and username and password for a successful connection.
Now the user has the control over the data. No more worrying about never getting your data back again. No more being held hostage. Continue Reading
Best free way to create a sitemap? SlickPlan!!
I just started using SlickPlan today (about 30 minutes ago). And I already have created a slick looking 40 page sitemap which I feel could be used for clients or for organization between team members.
SlickPlan is FREE! Just sign up, get the email, click the activation link and you’re ready. Within minutes I was adding pages, sub-pages and all the navigation elements what would be constant. After you are done you have several options to export. Continue Reading