WordPress Version 3.3.1
qTranslate Version 2.5.28

I have used qTranslate in the past on multilingual websites with no problems. However, updating to WordPress 3.3.1 caused a slew of problems, and their solutions are outlined below. [Read more...]

There are a large number of WordPress plugins available to add social networking tools to your WordPress installation. In fact, it is difficult to know where to begin when faced with page after page of plugins that support Twitter, Facebook, and all the rest.

For my blog, I decided I wanted small, discrete share buttons at the end of all posts and some, but not all, pages. I also wanted a Tweet feed to show my latest Tweets. Finally, I wanted a Tweet counter for each page so I could track whether people were using the sharing tools and a “follow me” link so people could jump to my Tweet page. [Read more...]

I learned something about WordPress Markdown the hard way today. In writing the readme.txt for my new plugin WP-ImageFlow2 the formatting of my information on the WordPress website was messed up. Instead of nice numbered lists and bullets, it came out as a big blog in a paragraph. Very difficult to read! [Read more...]

Many business owners today would like to incorporate a blog into their website. The WordPress blogging platform is a simple to use platform with thousands of template designs, making it a popular choice. However, the WordPress default configuration places the blog as the main landing page of the website. This tutorial will explain how to choose a static page as the main landing page and make the blog a secondary page. [Read more...]