There are hundreds of plugins for BuddyPress. The plugins shown here are the essential enhancements to make BP fly like a proper social network should. RS BuddyPress Activity Refresh plugin for live activity stream updates. BuddyPress Block Activity Stream Updates to get rid of those activity updates that don’t really belong in the activity stream … Read more
Embedding documents into websites is super easy with Google docs. No Google account needed. No API key needed. Just follow the link to the tool: https://docs.google.com/gview/ Once there, paste the URL of the file you want to embed into the Document URL field and press Generate. Copy the embed code into your page. This works … Read more
Most email scams are easy to spot but there is a new PayPal email scam that’s a lot better put together than the usual rubbish. The email looks very official and the stated purpose of the email is plausible. I can see a lot of people being caught out by it. The email subject reads … Read more
Add an Invite Facebook Friends button to any WordPress website with the Facebook Friends Inviter Plugin. This is a new free plugin from the stable of JournalXtra and VizRED. This WordPress plugin adds customizable text links and customizable graphic buttons that are visible to anyone who visits your WordPress site. Key benefits of the plugin … Read more
Q: What do you get when you cross a lazy web designer with Google search? A: A Genesis child theme overflowing with options for near drag’n’drop visual theme styling. I’m guessing you’re lazy too or you wouldn’t have made the same search I did. I build a lot of Genesis child themes. Some I design … Read more
Sometimes we need to add references to scripts, metatags or conditional styles to the WordPress <head></head> section in header.php. WordPress has an action hook for this purpose. It’s very easy to use. To add scripts, conditional styles or links to header.php, use the wp_head() action hook, like this: add_action(‘wp_head’, ‘function_name’); function function_name() { echo “\n”; … Read more