Blogging, WordPress and Themes

How to add custom sites to I Love Social Bookmarking

On a recent comment on the I Love Social Bookmarking plugin page, I was asked by shegs of GamersBeyond how to add a custom site to ILSB. Well, as luck would have it, it’s actually really easy so I will walk through the stages here.

Ingredients

A social bookmarking site - there are [...]

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I Love Social Bookmarking version 0.3 released

If there is one thing that is more desperately needed than a new post on miLienzo.com, it is an update to the I Love Social Bookmarking plugin. Two birds. One stone!

Since its release ILSB has had a few minor niggles related to certain themes’ CSS and which sometimes caused display problems and browser discrepancies - [...]

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Do you want a Jaiku invite?

Do you have too much time on your hands? Are you sometimes left wondering what you could possibly do with all your spare time? Do you just wish that there was another instant-messaging-social-media know-what-you’re-doing-at-all-times thingy to play around with?

Well, I guessed not. But if you are interested I happen to have a few Jaiku invites [...]

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LoopPress: New WordPress showcase site launched

It is my duty to make a quick mention for a new WordPress showcase site that was launched last week. LoopPress is the brainchild of Jim Keiffer and has been launched to showcase beautiful WordPress designs.

From LoopPress:
If you’re like me, you love Wordpress and want to know how other developers and designers are using it, [...]

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Microblogging: What’s it all about?

So, microblogging eh? What is it all about? To be honest with you, I haven’t got a clue. In the past I’ve been quite vocal about the pointlessness of Twitter, but something strange must have come over me today because I’ve joined the microblogging revolution.

Before you start deleting my RSS feed and cursing me for [...]

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What do you make of this PageRank hullabaloo?

Even the less observant amongst us wont fail to have noticed the recent disquiet emanating from the blogosphere concerning that little green bar we all love to hate. One minute it’s down, the next it’s up, leaving many bloggers in something of a stir.

For the benefit of those oblivious, here’s a quick recap:

At the end [...]

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This time next year, Rodney, we’ll be millionaires!

One of the winners from David Airey’s anniversary giveaway bonanza was a chap called Bruce who won a blog review from yours truly. I’ve not been the quickest in honouring my commitment (sorry, Bruce) but I am a man of my word so if you would like to hear my views on the blog of [...]

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Celebrating a Century of blogging

Something special has happened to miLienzo.com recently. Its voice has dropped, its shoulders have broadened and it’s started to develop a bit of stubble under the chin. It’s even started showing a keen interest in lady blogs! That’s right, miLienzo.com has come of age. We are officially 100 posts old, which in blogging terms is [...]

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New WordPress social bookmarking plugin released

Today I am proud to reveal to the fruits of my last few weekends’ labour: my first ever WordPress plugin!

I Love Social Bookmarking is a simple WordPress plugin that allows your readers to submit your content to social media services via a clutter-free drop-down list of attractive icons.

For a demo of the plugin, just look [...]

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How has your WordPress 2.3 experience been?

I’m under no illusions that any miLienzo.com readers spend all day every day with their eyes firmly fixed on their computer screens reading these very pages. But if you did happen across this site at the weekend you may have noticed about 30 minutes of downtime whilst I upgraded to WordPress 2.3.

For the most part [...]

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