WP to Twitter is a simple plug-in — publish your post, send out a Tweet. WP Tweets PRO makes that a bit more sophisticated: publish your post, send out the Tweet a few minutes later and schedule a couple additional Tweets for points in the future. But it’s still straightforward – WP Tweets PRO gives you a setting to determine intervals. You can have your post Tweeted 10 minutes after publication, then you can set an interval (say, 13 hours), […]
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Update to Color Contrast Tester
So, I originally wrote my color contrast evaluator in September of 2008. Now, 5 years later, there are some key differences that merit an update. Visit the Color Contrast Tester In 2008, support for rgba color was virtually nonexistent on the web. Accounting for transparency was only something you needed to do with images. Mobile devices were something to consider, but it wasn’t that big of a deal – if a tool wasn’t mobile friendly, that was really the norm. […]
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My Calendar, particularly as of the newly released version 2.2.8, is filled with actions and filters to add your own custom actions or alter data. These hooks are one of the things that make WordPress so much fun to program for — a few simple lines of code can make otherwise difficult things vastly easier. I’ve been asked a few times about adding an option to My Calendar to create a blog post when you publish an event. Well, I […]
Continue reading “Create posts on publishing an event to My Calendar” »Stop WordPress Spam with BotSmasher
My latest WordPress plug-in is now released: BotSmasher, a plug-in to stop spam by filtering WordPress comments, registrations, and contact form submissions. This project owes a lot to Karl Groves, who developed and maintains the BotSmasher API (Application Programming Interface). So, what can you do with the BotSmasher WordPress plug-in? Well, the obvious: filtering comments and registrations. The plug-in takes user-submitted comments and registrations, checks them against the BotSmasher database of spam names, emails, and IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, and […]
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Updated January 23rd, 2018 Building an accessible website is a holistic endeavor. In order to provide easy access to the information on each page, myriad factors must be considered. One of the chief amongst these is the creation of accessible navigation. Whether considering business logic or a principled perspective on web design, enabling the site user to move within your pages is of key importance. This article will describe the principles of accessible navigation and demonstrate ways to create it […]
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