BuddyPress Now Available on WordPress — No WPMU Required!

Good news for people who want to have a social network feature on their WordPress site. BuddyPress, the suite of  WordPress plugins and themes designed to work with WPMU, the multi-user version of WordPress, is now available in a version for regular... Read More

WordPress 2.9 Released

WordPress version 2.9 was released on the 18th of December after much anticipation. (But then it seems all new versions of WordPress contain sufficient goodies as to make the wait worth it. ) There are indeed some great new features in WordPress... Read More

TheGreenFamilia Featured in Studiopress Showcase

thegreenfamilia.co.uk is included in the Studiopress showcase. Woo hoo! TheGreenFamilia.co.uk is now featured in the Studiopress showcase of sites: http://www.studiopress.com/showcase/lifestyle/the-green-familia.htm I’m happy that the... Read More

Wibiya Toolbar: Are You Helping Your Visitors or Just Irritating Them?

Lately when I visit a WordPress site, I’m being greeted by a small annoyance. It’s called a Wibiya toolbar and it sits at the bottom of your browser bar on sites where it has been installed. On the toolbar are links to recent posts, random... Read More

Studiopress Releases New Executive Theme

There’s a new theme out from Studiopress. The Executive theme was just recently released. It’s a clean theme with shades of dark gray, light gray, and blue. The look is different from many of the Studiopress themes because the header and... Read More

Update Your WordPress Version to Keep Your Site Safe

If you use WordPress, be sure to keep your version up to date. The folks at WordPress recently emphasized this in a blog post: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/09/keep-wordpress-secure/ WordPress included an automatic upgrade feature inside... Read More

New StudioPress Lifestyle and Church Themes Released

StudioPress released Lifestyle 4.0 and Church 4.0 this week. These are the versions that have been optimized by Joost de Valk, the newest member of the StudioPress development team. I’m really excited about this because the Lifestyle and Church... Read More

Solution to Featured Content Gallery & WP-eCommerce Conflict

For quite some time now, I’ve been aware of the fact that the Featured Content Gallery and the WP-eCommerce plugins do not play nice together. If both are activated on your WordPress site, the Featured Content Gallery (FCG) will not work. The images... Read More