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Amazing set of unique twitter icons
Posted by: | CommentsI love it when I find something to share. These twitter icons by WebTreatsETC are so far – the most creative I have found.
Making WORDPRESS better- user role selection at registration
Posted by: | CommentsIf you have a moment please stop by Wordpress and VOTE for my idea for future releases.
Click Here to vote <- you will need to register (which you should anyway so you can vote and rate all the great plugins you use.)
My idea is simple. Currently you can only select ONE default role with wordpress. This means when a visitor registers on your blog they are set to for example susbcriber.
You then have to manually change each user to their role in the admin section.
What if you created new roles (maybe you have a blog for VA’s and you want the OPTION for user to register as a VA or a Business owner ) and you want the user to select the right one when they register.
My suggestion is for WordPress to:
instead of a ‘default role’ on the general settings page ;
allow admins to select either
a Default role
OR
select MULTIPLE user roles to be included within a DROP DOWN to be included on the user registration page
So please go vote for my idea – and if you are looking for a way to create CUSTOM roles in WordPress you should check out Justin T’s Member Role WordPress Plugin.
Free Valentines Day Vector icons and stock art
Posted by: | CommentsPromoting some valentine’s day affiliate programs and need some valentine’s day stock art or Valentine’s Day icons ? Here’s a list of FIVE free heart vector icon sets:
Free JPG and EPS web 2.0 style heart icons
Free Valentine Cookie Heart and candy icons
Vector Hearts and Valentine Wallpapers
Valentine’s Day Vector Icon Set
Hope these help promote your Valentine’s Day affiliate programs! Be sure to check out the Cookie Surprise Affiliate Program. It’s a great affiliate program with tons of Valentines Day Creatives.
WordPress Post Plugin – Side bar post display
Posted by: | CommentsI am searching high and low for the Wordpress template tag that allows you to list your posts by categorey in a sidebar. Of course this has lead me to not yet find an answer to my question, but I have been playing with some great Wordpress plugings for displaying your posts in your side bar.
I like the Category Posts Widget. It is light weight and has most of the features your average blogger would need.
Display thumbnail images via WP 2.9’s new post thumbnail feature.
Set how many posts to show.
Set which category the posts should come form.
Show the post excerpt and how long the excerpt should be.
Show the post date.
Show the comment count.
Option to make the widget title link to the category page.
Multiple widgets.
Another great side bar widget for wordpress is Query Posts Justin Tadlock. It allows you to display posts by tag, category, author, time/date, custom field key and/or value.
Choose any number.
Order by various terms.
Show pages.
Show the full post, excerpt, or even order them in a list.
And much more…
Justin’s side bar widget is a bit more ‘techy’ but all of his plugins get high ratings from me.
Say NO to splash and entry pages
Posted by: | CommentsThinking about a splash page or entry page that a visitor has to view or (click to skip) before heading on to view your blog or e-commerce site? Don’t.
What IS a splash page ” A page in a Web site that the user sees first before being given the option to continue to the main content of the site. Often a splash page will consist of animated graphics and sounds that entice the user into exploring the rest of the Web site. Some splash pages will bring the user to the main Web site automatically, and some require the user to click on a link that will load the main page. “ quote Useful design
I can not more adequately get my point across then to simply say “DO NOT EVER use an entry page” on your website. EVER. So now that I have made that clear let me tell you why;
1) It’s outdated. DO you want users to think you are a serious professional website, company, or blog?
Your site needs to not look like a site built in the year 2000 (because, yes, that was TEN years ago. Ten years is a decade.) Are we on the same page now about splash pages? Read More→
