Archive November 2009

What does Twitter Do?

Twitter has been around for a little over 3 years and within that 3 years it has become a sensation that has taken over the internet. I couldn’t find any exact figures for the amount of users twitter has but the articles i read reported between 25M and 32M users. For a website that took 2 weeks to build it can safely be called a sensation.

Working with the internet every day of the week it is easy to forget that some people don’t use the internet so much! Using twitter every day makes you forget that some people have never used it in there lives!

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WPtouch iPhone Theme

I thought i would share a find ive had with everyone which i think is one of the best WordPress plug-ins ive seen for a while.

WPtouch iPhone Theme simply changes the theme of your blog to make it much more friendly and readable for people visiting on smart phones.

The idea is a very simple one and its nothing new but in a time when everyone can use the internet on a phone then i think it has become a must.

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Third Party Blog Comment Moderation

Recently i have been looking into what third party comment moderation websites have to offer. I started looking when i noticed some blogs allowed you to use your twitter logins to log into a website and comment.

I like the idea of this, much like Gravatar, I like the consistency it provides when i may be commenting on a range of different blog’s, if I can log in with twitter then I will, if I cant then I wont bother logging in and if i need to register to comment i wont bother commenting at all.

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Resetting a WordPress Password

From time to time you may find the need to reset a wordpress password. In my experience it has been when a client has forgotten a password and nobody knows which email address the password reminder is sent to or someone the client no longer has contact with set up the blog.

At this point i must say that i have only used his as a last resort! This method consists of adding a line of code to head.php that when the page loads will be executed, changing the password.

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Google Adsence Win/Fail!

Nov2

Browsing the newspaper online tonight i discovered a story which generated some inappropriate adsence. It’s wan’t porn or adsence that shouldn’t be on the network but it shows how maybe Google can  improve its detection of what adverts to display.

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