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WordPress keep it real(-time)

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:50:59 +0000

WordPress have now made it possible for instant syndication of all blog posts. RSSCloud now means that blog content can be as up to date as services such as Twitter. Their .com users are already using the benefits of this feature and there’s a plugin available for all self-hosted blogs which means an upgrade isn’t even necessary.

Ford use WordPress to power new website

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:01:44 +0000

Ford are using WordPress to power their new website The Ford Story. This simply helps show what many designers have known for a long time – that WordPress rocks!

My recent favourite thing about WordPress – built in dynamic menu highlighting in CSS

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:25:37 +0000

OK, I might be way behind with this little revelation but I’ve just discovered how easy it is to highlight the ‘current page’ in WordPress. It’s a great navigation aid for viewers to know which page they are looking at by having some indication in the nav bar. I first tried looking at some plugins, but I should have known that WordPress would have thought of this and have already built it into the CSS. All you need to do is add these classes to the stylesheet and style them as you see fit:

.page_item {
background-color: #ccc;
color:#000
}

.current_page_item {
background-color: #000;
color:#fff
}

Thanks to Gudstoff for this little gem!

modx vs. wordpress vs. joomla vs. drupal

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:05:33 +0000

Here’s an interesting poll to show how people feel about four popular platforms for building blogs and websites.

As a WordPress fan it’s good to know that it’s a popular choice, but I’ll be sure to check out modx very soon…