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WordPress 3 test drive: New features
WordPress 3 is nearly upon us, it is currently in release candidate, one step away from launch. We have been playing with this version so that we are ready when the big day comes. Now would be a good time to reveal some of the cool new features available in this major WordPress 3 update. There are a large number of minor tweaks and additions but we will focus on the major ones that will be most visible to WordPress users.
Top 10 datagraphic websites
I was browsing through one of the sites we’ve recently launched and saw a fantastic post on datagraphics by Ann Winter of the Arts Research Digest.
Posted on June 2nd, 2010
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Kino Add HTML plugin for WordPress
I’m happy to announce that the Kino Add HTML plugin is now ready for release.
WordPress: Next/previous post navigation with images and inactive links
As with most aspects of WordPress, the next / previous navigation links are highly customisable. The WordPress codex has a pretty comprehensive reference for this, but one thing that might not be immediately obvious is how to use images for the links or how to show inactive links.
Posted on April 30th, 2010
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Kino Events Calendar Plugin for WordPress
The Kino Events Calendar is a simple yet flexible calendar plugin for WordPress. It works as an upgrade to the standard WordPress calendar plugin.
Once installed the calendar will sit in the sidebar. You can also easily select an Events page which shows all current and future events in a logical order. The calendar requires PHP5 to be running on your server.
Woo-hoo! Custom Menus announced in WordPress 3
The big WordPress scoop of the day is the deal struck with the creators of WooThemes Custom Navigation to include it’s code into the core of WordPress 3. This is a major addition that will add some really cool functionality.
Currently WordPress only lets you list all your pages or all your posts. There are plugins available that let you exclude certain pages / categories
Hot off the Press – Guardian Zeitgeist
I see on the Guardian website today that they have unveiled an interesting experiment they’ve been working on called Zeitgeist (A German word which means “spirit of the times”). They describe it as:
“a new way to reveal and explore content on the Guardian site, according to “social signals” from users.”
Basically news stories are displayed based on how popular the are but is intelligent enough not to simply base it on the number of page views. The algorithms used take into account how much attention the article is getting compared to others in the same category or of the same type, this includes page views, comments, traffic to and from the article, and how much it is spread through social networking.
Posted on February 5th, 2010
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Awesome vintage stamp social media icons
I ran across these amazingly well designed vintage stamp social icons at Dawghouse Design Studios and was really impressed. They’re very high quality, and there’s a great tutorial detailing how they were made.
