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WordPress Plugin Impact on Load Time

Brian Dusablon — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:11:23 +0000

Running your site with WordPress? Check this list to see if you’re bogging down your load time with bulky WordPress plugins.

Measuring impact of plugins on WordPress loading – Benchmark | Dev4Press

Adobe Captivate Resources

Brian Dusablon — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:51:16 +0000

I’ve been doing some work recently in Captivate 5 and 5.5. Here are some resources I’ve gathered. Do you have a great tip or resource? Submit one here.

Adobe’s Captivate Tutorials
The Adobe Captivate Blog
Adobe eSeminar: Captivate 5 Beginner Tips: How to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes
Pipwerks: Captivate Hacks
Philip is an amazing talent and always willing to help out.
E-Learning Uncovered has JUST released a book on Adobe Captivate 5.5 and the companion website is http://elearninguncovered.com/captivate/
Understanding How the New Quizzes Work in Captivate 5.5 (RJ Jacquez)
Captivate Joe
Joe Ganci is one of the most experienced Captivate gurus out there.
Joe’s Latest and Greatest Captivate 5 Tips and Tricks (PDF)
Adobe Captivate Updated to Version 5.5: Should You Upgrade?
Optimizing file size in Captivate 5
Captain Captivate tutorials
Using a Solo Review to Edit Adobe Captivate Projects Faster (RJ Jacquez)
CaptivateDev
CP Guru

Know of something we should add to this list? Submit it here.

Hiding WordPress Posts from Search

Brian Dusablon — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:36:46 +0000

Jean-Baptiste Jung has a quick little post about keeping single posts or pages out of search engines.

To achieve, first get the ID of the post you’d like to be not indexed by search engines. In this example, I assume your post id is 17. Open your header.php file and paste the following code between theandtags:
ID == 17) {
    echo '';
}

You can also do this in the WordPress interface. Most themes have an SEO area for these settings on each page or post. For instance, I’m using Simplicity from WooThemes on this site. Their SEO settings area looks like this:

If I don’t want this post to show up in search engines, I can check the options for no follow and no index.

Additionally, there are a few more steps if you truly don’t want your page to be found.

Carol links to WP Hide Post and adds a reminder to check your site map (she uses Dagon Design’s plugin).

Of course, you can do all of this by manually updating the code.

Hope you found this useful!

Using Flickr and WordPress Together For Better Performance

Brian Dusablon — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:11:33 +0000

Recommended WordPress Discussion Settings

Brian Dusablon — Thu, 26 May 2011 11:25:25 +0000

WordPress commenting is a common target for spammers. There are several plugins that can help with spam filtering, but many people overlook some simple discussion settings in the basic WordPress install.

In the Admin area, navigate to Settings > Discussion.

Here is a screenshot of our minimum recommended settings:

Additionally, you can check the boxes under “Before a comment appears” to moderate comments further. Checking “An administrator must always approve the comment” requires every comment to be held in moderation until you approve it.

Checking “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” allows you to approve a comment author’s first comment, and then automatically approve all future comments from that author.

The most effective setting change is to lower the “Hold a comment in the queue if it contains __ or more links” from 2 to 1. Most spam bots post links inside the content of their comment. Most commenters do not.

More information can be found in the WordPress Codex.

Google Apps Learning Center

Brian Dusablon — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:43:17 +0000

Great resources from Google, if you’re just starting out with Google Apps, or even if you’ve been using them for a while, but are trying out some new features.

http://learn.googleapps.com/

Embedding a YouTube Video in a WordPress Post or Page

Brian Dusablon — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:00:19 +0000

Be sure to use the HTML tab in your editor. Then, copy the embed code from YouTube, paste, and publish. Simple is good!

Posada Del Colorado Site Launch

Brian Dusablon — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 12:48:17 +0000

Working with Captain John Spencer was a pleasure. He knew what he wanted to do in converting his site from static HTML to a content management system. We chose WordPress for its simple interface and SEO optimization. We started with Canvas by WooThemes, a nice framework to work with.

We launched the site a little over a week ago. Check it out: www.posadadelcolorado.com (or www.fishposada.com).

Add An Image to a WordPress Post

Brian Dusablon — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:32:01 +0000

Below is a quick tutorial on adding an image to WordPress. If you use images hosted elsewhere (Flickr, SmugMug, etc.) use the “From URL” tab in the image dialog box (figure 1).

Figure 1

Google Docs Upgraded!

Brian Dusablon — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:43:09 +0000

Google Docs just got much closer to becoming the perfect solution for small businesses and non-profits. Why buy Microsoft Office when you can do everything in the cloud, and seamlessly collaborate in real time?

Check out this quick overview:

Read more on the official Google Docs blog.

Does your small business or non-profit want to know more about using Google Apps and/or Google Docs? We’ve had several successful implementations and can help you out today!

Stop wasting time with the old way of doing things, and jump into the cloud and embrace this new technology! It will save you time and money, and we’ll show you how!