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11 must have WordPress plugins

I’m building more and more websites and blogs on the WordPress engine.

(If you haven’t taken a look at it lately, it’s so much more than just a blogging platform.)

I’ve realized more and more that I’ve got a number of “must-have” plugins that I install as soon as I setup any site I work on — no matter what it’s for (even my local demo sites).

I’ve actually tried to cut down on many of the plugins I used to use (I no longer use Lightbox on most of my sites, rarely use social button type plugins — opting to hard code the links instead) in order to speed up page load times.

Yet, there are some that I’ve become so accustomed to using on various sites that I get lost without them.
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Flip UltraHD review

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you may know I purchased a new Flip UltraHD recently from Amazon.

I’m pretty excited about it.

I’ve had an original Flip camcorder since shortly after they came out — back when it was known as the Pure Digital Flip (before Cisco bought Pure Digital). I’ve shot numerous videos with it and loved it’s ease of use, size and simplicity.
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Add an author’s bio to WordPress posts

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For one of my clients, they’ve requested author level permissions for all the members in their organization. This could become a huge headache — very quickly — or if managed correctly, a highly effective communication tool.

With every member writing and commenting, it can become hard to know who’s writing what, or what context they’re coming from, so I wanted to add a brief author’s bio to the end of each post.

I wanted something that was easy for everyone to use and update without having to hard code the information somewhere. And after a quick Google search I realized you can pull a user’s/author’s information straight off of their User Profile page in WordPress.
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Sticking my toes back in the water

Me in the morning :: starting to wake from my siesta

Well, the book is basically finished.

Other than finalizing the cover, I think everything is ready to go to the press. In fact, I plan on releasing a version for Amazon’s Kindle next Tuesday – Dec. 1. So if you have a Kindle, or their desktop software, you’ll be able to purchase a copy of the book directly from Amazon for $8.99.
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The Anatomy of a Tweet

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Several people have commented that they see my Tweets (Twitter updates) pop up in Facebook, on my blog, or other places and they don’t have any idea what they mean. So, I thought I’d break it down a little to help you understand the anatomy of a Tweet.
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