Archive for the 'Groovy Tools' Category

30 May

Managing Calendars and Events on WordPress sites

When I use WordPress as the platform for a community group’s website the first major obstacle that I come up against is calendar andĀ event management. Things are handled differently depending on whether you are self-hosting WordPress or if you opt for the (attractive) option of (nearly) free hosting at WordPress.com. photo credit: Tambako the Jaguar [...]

17 Aug

Great tools: Yahoo Pipes

The problem I just faced yesterday: I’m setting up a new WordPress.com site for my Scout group (9th Brunswick Scouts if you’d like a peek) and I wanted to display a Twitter list in a sidebar widget. Now a single account Twitter widget (for example the official tweets fromĀ Scouts Australia) is no trouble at all [...]

05 Aug

Great tools: ScribeFire

One of the major road blocks that stops me from blogging more regularly is the effort that goes into finding my password, logging in to the blog, creating a new article and getting it ready for publication. If you share my frustration at how long that process can take, then I have a surprise for [...]