If you are running a WordPress vodcast site, or you frequently post video content on your blog, wouldn’t it be great if you can upload, import, edit and create mash up of video/audio/photos right within your WordPress admin area?
Kaltura is the first open source video platform for online video management, creation, interaction and collaboration. Recently, they released the interactive video plugin for Wordpress blog that allows you to add interactive video capabilities to your blog. With the plugin, you can upload/ record/import videos directly to your post, edit and remix content with an online video editor, enable video responses, manage and track your video content.
Call me the upgrade freak as I always have to have the latest versions of everything. But there was one exception: the Wordpress installation on my blogs. The reason was that upgrading Wordpress was not a walk in the park.
If it’s just about downloading the latest version, then there wouldn’t be any problem. Unfortunately, the process also involves backing-up the database, deactivating the plugins, uploading the latest installation files (which could be a hellish experience, especially on an unstable and slow internet connection), upgrading the database, reactivating the plugins, and upgrading the plugins (if needed). Add to that the possibilities of crushing your blog entirely and you have the perfect combination of reasons not to try to upgrade.
In my last article, I talked about how you can use NicEdit to add RichText WYSIWYG functionality to your blog comments. Well today I want to talk about a Wordpress plugin that I found which adds a bit of extra personalization when someone leaves a comment on one of your posts. It is called MyAvatars.
MyAvatars was designed by an Italian developer and works using Yahoo-owned MyBlogLog. It simply shows the blog commenter’s MyBlogLog (MBL) avatar next to their comment.
So, you have finished building your first Wordpress blog. Then what? Besides posting, you’ll want to expand the capabilities of the blog by installing some plugins.
Then comes the second question; which plugins exactly? There are literally thousands of Wordpress plugins available out there. Too many options. Everybody has different preferences, different needs. Not to mention that Wordpress users tend to be happy-go-experimenty-want-to-try-them-all kinda people.
So, which one?
Well, there is one plugin that you must install first before you install any other plugins. It’s called Plugin Central (download it here).
The reason is simple; this plugin will enable you to install every other plugin easily via the web interface. No more meddling with FTP clients, no more memorizing logins and passwords to the FTP account.
Wordpress Plugins: Part Two
The past day or two has been a real eye-opener for me as I realised for the first time the full breadth and scope of the features available for Wordpress. Here was me thinking that Blogger was not that bad but now I am starting to realise what I’ve been missing out on in the 3 years that I have been writing various blogs.
Here are some more Wordpress plug-in gems that I picked up today. Again, I have tested some and others I have only looked at. Use them at your own risk.
Wordpress Pluggins: Part One
Last year it sounded all so easy and routine when I said to myself “let’s move my blog from Blogger to Wordpress. Should be a piece of cake”.
Famous last words.
One year on and three attempts later, my blog is now finally on the Wordpress platform. I now feel like I need a long holiday.
Keeping an up-to-date blog backup copy, is one of those things that every one would like to do but are either too lazy to actually do it or have no clear idea of how it can be done. I have read at least a dozen of articles about it, but have never really found anything that would provide an all in one guide. So, I decided to share my method, in other words ‘how do I keep a fresh backup copy of MakeUseOf.com’.
Hello everybody! I would love to thank MakeUseOf for allowing me to be a guest writer. My goal is to start simple and work my way up from the Web 1.0 to the Web 2.0 world with my posts. Thus, here is my first “I Make Use Of” post. Enjoy…
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