Aug 20, 201013

WordPress Video Lightbox Plugin – Display Videos and Images in a Fancy Lightbox Overlay

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Video Lightbox Plugin – Display Videos and Images in a Fancy Lightbox Overlay
The WordPress Video Lightbox plugin allows you to embed videos on a page using lightbox overlay display similar to the one shown below. This plugin can be used to display images, flash, YouTube, Vimeo, iFrame etc in a lightbox overlay. The embedded videos can be viewed on iPhone and iPad too. The plugin uses the PrettyPhoto JQuery Library. Click on the image to see how the video pops over in a lightbox overlay. [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=G7z74BvLWUg width=640 height=480 anchor=http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wp-video-lightbox-demo.png] Little Background Previously I was using another plugin to display my Vimeo videos in a lightbox overlay but recently Vimeo changed their video embed code to use HTML5 in an effort to make the videos playable in iPhone and iPad. Unfortunately, the other plugin wasn't working with this change and I was getting the following error on all my embedded Vimeo videos: Sorry, this video does not exist To get around the problem I created this plugin and tweaked the prettyPhoto JQuery library so it works with the new Vimeo video embed code. When you use this plugin to embed video it will play your YouTube or Vimeo videos in iPhone and iPad! Installation Unzip and Upload the folder 'wp-video-lightbox' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu ...
Jul 16, 20104

bbCaptcha – A Working reCAPTCHA plugin for bbPress Forum

Categories: bbPress
bbCaptcha – A Working reCAPTCHA plugin for bbPress Forum
Recently I started to get a lot of spam bot signup on my Tips and Tricks HQ forum. This forum is powered by bbPress so I started to look for a bbPress plugin that would enable reCAPTCHA on the forum registration page to stop these bot signups. Sadly the one plugin that I did find wouldn't work on my site. So I wrote my own bbPress reCaptcha plugin. Plugin Description The bbCaptcha plugin adds reCAPTCHA to the registration page of your bbPress forum. [caption id="attachment_2536" align="alignnone" width="442" caption="reCAPTCHA to bbPress registration"][/caption] Installation & Usage Unzip and Upload the folder ‘bb-captcha’ to the ‘my-plugins’ directory. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in bbPress. Go to Settings menu of bbCaptcha plugin and add the reCAPTCHA keys. You can get reCAPTCHA keys here if you don't have it already for your site. [caption id="attachment_2537" align="alignnone" width="442" caption="Activating bbCaptcha Plugin"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2538" align="alignnone" width="148" caption="bbCaptcha Settings"][/caption] This Plugin in Action You can see this plugin in action on the registration page of the Tips and Tricks HQ Forum. Download Latest Version Download the Plugin. All the plugins developed by Tips and Tricks HQ are listed on the projects page. If you need help just leave a comment below.
Jun 26, 20107

Tools for the Modern PHP Developer

Categories: Web development
Tools for the Modern PHP Developer
If you have been working in PHP for a while, may be it's time to go pro. This article lists a number of tools and software that will improve your development practice and boost productivity. They are absolutely free and open-source! There are alternatives for most of them, so you can feel free to do your own research to adopt a tool. Unit Testing - PHPUnit Unit testing is an effective practice for developing software, where you can test your functional units of your code, catch the bugs and fix them early in the project. PHPUnit is a member of the xUnit family of testing frameworks, the same family where the popular JUnit framework for Java belongs to . It enables to you write tests on pieces of your code, run them automatically and analyze their results. » Read the PHPUnit documentation Debugging - Xdebug Debugging is an important part of development process. The more efficient your debugging process is, the faster you build something. Instead of relying on echo(), print_r() or var_dump() functions, you should try using XDebug. Xdebug is a multi-purpose tool, providing remote debugging, stack traces, function traces, profiling and code coverage analysis. » Read the documentation Documentation - PHPDocumentor A good documentation is ...
Jun 12, 201037

WP PDF Stamper Plugin – Stamp Your eBooks with Customer Details to Discourage File Sharing

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WP PDF Stamper Plugin – Stamp Your eBooks with Customer Details to Discourage File Sharing
1. Are you selling eBook(s) from your WordPress site? 2. Are you concerned that one of your customers might upload your eBook on a file sharing site and you will lose sales? 3. Would you like to automatically stamp the footer of your PDF eBooks with the customer's personal details (e.g. name, email, address) upon purchase to discourage sharing? If you have answered "yes" to all of the above then the WP PDF Stamper plugin might be a good solution for you. Plugin Summary The WP PDF Stamper plugin allows you to dynamically stamp a PDF file with the customer’s details (e.g. name, email, address etc.) upon purchase. If you are wondering why it is important to stamp the PDF eBook before giving it to your customer then this page is for you. Additionally you can password protect the stamped PDF files with the customer's email address and encrypt the PDF files to prevent users from being able to copy, modify or print the content of the file. Plugin Features Below are just some of the notable features of the WP PDF Stamper Plugin: Easy Installation Easy installation like any of our other WordPress plugin. eBook Protection Protect your eBook(s) from being shared on the file sharing sites. Password Protect ...
May 19, 201023

Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

Categories: Site Optimization Tips, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugin
Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site
Speeding up your WordPress blog goes a long way to improve its popularity. As the website loads faster, your visitor enjoys browsing, driving high traffic and generating revenue. While there are many proven ways to boost a site's performance (a lot of these are explained in the WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks post), in this article we will take a look at some WordPress plugins that allows you to perform critical front-end and back-end optimizations, within the comfort of your WordPress dashboard. In the first section of this article I have listed the well known WordPress caching plugins and my recommendation. The next section has a list of few nice utility type plugins which you might find useful (depending on your situation). Please note that you don't need to install all of the plugins listed here on your site (Just pick whatever fits your needs). Top WordPress Caching Plugins W3 Total Cache A lot of people still use the WP Super Cache plugin. WP Super Cache is a nice plugin but have you tried the W3 Total Cache plugin yet? If you are using a WordPress caching plugin and you have never tried the W3 Total Cache then you seriously need to give this ...
May 9, 201012

When Themes Go Wild – Importance of Using a Properly Coded WordPress Theme

Categories: WordPress Theme, Wordpress
When Themes Go Wild – Importance of Using a Properly Coded WordPress Theme
It is surprising to see how many of my customers/users do not use a properly coded WordPress theme. Using a properly coded theme on a WordPress powered site is very important without any doubt. So I wanted to quickly make a blog post to highlight a few points to make sure you don’t go down the path of using a wrong WordPress theme only to regret it later. Remember, just because a theme looks good to the naked eye does not mean it has been properly coded. Why is It Important to Have a Proper Theme? Before I talk about some of the main points, here is the summary – The amount of time you will be spending to fix issues that all stem from the bad theme is just not worth it! Issues with WordPress Plugins It is common to have issues with WordPress plugins that uses JavaScript for example to do various things when your theme is poorly coded. So you will think that the problem is with the plugin but actually the theme is the true culprit here. Example1: I have had many clients who complained about the WordPress Simple Shopping Cart’s variation not working properly on their site. After I finished my ...
Apr 13, 201012

Site Speed is Now a Search Ranking Factor for Google Search

Categories: Site Optimization Tips, Web development
Site Speed is Now a Search Ranking Factor for Google Search
Google has officially made site speed one of the factors for search rank (there are over 200 ranking factors). So now is a good time to read the WordPress site optimization tips post and put some plan of action in place. Now, you have no reason to go into a panic mode just yet. Optimizing your site for better performance is always a good thing from a usability point of view but Google has indicated that only about 1% of search queries and even fewer search results will be affected from this change at this stage. There are several research statistics that show that decreasing your site load time on pages leads to an increase in sales which we all want. There are three things to take away from what Google is doing. Speeding up your website is a good general practice. Think about how many times you have waited for a site to load. When the site takes too long you usually end up closing the browser and moving on. This change will have a small impact on most sites, so don't panic. Small constructive changes can have a direct impact on improving your site and user experience. Instead of wasting time where it ...
Apr 6, 20106

Web Analytics 101 – Learn Which Analytics Data You Should be Using

Categories: Site Optimization Tips, Web development
Web Analytics 101 – Learn Which Analytics Data You Should be Using
If you are running a small website, chances are you've already heard of Web Analytics. If you haven't, it is a tool for measuring traffic of your website. It provides data on the number of visitors, page views etc to gauge the popularity of the site. For many people, using analytics is limited to watching how many more visitors have come to the site, and repeating the figures to potential advertisers. If used smartly, analytics is also a marketing tool, an e-commerce tracker, an ad tool, and the list goes on. In this article, we'll have a look at basic ways to use the analytics. Choosing an Analytics Software First of all, you need to have an analytics software set up for your website, which mostly means signing up for an account of an analytics provider, and adding a few lines of javascript code to your pages. Google Analytics is the most widely used analytics tool. It's also free and integrating it in a WordPress site is just a matter of adding a plugin to your site! If you like to have choices, you can search the Internet looking for some other alternative solutions. This article lists a number of analytics software ...
Mar 24, 201047

WP CSV to Database Plugin – Import Excel file content into WordPress database (MySQL)

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WP CSV to Database Plugin – Import Excel file content into WordPress database (MySQL)
WP CSV to Database plugin allows you to insert CSV file content into WordPress database. Useful when you want to bulk upload data from your CSV file (e.g. product details) to the WordPress database (MySQL) in one go. If you didn't know what a  CSV file is then you can learn more from Wikipedia. You can use Microsoft Excel to enter all your data and then save the file as a CSV file. Many of my WordPress Shopping Cart users have requested me to add an option so that they can bulk upload their product details into the database from a CSV file (really useful when you have hundreds of products). Hopefully this plugin will satisfy that need and in addition you will be able to use it to bulk upload any data into your WordPress database to save you time and effort. Installation of the Plugin Unzip and Upload the folder 'wp-csv-to-db' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress Usage of the Plugin Access the plugin's User Interface in the WordPress dashboard under the "Settings" menu after installation and do the following: Specify the general options. Specify the input file (Upload the CSV file or specify the location of a pre-uploaded CSV ...
Mar 23, 201010

WordPress Affiliate Mailer Plugin

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Affiliate Mailer Plugin
This is a quick post to let the users of the WordPress Affiliate Software know that the developer over at www.rapidsuccesspartners.com have developed a useful little plugin that extends the functionality of the WP Affiliate Platform plugin. Basically, if you want to send emails to all your affiliates then the only option the affiliate platform offers at the moment is to get an email list (comma separated) of all your affiliates from the "Affiliate Emails" tab and use your email management software to do the actual sending of the email. So, if you want to send emails to your affiliates from the WordPress dashboard then you can download this WP Affiliate Mailer plugin and use it. I hope this will be of some use to some of the users who have requested me to include a similar feature in the product.
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