Author Archives: Yaniv

12 Must have WordPress plugins for your blog

Whether you are a new WordPress blogger or a veteran one, you are probably using plugins to enhance WordPress‘ capabilities and automate tasks. There are many plugins that provide the same function (for example, publishing new posts to Facebook), but some of them are buggy, have less features than others or not comfortable to use.  Following is a regularly updated… Read more »

How to include an HTML file in Smarty or Gallery 2

If you are writing your own Gallery 2 theme, you may need to insert a plain HTML or JavaScript file into the page, without requiring Smarty to process that file. In case you are wondering what is Smarty – it is  the sophisticated template engine that renders Gallery 2’s pages. You can find additional information about Smarty at Smarty’s web… Read more »

Posting your WordPress blog to Facebook wall

Most of WordPress plugins that send content to Facebook send it via RSS feed to Facebook notes or blog tabs. However, if you want to post your blogs directly to your Facebook wall, you can use a plugin called Wordbook. Sending the blog title, content and pictures directly to Facebook’s wall enables everyone on your friend list to receive and… Read more »

Linking all of your content on the home page – is it a good idea?

I have read SmileyCat’s entry “Your Home Page is NOT Your Website” and agree with what he wrote. I’ve been working at company that generated dozens of articles per day, and in order to promote that content, they put dozens of links on the home page. This made the content linked from the home page the only content relevant on… Read more »