http://www.creative-web-ideas.com Custom designed Wordpress websites and blogs plus WordPress articles and tutorials. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:26:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/07/let-readers-create-a-watchlist-of-favourite-posts/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/07/let-readers-create-a-watchlist-of-favourite-posts/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:29:32 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=2501 The 'My Favourite Posts' plugin lets your audience save a list of their favourite posts with one click. They can then login at any time and view their list as well as add/delete items. When you have hundreds of tutorials, property listings, shopping cart items and other types of blog posts on your website, it becomes more and more difficult to ensure that your readers can find the post they need quickly and easily.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/07/let-readers-create-a-watchlist-of-favourite-posts/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/04/wordpress-posts-from-flickr/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/04/wordpress-posts-from-flickr/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:53:05 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=2280 Linking your Flickr account to your WordPress blog means you can turn each new Flickr image into a blog post without even leaving Flickr. Just create a photo category on your website and make it the default category, add your blog to Flickr, then click on the 'Blog This' button above any of your images to create a new post. ]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/04/wordpress-posts-from-flickr/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/04/wordtube-embed-media-player-wordpress/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/04/wordtube-embed-media-player-wordpress/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:42:17 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=2198 Wordtube is a WordPress plugin which works with the JW Flash Video Player allowing you to embed videos, music and other media files on your website. It is easy to use and looks clean and professional. Website visitors can view the files without leaving your website or having to download any special software.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/04/wordtube-embed-media-player-wordpress/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/02/integrating-wordpress-twitter/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/02/integrating-wordpress-twitter/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:12:47 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=2091 Twitter is one of the best tools out there to drive customers to your website. To keep your website really fresh and up to date, use the Twitter Tools Plugin to completely integrate your Wordpress blog and your Twitter account. Some of the best features of Twitter Tools are: New blog posts automatically tweeted on your twitter account; Add your latest tweets to your website sidebar or a page of your choice.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/02/integrating-wordpress-twitter/feed/ 3 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/02/screenshots-notes-blog-visuals/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/02/screenshots-notes-blog-visuals/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:51:40 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=2021 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/02/screenshots-notes-blog-visuals/feed/ 2 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/01/subscribe-to-comments-plugin/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/01/subscribe-to-comments-plugin/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:34:22 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1979 The Subscribe to Comments plugin adds an option to your comments form so that readers can receive email notification of any comments added to a post they are interested in. ]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2010/01/subscribe-to-comments-plugin/feed/ 5 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/10/creating-a-facebook-page/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/10/creating-a-facebook-page/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:14:45 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1664 I recently realised that my business needed a Facebook Page rather than a regular account on Facebook. There are lots of reasons to do this but these 3 motivated me most: 1)So people could see the page without logging into Facebook first and so that I could link directly to that page from my website, 2)So that people could become fans without needing me to approve them first, 3) So that there would be no restriction on the number of fans I could have in the future.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/10/creating-a-facebook-page/feed/ 7 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/09/social-media-plugin-buttons/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/09/social-media-plugin-buttons/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:34:55 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1377 By adding social media buttons to the posts on your website, you ensure that your readers can share/spread your information easily by whatever means they prefer - whether it be by email, Twitter, Facebook, Digg etc. Read about my 2 favourite social media plugins and how to add them to your website. ]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/09/social-media-plugin-buttons/feed/ 5 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/08/tweetbeep-twitter-alert/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/08/tweetbeep-twitter-alert/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:13:16 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1437 Twitter alerts email you hourly or daily to show you converstions involving your choosen words or phrases.TweetBeep is like Google Alerts for Twitter. You can click on anything to see more updates from the twitterer, reply or retweet. See sample email below.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/08/tweetbeep-twitter-alert/feed/ 0 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/07/create-a-video-blog/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/07/create-a-video-blog/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:38:37 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1381 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/07/create-a-video-blog/feed/ 3 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/05/wordpress-retweet-plugin-custom-urls/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/05/wordpress-retweet-plugin-custom-urls/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 03:52:28 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1178 One of the most popular uses of Twitter is to share links to great websites or blog posts you have read. By adding a ReTweet button to the top of each of your blog posts, you encourge your readers to share your post with other Twitter users.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/05/wordpress-retweet-plugin-custom-urls/feed/ 5 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/04/put-a-face-to-your-comments/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/04/put-a-face-to-your-comments/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:45:00 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=1018 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/04/put-a-face-to-your-comments/feed/ 3 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/04/blog-weekly-twitter-daily/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/04/blog-weekly-twitter-daily/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:21:44 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/?p=955 Post (or text) short snippets of info on Twitter on a daily basis. Think of it as micro-blogging! Once your customers are following you on Twitter, you can let them know exactly what's new and exciting, ask for feedback, get ideas - all in realtime.]]> http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2009/04/blog-weekly-twitter-daily/feed/ 12 http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2008/07/display-youtube-videos-on-your-website/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2008/07/display-youtube-videos-on-your-website/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:18:33 +0000 Jo Couchman http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/blog/index.php/2008/07/09/display-youtube-videos-on-your-website/ http://www.creative-web-ideas.com/index.php/2008/07/display-youtube-videos-on-your-website/feed/ 3