Hello-ski Linux and goodbye-ski Windows says IBM
Hello-ski Linux and goodbye-ski Windows says IBM
According to a story in, of all the unlikely places, the New Zealand Herald IBM is to start ditching Windows and introducing Red Hat Linux on a range of computers aimed at the Eastern European market. The newspaper reports that IBM is working with Red Hat software distributor VDEL of Austria and services firm LX Polska of Poland, who will build the hardware, to meet demand for Linux based PCs coming from the direction of Russian IT companies. As well as Red Hat, the Russian PCs will come complete with IBM Lotus Symphony pre-installed which will no doubt please Microsoft as it pushes the Open…
WordPress Plugin Releases for 2/21
Custom Function Widgets This plugin allows you create widgets for plugins which only provide you with hooks, useful if you have loads of plugins which require you to manually alter your theme files for inclusion. Release Page | Download CodeShield This plugin escapes text inside code tags such that all code gets converted to html characters. For example this […]
Custom Function Widgets
This plugin allows you create widgets for plugins which only provide you with hooks, useful if you have loads of plugins which require you to manually alter your theme files for inclusion.
CodeShield
This plugin escapes text inside code tags such that all code gets converted to html characters. For example this plugin will convert > to > if it exists within the code tag.
Random Top Ads
This plugin allows you to randomize and display ads to your visitor allowing you to create unlimited number of ads. It also allows the visitors to browse all the ads using a link.
GoCodes Redirection
This plugin allows you to shorten your post URLs and distribute it to others. Useful if you want to create tiny URLs that belong to your domain and is easy to remember.
Photo Dropper
This plugin allows you to search millions of Flickr photos with creative commons license and add to your blog posts.
Two side-by-side columns in WordPress
How to organize posts into two side-by-side columns in WordPress: A quick tutorial on setting up the front page of a WordPress blog to display two side by side columns with posts alternating between the two columns. The tutorial does require some simple PHP code that is not included (but should be, pseudo code is […]
How to organize posts into two side-by-side columns in WordPress: A quick tutorial on setting up the front page of a WordPress blog to display two side by side columns with posts alternating between the two columns. The tutorial does require some simple PHP code that is not included (but should be, pseudo code is provided) but the concept is interesting, especially for theme developers looking for the next new thing. In my experience, side by side posts are more applicable for blogs that are heavy in embedded media and light on text.