Archive for the ‘Wordpress’ Category

Twitter Code for Text Widget in Wordpress Sidebar

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009


<div id="twitter_div">
<ul id="twitter_update_list">
<a href="http://twitter.com/YOURURLHERE" id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:right;">follow me on Twitter</a>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/YOURURLHERE.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5"></script>

Change the YOURURLHERE to your actual twitter url and voila.

How to Speed Up Page Load Time

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Special thanks to a great article over at Webjackalope:

15 Quick Ways to Shrink Page Load Time

Some Odds and Ends from the Article

Here are some quick tidbits that we have seen overlooked by developers in the past:

Check your Website Load Time

Run your pages through the Web Page Analyzer for oodles of load time tips.

Include the Height & Width in Images

This is important for page load time – allowing the browser to render the page, with image placeholders, rather than waiting for each individual image.

Broken paths and images can be a major load time killer

You can check all the images and scripts on your page in using firebug (see below).  Scan through all these mugs and delete anything that is broken, unnecessary, or ugly.

Firebug is Awesome

The firefox add-on Firebug is typically used for js and other code debugging, but it also contains a sick “Net” Console which displays each individual page element, broken links, paths, and load times for the individual elements.

Firebug Net Console

Firebug Net Console

Wordpress Users Only: WP Super Cache Plugin

Download and install the WP_Super_Cache plugin, the defacto standard for anyone who is serious about publishing.

Sticky posts – Keep post on top of home page

Friday, March 16th, 2007

Hopefully this will help another out in the future. Using Wordpress, If you are trying to keep one post on top of your home page, aka making it ’sticky’ or stuck to the top of all posts, this is wordpress plugin you’re looking for:

Sticky Posts