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Default Featured Images

ByBaylee WoodleyAug 3, 2020
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This week we did some research. We have a hub site, and we know that not all of our contributors remember (or choose) to use…

Comic Sans still rocks

BySherwin ArnottJul 29, 2020
Comic Sans still rocks
There is a font for every occasion. I heart Comic Sans.

Excerpts for pages

BySherwin ArnottJul 26, 2020
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It’s nice to have page excerpts. Here’s one way to do it: https://workingwithpixels.com/add-excerpts-to-wordpress-pages.html

Looking at Lyme podcast is live

BySherwin ArnottJul 26, 2020
Looking at Lyme podcast.
You can now find Looking at Lyme on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify and more. Check it out and enjoy the hosting by Sarah Cormode! Looking…

Visual Portfolio, Posts & Image Gallery

ByBaylee WoodleyJul 22, 2020
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In our search for a masonry display that would display full posts we tried “Visual Portfolio.” It isn’t quite what we were looking for, but…

Interesting custom content display challenge

BySherwin ArnottJul 22, 2020
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Over at www.raincoast.eco we keep track of when and where Raincoast and Raincoast affiliated researchers show up in the media. It’s called In the News….

Noblogs dot org

BySherwin ArnottJun 9, 2020
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Wow, these folks look busy: https://noblogs.org/ Connecting radical people. Non commercial, antifascist, antisexist, privacy-oriented blog platform.

PubPub, Knowledge Futures, and DOI

BySherwin ArnottJun 7, 2020
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The open-source, privacy-respecting, all-in-one collaborative publishing platform for communities small and large.

TAPoR 3

BySherwin ArnottJun 7, 2020
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This seems very interesting: version 3 of the Text Analysis Portal for Research.

What struck me most about those who rioted

BySherwin ArnottJun 4, 2020
What struck me most about those who rioted
I can’t find the the source of this quote. It’s Toni Morrison, and it’s right, but where is it from? “What struck me most about…

Tools for managing WordPress media library

BySherwin ArnottMay 31, 2020
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Media from FTP: similar to Media Sync, and is helpful way to scan and index files in uploads uploads folders. (update: doesn’t seem to work)…

Sassy Social Share plugin

BySherwin ArnottMay 25, 2020
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These are nice options for some blogs, for displaying the sharing buttons: Example here: https://www.bruceelkin.com/articles/

Edit author slug

BySherwin ArnottMay 25, 2020
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Great way to change the URL on the user profile:

How to delay your website’s RSS feed

ByHannah RhoslynMay 14, 2020
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There are many reasons to delay an RSS feed, and two main ways to accomplish it with WordPress websites.

Pandemic University Pop-up School of Writing

BySherwin ArnottMay 13, 2020
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This is such a great idea. Also the website writing and layout is very nice. It’s using Noha theme with WordPress.