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Create a WordPress Menu

Yes, it’s the day of sharing! If you would like to create your own WordPress drop-down menu and do a easy setup with the help of a plugin, then you’ve found the right post.

I would like to introduce Pixopoint Dropdown Menu CSS Generator and Multi-level Navigation Plugin.

To setup your new menu follow these easy steps:

1. Install and Activate the Multi-level Navigation Plugin.

2. Create your new menu with the Pixopoint Dropdown Menu CSS Generator.

3. Visit the plugin in your WordPress admin interface, click on the “Appearance” tab, copy the code generated by Step 2 in the space where it says, “Enter the CSS for your main menu here”. Click “Update Options”.

4. Now you return to the “Home” tab and copy the code which looks like this :

<.. ?php if (function_exists(’pixopoint_menu’)) {pixopoint_menu();} ? .. >

(Here comes the tricky part… for beginners.)

5. In the WordPress Admin Interface Find and Click “Editor” and then “Header” (header.php).

6. Find the line which looks something like this :

<…?php wp_list_pages(’title_li=&depth=1&include=’ . get_option(’ts_nav_pages’)); ?..> and replace it with the code in Step 4.

The easiest option would just be to search for “wp_list_pages” in your header code.

That should about do it. You will find examples at www.pixopoint.com

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Posted by Icd on February 24th, 2010

WordPress 3.0

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These are just some of the resources I follow regarding the development and release of WordPress 3.0 or “Multisite”.

1. WordPress Multisite Settings : Two screenshots of the WordPress Multisite Settings.

2. WordPress.org Roadmap – Current planned releases, and links to their respective milestones.

3. WordPress 3.0 – A deeper look at the WordPress 3.0 Code.

If you have anymore links for me please let me know.

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Posted by Icd on February 23rd, 2010

Social Network Directory

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I’ve noticed more and more visitors come here looking for Social Networking content, themes, plugins and directories.

To help you out I’ve opened three new sections in my free link directory, Ning, Elgg and BuddyPress. So if you have a site powered by any of those platforms, feel free to add it to my directory.

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Posted by Icd on February 16th, 2010

South African Bloggers Network

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I recently noticed a lot of South African bloggers mentioning a Ning powered Blogging Social Network, located at http://sabloggers.ning.com . It seems, however, that the site was closed down. I decided to setup a new Ning powered community at the same adress.

So, if you’re a South African blogger who would like to share and connect with other South African bloggers, please visit http://sabloggers.ning.com

Posted by Icd on February 15th, 2010

WordPress P2 Theme at RugbyShout.com

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I’ve worked with the P2 theme before and thought it would be a great setup for my new community driven Rugby Blog. Basically the blog is a place for rugga lovers to share their opinions on rugby games and players etc. They will also be able to post Youtube vids and hopefully pictures.

My favorite find up and to know is the MiniMeta plugin which allows me to completely control the Wp-meta widget. Everything seems to be working together rather nicely.

I would love to hear your opinions so far. If you use or plan on using P2, drop a comment. I would love to check it out.

RugbyShout.com

Posted by Icd on January 29th, 2010

Submit Posts for free Advertising

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Recently I’ve been very busy focusing on other business projects and consequently miss out on writing more for this blog. It’s a shame because the blog receives a constant stream of traffic. This is where you come in.

I will be adding two 125X125 ad buttons above the Twitter and Rss feed buttons in the sidebar. Every week you submit a post to Purple Hazard your ad will be displayed in either one or both of those spots. You will also be allowed to link back to your blog from the posts you submit.

If you would like to take part please register for an account and submit the post as a contributor OR join the forum and submit your post there.

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Posted by Icd on October 25th, 2009

Simple Press WordPress Forum Plugin

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Recently I made a post about Forum Server, which is a great forum plugin for WordPress. I even called it “awesome” and “the best”. Bbrian from over at Blogengage, thought otherwise and steered me over to Simple:Press.

Now I don’t usually change my mind so quick, but I have to say this Wordpress plugin is even more awesome than the Forum Server plugin.

Easy to install, integration is flawless and the best part is the Blog Post ot Forum option. This allows you to start a forum thread every time you make a new blog post. The post will also have link to the forum thread so people can join the community and take part in the discussion.

Try our live demo here.

Download.

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Posted by Icd on September 1st, 2009

Blog Comment Exchange

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One of the great ways of increasing you blog traffic and ranking is with quality comments, either on your blog or from you on another persons blog. Wouldn’t it be even better if you’re assured of a comment on your blog when you comment on someone else’s blog?

Well now you will be. Blogengage Forum Community now has a comment exchange section where you can post a link to your preferred post and so setup a comment exchange. You can either comment on some-one’s blog and then post a link to your blog OR start your own post with your blog link.

For this thing to work, it is important that everyone is honest and do what they have to do.

Posted by Icd on August 27th, 2009

African BuddyPress Community

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We are in the process of launching a new BuddyPress community specifically for African bloggers, named Zumame. We will cover all the costs associated with hosting and setup, but we’re still looking for two possible admin members.

You do not have to be an African citizen to become part of this project. We require a coder, designer and/or administrator with BuddyPress and WordPress experience.

Please post a comment so we can get in contact with you. You can also visit the Forum and join the Zumame discussion.

Posted by Icd on August 26th, 2009

My Top 5 WordPress Plugins

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If you use WordPress then you know all about plugins. Plugins make the world go round. Down below is my 5 favorite plugins, which were probably the reason you found my post in the first place.

Note: This post does not include the normal MUST HAVE plugins such as Akismet, Google Sitemaps and the rest.

1. Add Post Footer Plugin - The most important and useful plugin ever created for WordPress. This plugin almost forces your blog visitors to read all other posts associated with the one they are currently reading. You can also add all the juicy like ads, tracking code and more to the bottom of your posts.

2. Subscribe to comments – Something I tend to forget at times. When visitors comment, they can chose to receive a notification when more comments are made on that post. This will bring those comment hungry visitors right back.

3. HeadSpace2 – You need a healthy SEO if you want your posts to be found. HeadSpace2 takes care of all your meta-tag needs.

4. Sociable- Want your posts on Digg, SU, Mixx and the rest? The you need Sociable. It automatically add links to your favorite social bookmarking sites on your posts, pages and in your RSS feed.

5. Twitter Tools – If you don’t have Twitter yet, please register one as soon as possible. I use Twitter tools to automatically post a Twitter update with a link to my latest post. It works.

If you don’t use and of these plugins yet, I will recommend trying them out as soon as possible. If believe other plugins to be more important than these, please comment and let me know.

Posted by Icd on August 1st, 2009