I've built a number of sites in Spanish and a few (including this one) in two languages. There are a number of issues to consider when planning multi-language sites such as will each page be translated manually or by machine? How will the language be switched? In her 2011 presentation Shannon Smith ... Continue reading 'Building Multi-Language Websites in WordPress'

I've been looking for some basic WordPress tutorials that I could reccomend to clients who are new to WordPress. Here is a series I liked from ithemes.com. Of course you can find many more over at YouTube or for more advanced ... Continue reading 'Getting Started with WordPress: Video Tutorials'

If you use  Chrome Developer (11.0.686.1) you will be used to some odd crashes and problems with Flash videos. This version however has caused considerable problems in both Windows 7 and XP. I initially thought that the problem might have been due to the new graphics acceleration that has caused others some ... Continue reading 'Chrome Dev Crash Loop'

One of the Kindle's surprising features is that is can read books to you. Although the quality of the two voices is very good the only accents available are currently American. Continue reading 'The Kindle 3′s Text To Speech: Male and Female'

Since I received my new Kindle 3 I've been playing with its web browser, which although very good at displaying web pages, has many limitations. One of which is that only a very few file types can be saved. HTML is not one of them so I went looking for a way to download a web page as an ebook. Continue reading 'How to Save Web Pages Directly to Your kindle'

As your Google account becomes increasingly important Google have announced a new (optional) technique to secure your account using your mobile or smart phone. Google’s system doesn’t require a physical keycard. Instead, it relies on your mobile phone. First, you need to activate the optional feature from your settings page (again, ... Continue reading 'Google Improves Security With Help From Your Smart Phone'