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'

If you are looking for a way to speed up writing posts then Insights may be the answer. It quickly finds and inserts links, photos, videos and maps in to posts and pages. Continue reading 'Plugin Review: Insights'

Copies external (linked) images to the WordPress gallery when post is saved making images editable. Continue reading 'Plugin Review: Add Linked Images To Gallery'

Renaming the default user name admin is one of the most basic security measures that should be taken to secure a WordPress installation. Unfortunately the only way to do this (until WordPress 3.0 arrives which will let you choose your admin name at install) is to edit the database directly. This plugin lets you rename admins from the admin area. Continue reading 'Plugin Review: Admin Renamer Extended'

Your WordPress set-up may have a favicon that you've created or that comes as part of your current theme. However by default it is not used for the admin area. Admin Favicon adds a custom favicon to your WordPress admin area. Continue reading 'Plugin Review: Admin Favicon'

At the bottom of this site you will see that I state that all pages have been translated automatically. I've been asked often why I do this. I work with Spanish and English speaking clients however I don't have the time to produce two versions of everything I write. Continue reading 'Auto-translation'