Life @ High Road Communications

Web-related news from my job at iStudio High Road Communications

Quick fix for “Simple Feed List” WordPress plugin

I came across a bug today with a RSS feed plugin we use for one of our WordPress-powered client sites. The bug is with Simple Feed List (v 1.4,  by David Artiss), and occurs when the feed link supplied  is either dead or unreachable. When either one of these two cases occur, the plugin fails [...]

WordPress Plugin Release: Menu Order

Last week I entered into the WordPress development world to create a plugin that I personally had a real need for – better page hierarchy setup within WordPress.
If you have any experience with creating a CMS-type site with WordPress, you’ll know that setting up the navigation structure can be a tedious and time-consuming task – [...]

Adding a user agreement JavaScript plugin to IdeaJam

The following is an overview of implementing a simple “terms and agreement” JavaScript plugin to your existing IdeaJam Web site.
First, you need to create the necessary language strings in each of the languages that your IdeaJam installation is using. Within each language, the following JavaScript variables need to be defined in the JavaScript Settings section:
Defining [...]

Tutorial: Turning WordPress into a CMS using WPML

A couple of weeks ago I was part of a team here at iStudio that helped launch the redesign of the TeamCOPD Web site (by the Canadian Lung Association). Part of my involvement in the project was setting up the Web site in WordPress and customizing it to act as a mini CMS with the [...]