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Wordpress Tutorial 7: Getting your Google Map code

By Dave | Published: October 22, 2009
One of the things nearly all my websites feature is a map, and Google very kindly gives you the ability to make your own custom map, which can then be embedded directly within the page. You can see a demo here. If your location is particularly remote, it’s sometimes a problem for me to find exactly [...]
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Wordpress Tutorial 5: Using Widgets

By Dave | Published: October 20, 2009
The video below is a beginners guide to how to use widgets in your Wordpress theme. Use the controls at the bottom of the video player to watch full screen, and you’ll need your volume right up! If I go too fast, simply pause the video whilst you catch up!
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Photo Lover theme release

By Dave | Published: October 11, 2009
I’m a big lover of background photography on Wordpress themes, (the theme on this site Aeros uses background images) so I decided to make my own, which I’m releasing today, called Photo Lover (demo here). The Photo Lover Wordpress theme is perfect for holiday rental websites,  but also for photographers, illustrators and I’m sure many other [...]
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Translation plugin for Wordpress

By Dave | Published: September 25, 2009
I’m a big believer in catering for foreign language visitors to holiday rental websites. Inevitably most of my client’s guests come from another country, and mostly speak a different language. Whilst many do understand english to an advanced level, those who don’t could be missed bookings. With that in mind, I wrote on here about a [...]
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