This one had me scratching my head for ages, and it was only some good investigation by @domsoar that found the answer, here: http://thenorthernedge.ca/blog/how-customize-addthis-for-your-website-or-blog-3559/. The answer is to use a custom button and this sort of code:   <div class=”addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style “> <a class=”addthis_button_facebook_like”></a> <a class=”addthis_button_tweet” tw:via=”YOURHANDLE” tw:related=”YOURHANDLE “></a> <a class=”addthis_button_google_plusone”></a> <a class=”addthis_counter addthis_pill_style”></a> </div> The […]

It is very important that WordPress and any plugins and themes are kept up-to-date for several reasons: Security – this is the most important reason. WordPress is a huge target for hackers and other malicious online types – being able to hack WordPress means instant access to over 50 million websites and the ability to […]

I can never find this incredibly useful snippet when I need it, so I’m blogging it. If you child-theme Thematic, you’ll notice that archive and search results pages only return the excerpt rather than the full content. This snippet changes that to give your archive pages the full impact: // Make sure thematic_content is always […]

Since I wrote the original ‘Cufon for Thematic with no plugins‘ post, I’ve learnt how to use script queueing, rather than hard-coded links. Here’s the official WP page about script queueing: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script if you want to find out more. Here’s the improved version of that post, also featuring a little function to convert the doctype […]

I’m organising my first business event! WP-Brighton – a WordPress event for everyone. Working with Michael Bailey and Paul Bunkham to organise this exciting event, which aims to bring together Brighton’s digital and business communities. I won’t go on about it here, but if you want to check it out, here’s the website: www.wp-brighton.org.uk

Hope this’ll save someone the same painful process of Google searching leading to broken page links and out of date instructions/screenshots. So, you’ve got WordPress installed, Thematic as your theme or parent theme and you’ve installed WPML (I’m using v2.3.2), selected your languages and options and are now in ‘Theme and Plugins Localisation’ in the […]