Jessica will be speaking at WordCamp Portland!
The full schedule hasn’t been announced yet, but the event is
September 18-19 2010 at Webtrends in Portland, OR
Business Blogging for Non-Writers
Learn to make the most of your business blog, even if writing isn’t your strong suit.
http://www.wordcampportland.org/speakers/
Check it out if you are in the area.
Hope to see you there!
Itching for a copy of our new book, the WordPress Visual QuickStart Guide? Of course you are, and we’re here to help.
Our No wpautop Pages plugin for WordPress (used on this site) is now available through the WordPress Codex.
What this does is really pretty simple.
WordPress uses a built-in function called wpautop, that adds <p> tags and new lines to content that you put into WordPress. On the whole this works great. When you edit a blog post it lets you write it like an email rather than a block of HTML.
But what happens if you want to write your own HTML? Well, you can use the HTML editor obviously, but the content is still run through the wpautop filter before being sent to the browser, which can cause problems.
So we wrote a quick little function that disables wpautop for Pages, but leaves it intact for posts. Best of both worlds for us.
For more information on the plugin, check out the No wpautop Pages plugin page.
The connection between music and memory is well-documented, but scientists have only recently been able to pinpoint the area in the brain that is activated by a musical trigger. According to cognitive neuroscientist Petr Janata, “[Music] calls back memories of a particular person or place, and you might all of a sudden see that person’s face in your mind’s eye.”
What does that mean for bloggers? Well, keeping track of the music you listen to while you compose a particularly tricky post can help you recall the post later. You may also notice that certain types of music help you write certain types of posts.
