Posts by Norm Sash
WordPress Plugins for the TinyMCE Editor
Alternatives and Enhancements to the WordPress TinyMCE Editor Love it, or hate it… The editor in wordpress sure does have it’s frustraiting behaviors. WordPress uses a custom version of the TinyMCE editor, and they seem to have really hacked it up in many ways. It is very frustraiting to have formating stripped away from something you’ve…
Read MoreWhy you need a General Practitioner “Nerd”
It’s a very familiar situation – you have a web site and you know what you would like done. Or maybe your computer is having a problem. Or might it be that you want to set up a mailing list to all of your customers. It seems like a simple thing that you want but…
Read MoreFormidable Forms
Formidable WordPress Forms Plugin Formidable is a drag and drop forms designer for WordPress blogs. The interface is well laid out and very logical. To create a form you can start from scratch, or select an available template as a starting point. To add fields to a form simply drag one of the available field…
Read MoreVisual Form Builder
Visual Form Builder The Visual Form Builder is just like the name implies; it is a form builder that is much more visual than any of the other form builders that I’ve tried. It also has a great set of features and seems to work quite well. It seems to be the visual brother of…
Read MorecForms II
cForms II cForms II is a nice blend of drag and drop design with parametric design. You can assign a very good range of values to various field and form design parameters including the ability to assign variable information such as user name, form name, and email to any field’s default value. There is a…
Read MoreCustom Contact Forms
Custom Contact Forms The Custom Contact Forms plugin has a lot of settings for you to modify. It is a very parametric driven forms generator with no drag and drop that I could find. It does appear to allow you control over just about every aspect of the forms appearance, and for those of you…
Read MoreForm 7
Form 7 This is an extremely popular forms plugin for WordPress, so I thought I would give it a try. The thing is, my initial impression was so bad that I really didn’t delve into it very deep. I was looking for a plugin that could be used by casual WordPress administrators; unfortunately Form 7…
Read MoreDifferences Between Outlook and Windows Live Mail
Ok, Microsoft has two major mail clients – the kind that you run in Windows rather than access from the web using a browser. I’ve often wondered if the free mail client that comes with Windows Live services, Windows Live Mail (WLM), could replace the onerous Outlook Mail that comes with Microsoft Office. Bottom line: …
Read MoreMyRepono
Great backup plugin service for WordPress If you’ve ever been dieing to backup your WordPress blog…. WAIT!! I guess nobody ever puts that on the top of their wants list, so let me start over. If you’ve ever felt the need to backup your WordPress blog, I’ve got a great service for you. It’s called MyRepono and…
Read MoreFavorite WordPress Plugins
Here’s a list of my favorite WordPress Plugins that I use in my Web Marketing Business. Plugin Comment Quick Page/Post Redirect Great little plugin that makes it very simple to manage redirections… much simpler than going the DNS and making the changes there. Category Checklist Tree Fixes the annoying behavior of WordPress breaking the category…
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