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Problems posting youtube on facebook

May 15, 2010 – 9:11 am

If you are having problems embedding youtube videos on your facebook wall or page (sometimes they don’t show the description and thumbnail and show a captcha or human verification graphic instead simply put a semi colon after the link. This may be due to a copyright issue or bug. This doesn’t always work but is [...]

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Using custom fields in Wordpress

May 4, 2010 – 10:20 am

(This is really a PS to the previous post)
The following code can be placed anywhere in your php to call data entered in the custom field section of your post/page editing area. For example you could place it within your ‘head’ tags to include keywords for SEO.
The function name I’ve called ‘customfunction’ (can be anything [...]

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Creating individual custom style sheets for different posts or pages

May 3, 2010 – 5:55 pm

You may wish to create a different look for an individual post or page. This could be as simple as using a different background image called with a CSS class (use the post/page name or ID number as the class definition.
You may want to do something slightly more drastic that involves an entirely new stylesheet. [...]

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How to place a facebook ‘like’ button on a wordpress post or page

April 23, 2010 – 2:46 pm

As Facebook gradually battles Google for interstellar supremacy you’ll probably want to integrate a ‘like’ button directly into your posts or pages - just like the one after this post…

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Placing dynamic post excerpts onto a static page template

April 20, 2010 – 10:06 pm

If you require a page (home or otherwise) that contains editable content plus a dynamic list of excerpts of new posts then read on (wordpress).

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Placing a custom graphic in Facebook sidebar

January 14, 2010 – 2:55 pm

If you’ve just read my last post this will all seem very familiar. Best to just ignore it and move on…

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Placing an Add Photo button on to a Facebook page

January 14, 2010 – 1:34 pm

If you require a page (home or otherwise) that contains editable content plus a dynamic list of excerpts of new posts then read on (wordpress).

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