Insights by Justin Downey

November 2013

Events Manager

Events Manager is a full-featured event registration plugin for WordPress based on the principles of flexibility, reliability and powerful features! Version 5 of the plugin now makes events and locations WordPress Custom Post Types, allowing for even more possibilities. Features (demo): Easy event registration (single day with start/end times) Recurring and long (multi-day) event registration …

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November 2013

Remove the WordPress Admin Bar

Introduced back in WordPress 3.1, the WordPress Admin Bar provides quick access to all the most common admin areas of the site, like creating a new post or page, moderating comments, etc. That said, it may just not go with your site’s design. Here’s how to remove that admin bar from the front-end for logged …

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October 2013

WordPress 3.7 Key Changes

WordPress.org today announced the debut of WordPress 3.7. This latest version is a feature and bug-fix release for self-hosted WordPress sites. Dubbed “Basie” in honor of American jazz pianist and composer Count Basie, WordPress 3.7 is the first release that uses the company’s new plugin-first development process that results in a much a quicker development …

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October 2013

“pageok” Blank Page Error

When you’re going live with a new website, often you’ll point the domain name DNS A-record to the IP address of the new hosting. After 4 to 24 hours, all you see is “pageok“. WTF? Don’t worry. It’s an easy fix. You just missed a step. Chances are, you’re using GoDaddy as your web host. …

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October 2013

Media & Online Storage (v3.6)

Using WordPress version 3.6 or before, you can upload files, PDFs, images and more to your Media Library. Adding Media and Linking to it: From the admin, click on Media >> Add New Click on ‘Select Files’ and browse for the file or files you would like to upload (you can also drag & drop) …

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September 2013

Uploading PDFs to Your WordPress Site

A quick guide to uploading one or several PDF documents to your WordPress Media Library.

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September 2013

Shortcode API

Introduced in WordPress 2.5 is the Shortcode API, a simple set of functions for creating macro codes for use in post content. For instance, the following shortcode (in the post/page content) would add a photo gallery into the page: [shortcode_gallery] It enables plugin developers to create special kinds of content (e.g. forms, content generators) that …

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September 2013

The Tried & True and Dazzling New

Just read an Ad Age article where the author, Jeff Swystun, argues that the reputation of being cool, cutting-edge and creative that digital agencies enjoy is all marketing and not actually the case. What’s worse, he’s right… For the article, Jeff spoke to six digital agencies from all over. He breaks his analysis into three …

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September 2013

JDM Digital Awarded Best Irving Agency

JDM Digital has been selected for the 2013 Best of Irving Award in the Digital Agency category by the Irving Award Program.

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August 2013

“Error establishing a database connection” WordPress

Error Establishing a Database Connection is one of those things that can be caused by many things. Perhaps most frustrating is when it happens ‘all of a sudden. In this article, we will show you how to fix the “error establishing a database connection” in WordPress by compiling a list of solutions all in one …

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August 2013

WordPress Blank White Pages

If your WordPress site is not responding or stalling or just showing a blank white page (sometimes called the “WordPress White Screen of Death”), this most likely results from a corrupted/hacked plugin or theme. When loading the site in your browser, it’ll continuously load until it times out, or load a blank white page (no …

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August 2013

Microsoft Taps Razorfish For Surface & Win 8

According to an article published in AdAge Digital, Microsoft is taking another run at their Surface tablet and Windows 8 OS with a new digital agency, Razorfish. The tech giant has had a rough time breaking into the crowded tablet market. Last month, Microsoft announced a $900 million write-off on excess Surface inventory, surpassing the …

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