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WordPress 4.0 "Benny" is Released!

Version 4.0 of WordPress is now available. This version of WordPress is named “Benny” in honor of jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman. This release brings you a smoother writing and management experience. [field name=”wordpress40video”] Here are some highlights: Manage your media better: Preview Embeds: Better Plugin Research Experience: Check out the Full Story

Naperville Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Nomination

Simple Edge is honored to be nominated for the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year Awards. Entering its 17th year, the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Awards is the premier recognition program of small businesses in the western suburbs. Several winners of the award have gone […]

WordPress Instruction Videos for WordPress 3.6

WordPress Website Instruction Manual Manual provided for Wordpres v3.6 I wanted to create a few videos to show show basic functions of WordPress. This will give you a good start at using your new WordPress blog. Topics: Creating a New Page Adding a Page to Menu Creating a New Blog Post Understanding the Backend of […]

WordPress 3.6 "Oscar" arrives with Better Post Revisions Viewer, built-in HTML5 media player, and better post locking

WordPress.org today announced the release of WordPress 3.6, featuring a revamped revision browser and built-in Media Player for Videos and Audio. You can download the new release now from WordPress.org/Download. This version of WordPress is named “Oscar” in honor of Canadian jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson. Oscar includes better autosave and post locking, native support for audio and video […]

Related Pages / Posts Plugin for WordPress

WordPress Version 3.5.1 I had a client that wanted to show Related Pages in their sidebar, but they didn’t want it to be clunky like most of the plugins out there. They wanted to be able to choose which pages were listed as Related Pages. After searching for hours I finally found a FANTASTIC plugin! […]

Password Protect a Page in WordPress

WordPress Version 3.5.1 So lets say that you have a list of documents that you would like to make available to your clients on your website, but you don’t want the general public to be able to access these files, what do you do? A very simple way to protect files is to password protect […]

Using iPowerWeb Hosting WordPress Website – MySql Server Host

If you’re using iPowerWeb as your hosting provider for a WordPress website and you can’t get you MySql database to work on their platform then make sure you’re using the right MySql Server Host URL. I recently was importing a developed website for a client from my development server to their iPowerWeb Hosting and I […]

Scheduling Status Updates (Posts) on Facebook Pages

You probably have had to use some sort of online tool like Hootsuite in order to schedule your posts to Facebook Pages. Well, Facebook has made some updates to their business pages and among the most exciting updates is the ability to schedule Status Updates (posts) to your Facebook Page now! This will especially be […]

Adding JavaScript or iFrames to your WordPress posts

Have you ever been posting away on your blog or adding new pages to your website and have noticed that when you switch from the “HTML” to “Visual” page you lose some of your code? It seems that WordPress gets rid of your Javascript, iFrames and some of your other HTML during the switch. I’m […]