Wordpress Web Designers: Web Design Tips: Plugin Review: MapPress Easy Google Maps

Posted in: Blog, Resources, Web Design Tips, Wordpress by Web Design Broker on October 22, 2009

Wordpress Web Designers: Web Design Tips: Plugin Review: MapPress Easy Google Maps

MapPress adds an interactive map to the wordpress editing screens. When editing a post or page just enter any addresses you’d like to map. The Google Map Wordpress plugin will automatically insert a great-looking interactive map, including driving directions, right into your blog. You can even create custom HTML for the map markers (including pictures, links, etc.)!

Sample Live Google Map of Downtown Vancouver, BC Canada using the Wordpress Google Map plugin:

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Wordpress Plugins Review: WordTwit, TwitPost and WP to Twitter

Posted in: Blog by admin on October 19, 2009

Wordpress Plugins Review: WordTwit TwitPost and WP to Twitter

We are trying out the WordTwit plugin in wordpress. Will let you know how it goes. Also trying out the Twitter plugin called WP to Twitter.

First attempt with WordTwit didn’t work. Install was easy. Couldn’t get Twitter to approve our twitter account credentials.

Moving on to try WP to Twitter: it requires that we have an account with a url shortening service. We setup a free account with bit.ly. Testing.

Trying out TwitPost. Authentication problems with Twitter.

UPDATE Oct 21/09: While Twitter was having internal problems the other day when we were running this experiment which was giving us error messages that they couldn’t authenticate our Twitter account login details. Now that Twitter is working again, we have chosen to go with WordTwit. Now, whenever we post to our blog, those posts instantly and automatically get posted from our Wordpress blog right to Twitter.  Follow us on Twitter @webdesignbroker