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WordPress 3.1: Internal Linking, Admin Bar, IE9 and More

We have recently updated the OM4 platform to include the latest WordPress (3.1) features, bug fixes and improvements. There are quite a few improvements, including: Internal Linking, which makes it much easier to create a link to your existing posts and pages. See screenshot below. Admin Bar, which means you’re only ever one click away […]

WordPress 2.9 Upgrade: Image Editing, Undo/Trash, Improved Video Embeds

We have recently upgraded the OM4 platform to include the latest WordPress (2.9 and 2.9.1) features. There are quite a few improvements, including: Undo/trash feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). Built-in image editor, which allows you to crop, […]

Adding SPF records to your Google Apps setup

We’ve recently upgraded our email mapping function for Google Apps to automatically create SPF records. This means that when we map a domain for Google Apps we: create the standard MX records needed to send/receive mail create the CNAMEs needed to access mail from subdomains (e.g. mail.yourdomain.com) create the SPF record to make it harder […]

Finer control over your website header

Overall we find that designers have a very strong appetite for being able to control the layout of header (masthead) region of each website. For one of our current projects James has implemented a new Custom Text Box for the header, which allows the precise placement of – well, just about anything into the header. […]

Using WP e-Commerce as your shopping cart

2014 Update: we now use WooCommerce for new websites. We’re currently working on adding support for the WP e-Commerce shopping cart for OM4 sites. This shopping cart has more features

WordPress 2.8 Upgrade: Improved Dashboard Performance and Widgets

We have recently upgraded the OM4 platform to include the lastest WordPress (2.8 and 2.8.1) features. There are quite a few improvements, including: A much faster dashboard interface A new drag-and-drop sidebar widgets interface New screen options on every dashboard page (the tab at the top right) Improved timezone support with automatic daylight savings time […]

New Image Rotator Feature

James has been busy recently with some new features for our OM4 websites. With our new Image Rotator facility you can use a simple shortcode to put a group of images into a rotator set that will gently rotate in any page or post. Too much movement on a web page can distract a visitor, […]

WordPress 2.7 Upgrade: New Dashboard Design and Features

As promised last week, we have upgraded the OM4 platform to include the lastest WordPress (2.7) features. There are quite a few improvements, including: Completely new Dashboard design and navigation menu Threaded comments, paging and the ability to reply to comments directly from your dashboard Bulk post/page editing Quick editing of posts/pages Drag and drop […]

New OM4 website dashboard features

Today we have upgraded all OM4 web sites to include the latest WordPress 2.6+ features. There are quite a few improvements: Image captions. An improved image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing of images (see screenshot). Press This!: Post from wherever you are on the web. Gears: Turbo-speed your blogging. Word count […]

Are you using the new and improved visual editor?

It’s been a month since all OM4 websites were upgraded with a new dashboard design and features, and I’d like to ensure that you’re getting the most from the new and improved visual editor. The new editor has two tabs – Visual and HTML. If your text editor doesn’t have the Visual and HTML tabs […]

Is Your Website Cross Browser Compatible?

One of the difficulties with operating your own website is ensuring that it looks consistent across all the popular web browsers. For example, your website may look and behave correctly in a recent web browser such as Internet Explorer 7 or Firefox 3, but it may not look quite right in older browsers such as […]

OM4 Server Upgrade

James is in the process of updating the server platform for Australian sites. This site is already upgraded, and the speed increase is really noticeable. Together with the Dashboard update, everything zips along.