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]]> By: Mark McWilliams http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/2008/03/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-228 Mark McWilliams Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:47:53 +0000 http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-228 Thanks for those usefull tips Stephen, and your absolutely right whith what you say. Unless you really don't know what your doing with regards to 'hard-coding' then yes, maybe go with a plugin or use the widgets area for the sidebar. ;) I'll take a look at that plugin, and see about implementing it here! Thanks once again... Thanks Mark Thanks for those usefull tips Stephen, and your absolutely right whith what you say. Unless you really don’t know what your doing with regards to ‘hard-coding’ then yes, maybe go with a plugin or use the widgets area for the sidebar. ;)

I’ll take a look at that plugin, and see about implementing it here! Thanks once again…

Thanks
Mark

]]> By: OnLine Marketing Fundamentals http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/2008/03/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-224 OnLine Marketing Fundamentals Sat, 26 Apr 2008 14:00:05 +0000 http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-224 Hey Mark... Thought I better come visit from SSP and make a comment on your site :) Just a quick note about plugins... A lot of people go overboard with loading all sorts of plugins into their WordPress install... However, sometimes you DON'T need a plugin to achieve the same result. For example, with Adsense - why not simply hard code the Google Adsense code directly into the sidebar or page/post template where you want it? It makes better sense to do it that way than to cause php to make 1, 2 or even 3 extra calls to a plugin to achieve the same result. And it reduces the load on your server and speeds up the loading of your page a little. Just something to think about before loading up yet another plugin... However, I would really recommend that you install <a href="http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/" rel="nofollow">Subscribe To Comments</a> which allows people who do comment to be notified about any new comments added to that post. Cheers Stephen Spry Hey Mark…

Thought I better come visit from SSP and make a comment on your site :)

Just a quick note about plugins… A lot of people go overboard with loading all sorts of plugins into their WordPress install… However, sometimes you DON’T need a plugin to achieve the same result.

For example, with Adsense – why not simply hard code the Google Adsense code directly into the sidebar or page/post template where you want it? It makes better sense to do it that way than to cause php to make 1, 2 or even 3 extra calls to a plugin to achieve the same result. And it reduces the load on your server and speeds up the loading of your page a little.

Just something to think about before loading up yet another plugin…

However, I would really recommend that you install Subscribe To Comments which allows people who do comment to be notified about any new comments added to that post.

Cheers
Stephen Spry

]]> By: Mark McWilliams http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/2008/03/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-210 Mark McWilliams Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:27:35 +0000 http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-210 Glad you liked the post Geoff! And yeah, I've had no problems with the 'related posts' plugin after switching to WP 2.5! :D Thanks Mark Glad you liked the post Geoff! And yeah, I’ve had no problems with the ‘related posts’ plugin after switching to WP 2.5! :D

Thanks
Mark

]]> By: Geoff Robertson http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/2008/03/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-209 Geoff Robertson Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:26:17 +0000 http://www.mark-mcwilliams.com/to-plugin-or-not-to-plugin-that-is-the-question/#comment-209 It is amazing just how many features you can add to a blog and most at the reasonable price of $0. I like the sound of the "related posts" plug-in. It is advertised as a WPv2.3 plug-in yet you say that you use it so it must be fine with WPv2.5 I have put the Google site map plug-in on a number of sites and have found it to be very effective. Thanks for the tips. Geoff It is amazing just how many features you can add to a blog and most at the reasonable price of $0. I like the sound of the “related posts” plug-in.

It is advertised as a WPv2.3 plug-in yet you say that you use it so it must be fine with WPv2.5

I have put the Google site map plug-in on a number of sites and have found it to be very effective.

Thanks for the tips.

Geoff

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