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Bookshelf 2.0.3

We have released Bookshelf 2.0.3 on May 11 2011. There are no major changes in the plugin except for Troubleshooting feature. The troubleshooting feature will help Bookshelf users to find common set up errors. How to run Troubleshooting? Go to Bookshelf >> Troubleshoot. Enter the Post/Page ID in the text field. Click “Run test”. Results

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Don’t panic, it’s the Admin Bar

One of the new features in WordPress 3.1 is the admin bar. While this feature is useful to many users (mostly multi-site users) but for some users (mostly buddypress users) it can be annoying. For those who do not want the admin bar You have two choices to disable the admin bar: Disabling admin bar

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What’s new in WordPress 3.1

Change is inevitable with WordPress and the change always happens in a good way. Thanks to the wonderful community of WordPress users and developers who constantly support and contribute to WordPress. The new version of WordPress 3.1 was released today. WordPress 3.1 brings good news for bloggers, web masters, web designers and developers. WordPress 3.1

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Tip of the day: Embedding videos in WordPress

I have seen several premium WordPress themes providing extra shortcodes for embedding Youtube and Vimeo videos. Most of the theme authors do not know that this function is already present in WordPress core. This function is powered by oEmbed. Using oEmbed you can avoid the process of copying and pasting HTML from the site hosting

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Finally on Twitter, better late than never…

I have worked with Twitter API which is the most developer friendly API I have ever come across but I have never used Twitter for tweeting. Although, I have created few twitter accounts before but I didn’t tweet because I keep forgetting my passwords. This time I won’t forget!! After using Facebook for years, I

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Using Bookshelf 2.0

Before using Bookshelf, please make sure that you have setup the plugin correctly. To ensure the plugin is setup correctly: Go to Bookshelf->Settings Enter your paypal email address Select your currency type and save. Instructions for using Bookshelf: Create or Edit a post (or page) In the PDF file box, click “Choose file” button and

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Bookshelf “two point oh”

We thank the Bookshelf users for their valuable feedback. We have changed the code for efficiency and also for optimum security. The improvements in Bookshelf 2.0 are: You can now sell .zip files You can now also use pages to sell your digital products. In 1.0 branch you can only sell using posts. Better PayPal

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Contributing patches for WordPress 3.1

I have been testing and working with WordPress 3.1 beta 1. In this version the administration is ajaxified. Some of the exciting new features are Post Formats, Admin bar( like in WordPress.com ) and Multi-taxnomony queries. My little contribution to this wonderfull platform. Fixed a strange Javascript error caused by little PHP code :- If

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Testing for Cross browser compatibility.

Websites are dispayed in different ways in each browser. The differences in display can also occur with different versions of the same browser( i.e IE7 & IE8). Even with the same version of the browser, the differences can occur between different operating systems. Testing your site for the above mentioned situations (different browsers, different versions

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Using Bookshelf plugin

After activating the plugin, go to Bookshelf →  settings to configure Bookshelf. Enter your PayPal email address and select the prefered currency. Save changes and start using the plugin. How to add ebook? 1. Create a new post ( post→ add new ) 2. Click on upload PDF file. 3. To add price, use custom field “price”

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