I've just been asked by Lee, who has started a new community website for the Great Barr, Kingstanding and Oscott areas of Birmingham The B44 Blog, 'do you know how to set up a weather widget on the side of wordpress.com?' The answer is yes, this is … [Read more...] about Displaying the local weather forecast on your WordPress.com website
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Add GroupsNearYou.com to your WordPress blog
There's a great site for finding social groups in your area called GroupsNearYou.com. Just type in your location or postcode and it shows you what's close by. Now you can provide that very same ease of use to your own local blog. I've just finished … [Read more...] about Add GroupsNearYou.com to your WordPress blog
How to add Twitter to your WordPress blog
If you run a local blog there's a good chance you might be on Twitter, as my some of your neighbours. This creates a 'back-channel' that can often go unseen. So in the interests of enhancing local blogs with this back-channel, below is a video which … [Read more...] about How to add Twitter to your WordPress blog
Add WriteToThem.com to your WordPress blog
If you've not heard of WriteToThem.com before, it's a great site by mySociety which makes contact politicians really easy, whether that's your local councillors or your MP, regional assembly member or MEP. To make it even easier for readers of your … [Read more...] about Add WriteToThem.com to your WordPress blog
Add TheyWorkForYou.com to your WordPress blog
TheyWorkForYou.com is a great site built by e-democracy charity, mySociety. It provides an easy way for citizens to keep an eye on their MP. You can sign up for e-mail updates whenever your MP speaks in the House of Commons, for example. So wouldn't … [Read more...] about Add TheyWorkForYou.com to your WordPress blog