New hyperlocal Wordpress plugin: Opening... I received a tweet the other day from the wonderful Andy Mabbett. It read; http://opening-times.co.uk/ is very #hyperlocal oriented. They’re on Twitter: @opening_times / @willperrin @getgood (widget, @philipjohn ?) So I toddled over to the Opening Times web site and had a gander, found some XML...

OpenAustralia plugin for Wordpress... I’m delighted that after my release last week of my TheyWorkForYou.com plugin for Wordpress, Henare Degan has created an adaptation which provides the same functionality but using OpenAustralia, an Australian version of TheyWorkForyou.com. You can download the plugin from Henare’s github,...

GroupsNearYou.com Wordpress plugin... This is the last one this week, I promise. For Talk About Local I have just developed a Wordpress plugin using the GroupsNearYou.com site. The plugin creates a simple widget which shows the groups in your area, based on a postcode that you provide. I made a demo video and wrote instructions on how to...

WriteToThem.com Wordpress plugin... As if the TheyWorkForYou.com plugin wasn’t enough I’ve also created a plugin for WriteToThem.com as well! The plugin adds a new widget which your blog readers can use to get in touch with their politicians from councillors to MEPs. There’s a demo video and instructions on how to set...

TheyWorkForYou.com Wordpress plugin... As part of some work for Talk About Local I have just developed a Wordpress plugin using the TheyWorkForYou.com API. For this first version the plugin creates a single widget which shows the latest activity for your MP. I hope to add more in the future and if you have any suggestions, please add them...

Hyperlocal: Give me your ideas, I’... Some of you may be aware that I’ve begun writing a Wordpress plugin using OpenlyLocal. It’s not the only thing I’m working on though, and I have lots of ideas. However, I know that there’s plenty of hyperlocals out there that probably have their own ideas of what would make their...

Tools for hyperlocals: OpenlyLocal Wordp... I’m starting to develop a range of tools for hyperlocal sites, taking advantage of the extensibility of blogging platform, Wordpress. My first effort is using the fantastic OpenlyLocal site and all the data provided in raw XML. So far, I’ve built the bare bones of the plugin, an admin page...

Ratemyplace Wordpress Widget... I’m a massive fan of Wordpress and like what Stuart Harrison has done with Ratemyplace so I thought I’d get my hands dirty and write my first Wordpress plugin. It’s really rather simple – I didn’t wanna get too in depth on my first plugin outing. It creates a Wordpress widget...