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lasTunes 1.0

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

I just finished writing my first WordPress plugin! here is some information about lasTunes:

Adds iTunes links to Last.fm user’s Recently Played Tracks feed and displays them.

Multiple options, including:

  • Add direct links to each track artist’s myspace and last.fm pages
  • Add link to album
  • Add link to user’s last.fm page

see it in action below. oh, and check out the lasTunes WordPress plugins page, where you can/should download it. while I may provide updates here from time to time, all new versions will be posted there. namaste!

recently listened tracks of cfretts
Cheap TrickSurrenderAt Budokan
Guns N' RosesMr. BrownstoneAppetite For Destruction
NirvanaOn A PlainNevermind
Pearl JamJeremyTen
The ByrdsTurn, Turn, TurnCollection

lasTunes by Calen Fretts

the ten WordPress plugins that saved me from coding

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

if you have a WordPress site, there are thousands of plugins out there which you can use to make your site easier to use, or more interactive, or more useful, etc. here are 10 that I found I can’t live without.

All in One SEO Pack – puts SEO (search engine optimization) code into your site to get it more traffic.

Events Calendar – easily mark upcoming events, etc.

Google Analytics for WordPress – every website needs Analytics. this plugin is the most user-friendly.

Google XML Sitemaps – auto-generates sitemaps, which will boost your site in the search engines.

My Link Order – lets you easily specify which order you want your blogroll links to be shown.

ShareThis – inserts links to email the post, or Digg/share it on other sites.

Sociable – same functionality as ShareThis, but different. try them both and decide for yourself.

Stray Random Quotes – I tried a few quote plugins and this was the best.

Subscribe2 – allows visitors/members to subscribe to your site, and receive notification emails for different events such as new posts.

WP-PostRatings – allows visitors to rate posts. gives you a variety of options for your rating system (thumbs up/thumbs down, 5 stars, etc).

 you can see most of these plugins in use either on this site or my other site, Audio Showcase.

Brand New ringtones! (and others, too)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

another round served cold. it looks like people are actually using these, so, I’m glad to be of service!

p.s. I realized why some of my ringtones were “bad quality” – they have to be under 300 kb. so I’ve fixed those and re-upped them, too.

requests => comments!

phone sounds v2

Friday, November 7th, 2008

I was jamming to some tunes on my Florida roadtrip and kept hearing awesome ringtones parts in songs. so I added them to a playlist and made them. here are the next batch.

again, if you want me to make you one, leave it in the comments here and I’ll do it!

ringtones for the masses

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

I’m a dork and enjoy creating cool ringtones for myself. it’s easy with my phone, I can just email them to [myphonenumber]@vzwpix.com. it only takes a few minutes with Audacity (great program – more to come on that later). then I realized that maybe y’all would like access to my ringtones. feel free to use them!

and if you want me to make you one, leave it in the comments here and I’ll do it for ya :)


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