September is team building month in Foliovision. Every year we go on a trip and take a few moments to relax and enjoy the company of our colleagues’ outside the office and to celebrate Alec’s birthday.
Weblog
VAST Ads Now With ‘Silent Start’ Option
Our FV Player VAST add-on just got a useful update called Silent Start, that allows you to have the ads served with your videos start muted.
Why is Firewire target mode on a MacBook Pro so loud
No it’s not because the fans aren’t calibrated (everyone’s guess). The noise is because your MBP is running way too hot. Don’t use TM.
Three Updated Features in FV Player
A couple of popular features in FV Player have been updated, so get ready for new Settings interface, better HTML pop-ups & update to Beta mode.
How to flush DNS on Windows, Apple OS X and Linux
Sometimes your OS or even your ISP will hold on to stale DNS information and prevent you from seeing the current version of a site. Solution.
Switching FV Player Pro to Beta
FV Player Pro now allows switching between Beta and Release versions. Choose between using the newest features or stick with the stable release.
Case Study: USsoccerplayers.com 2016 Redesign
At the end of 2015, J Hutcherson contacted Foliovision with big news. Ussoccerplayers.com was ready for a redesign.
Lightbox Now for Everyone!
FV Player Pro’s video lightbox function has been moved to the free version and from now on is available for everyone!
What is Quuu?
AppSumo had a special offer on Quuu Lifetime licenses, so we decided to buy one and test it on one of our Twitter profiles.
How to convert bbPress 1 forums to bbPress 2
How to convert a custom bbPress v1 forum to v2 successfully. Advice for WordPress.org who are about to start.
YouTube Playlist Integration and Other New Features
The FV Player has some cool new features – supports YouTube playlist integration, allows you to set the delay of pop-up ads and the VAST plugin has now improved tracking in Google Analytics.
Case Study: Oui, Chef
In 2016, Steve Dunn contacted Foliovision to help him with a Typepad to Wordpress migration and a redesign of his website OuiChefNetwork.com.
Improved Iframe Embedding
The newest version of FV Player is out and has a handful of great new features. One of them is the improved, feature rich iframe embedding.
FV Player Now as a Widget
FV Player has a new feature! From now on, you can use a widget to insert the player into sidebars of your choosing to pin your best videos.
Playlist Styles
FV Flowplayer allows you to use tabbed playlist, playlist prev/next arrows. News about new Vimeo integration and Video Ads.
WordPress Comment Ratings Plugins Roundup: Zaki vs Ulike vs Comment Vote vs Voter vs Thumbs Rating vs GD Rating System
A new Thoughtful Comments version with comment rating and comment sorting by date and rating will be coming soon.
Multilingual Video Subtitles
How to put up multilingual subtitles for your videos.
Image Resizer Faceoff OS X: JPEGmini vs Adobe Photoshop vs PhotoBatcher vs ResizeMe
As I don’t want to have to process my photos in two groups, I’m using ResizeMe for its clear interface and fast workflow.
Merry Christmas from Slovakia! IMT Smile and Lucnica Concert
Kiss your loved ones good night, count your blessings and fight relentlessly for a better world.
How WordPress developers treat publishers like suckers and marks or why I’m now ashamed to be a WordPress developer
Without ever changing WordPress, no reason to keep expensive WordPress consultants on retainer or spend thousands monthly on VIP.wordpress.com.