Every WordPress website or blog has a functions file located in the theme directory. This function file makes things happen. It can determin what size your featured images appear at, whethor or not you have built in custom menu functionality, what widget areas are avaiable in your theme and more. WordPress developers find themsleves editing this file to add or modify functionality to ones website or blog. A problem occurs when ones theme is upgraded, resulting in the functions file being overwritten.

Enter Flash Buddy’s Funtionality Plugin. Not only do you get several of Flash Buddy’s handy shortcodes, but now too developers can add their custom functions code right inside the plugin and protect their modifications from being overwritten upon theme upgrades.

Line Break “Clear All” Shortcode
Does it drive you crazy when you want a new line to start below an image or other page element, but WordPress won’t let this happen? Use shortcode
and the problem goes away. What is happening behind the scenes? The plugin is inserting html code, which would otherwise be stripped out by the built in WordPress content editor.
Use shortcode [ br ]

User Adjustable Vertical Spacer Shortcode
Some themes just don’t leave enough breathing room around some elements. This shortcode will allow one to insert a defined amount of vertical space.
Use shortcode [ spacer height=XX ], where XX is the number of pixels of space one wants to add between elements.

Current Date Display
Ever need to have todays date displayed in your website or blog, but don’t want to open it up for editing on a daily basis?
Use shortcode and todays date will be automatically displayed and updated for you.

Private Comments
When more than one person is working on a site, this hand shortcode can add comments that only other admins or editors can see. Use it to provide directions or notes.
Use shortcode [ private ]This is content hidden from the public[ /private ].

Note: To allow one to see the shortcode, but not activate it, a space has been added between the square bracket and the trigger text within. In actual real world use, there would be no spaces.

A trade mark is therefore a ‘badge’ of trade origin. It is used as a marketing tool so that customers can recognize the product of a particular trader. A ‘sign’ includes words, logos, colours, slogans, three-dimensional shapes and sometimes even sounds and gestures.

The original creator is the trade mark owner and may also own copyright and design rights in products and packaging.

A trademark includes any word, name, symbol, or design, or any combination used, or intended to be used, in commerce to identify and distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from goods manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods. In short, a trademark is a brand name.

A products name can always be trademarked if the name does not infringe another name.

What is a Service Mark

A service mark is any word, name, symbol, design, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce, to identify and distinguish the services of one provider from the services provided by others, and to indicate the source of the services.

Notes

Business names can be trademarked if the business provides a service, such as marketing, legal, accounting, etc. Business names, such as IBM, HP, Coca Cola may be trademarked, but only if there are goods or services with that name.

• IBM is a registered trademark because it is the name of a company and provides a service
• Coca Cola is  a company name and provides a product.

The U.S. Trademark Office is very sticky about the difference between business names and product names. They have specific rules.

Business directories are a good place to check for names that are already in use, thereby avoiding infringement. Also consider checking with the Secretary of State in your state, local county clerk’s office for DBA filing, and the United States Patent and Trademark office (online).

Links

All Mark – Establishes Trademarks for a Fee

Trade Markia -Registers Trademarks for a Fee

Trademark: How to Name your Business & Product – Book by Kate McGrath

ThomasNet.com – Search ThomasNet to find manufacturers, distributors and service providers that my conflict with your choices

United States Patent and Trademark Office -Online Trademark Database

Service Mark -Legal Definition

What is a service mark?