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May
17
Wordpress 2.2 Released
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After some delay, Wordpress 2.2 is out and ready to rock. Still the scariest upgrade in town, this new Wordpress is probably worth dedicating some part of next weekend to installing. I wouldn’t upgrade immediately tho - let the braver souls go first!
Apr
15
I Follow, You Follow
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The DoFollow meme is gaining steam.
Mark tagged me with another D-list making the rounds.
Here are the rules of the D-List
***Begin to copy here***
1. Write a short paragraph at the beginning of your post and link back to the blog that put you on the list in the paragraph. This isn’t a suggestion. You need to […]
Apr
11
WP Admin Bar Plugin
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This is my favorite new Wordpress Plugin: WP Admin Bar.
This plugin shows the Wordpress admin toolbar on the top of your blog if you are logged in as the sites administrator. This lets me switch back and forth between the Wordpress control panel and the site itself (which of course I do a few […]
Apr
10
One of the steps in the infamous Wordpress ugrade procedure is to deactivate all of your plugins. Then, after the upgrade, the instructions wryly tell you to reactivate them one by one: “Unleash the monsters”.
Chances are you reactivated them as fast as you could, but it’s a good time to stop and see […]
Apr
8
Using Google Reader For Your Link Blog
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Until now adding a Link List to Wordpress has been kind of a pain. You could mess with the template code or use Sidebar Widgets, both of which were less than ideal.
But now, thanks to Google (who else), it is trivial to have a link list that is easy for the blogger and useful […]
Apr
4
Upgrading Wordpress
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Could there possibly be a scarier upgrade process than the Wordpress one?
Apr
4
BackupMyBlog Review
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Everyone knows they need to back up, but actually making sure that you do it is another thing.
I’ve been trying out a BackupMyBlog.com which is a beta service that backs up the contents of your blogs database every day. Then if you ever need to do a restore, you just download the backup from […]
Mar
31
Audit Trail WP Plugin
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One of the nicer Wordpress plugins I’ve installed lately is Audit Trail.
Audit Trail logs all the changes you make to your blog and lets you retrieve previous versions of posts. It also tracks who logged in and when.
Nice!