Alex King has written a number of plugins, including ones used on this site. So it was with interest I read about his latest contract project for Yahoo.? He was asked to help code a plugin to integrate a number of Yahoo’s services in WordPress with a plugin called Yahoo Shortcut’s.
The examples he gave [...]
I had been offering a $97 off coupon for Dreamhost (My main host) for the past couple years. Well I got a heads up that they would be dropping the available discount I can give to only $50 starting next year. So if you had been wondering about starting an account, you might as well [...]
Ok I got offered to try a new Ad thing from Google called YouTube Video Ads. And considering I had a few people actually mention they like the little mini video Ads that sometimes showed up on the site (Yes some of you are unusual… but you know that). I decided to implement them.
Currently they [...]
Version 2.3 “Dexter” of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. Here is a brief run-down on some of the features.
Native tagging support allows you to use tags in addition to categories on your post, if you so choose. We’ve [...]
I’ve been a little slow, and was so busy enjoying my weekend, I hadn’t noticed that the good people at Automattic had released a security update for WordPress. The changes are relatively minor and all security updates. So you can upgrade fairly painlessly and without any worries, I just upgraded five blogs fairly quickly. SO [...]
Continue reading about New WordPress Security Update out (WordPress 2.2.2 and 2.0.11)
As you may of noticed by the graphic in the corner, I’m going to Automattic’s WordPress Conference - WordCamp. A Two Day Event (ok sorta three with the meet and greet the day before), its a chance to go over using and about WordPress as both a user and a developer. I’ve been prepping, [...]
What do you get when you get a dozen of Dreamhost techs together? 12 different opinions on whats wrong. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out what has been going on with all my sites, and I got everything from perhaps the server needed a reboot, another customer had re-away scripts, the filer [...]
Continue reading about Server Issues? Or problems with shared hosting
As you may or may not know I’ve been posting elsewhere. And that includes my family blog, a wine blog, and also a new blog in which I’m but one voice, a blog about the WordPress convention WordCamp.
I’ve also either cleaned up or made a few new sites including:
P.Havens Creations
The Havens Web2.0ified
Guderland
My Favorite Quote
Well [...]
Just an FYI - Ijust got a note that my host has moved the blog from one host to another… in the hope of speeding up the site, and getting rid of the issues I’m sure you all have noticed. So if you get a timeout, that’s the fact the DNS hasn’t fully propagated.
Otherwise, let [...]
WordPress 2.2.1 is now available. 2.2.1 is a bug fix release for the 2.2 series. Since 2.2 was released a month ago, the WordPress community has been improving fit-and-finish by identifying and fixing those little bugs that can be so annoying and by fine-tuning some small details. The result is a nicely polished 2.2.1 release. [...]
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