Tag Archives: WordPress
Posted on 01-May-2008
Because I no longer require user registration, I finally removed all Subscriber accounts on this site. You should still be able to leave comments, of course, as well as subscribe via the feeds. (My comment policy otherwise remains the same.)
Posted on 12-Apr-2008
Upgrading from WordPress 2.3.x to 2.5 was as smooth as silk. No joke, I made only a few of core changes, but they were on the level of trivial tweaks:
Upload my preferred set of /wp-includes/images/smilies/.
Modify /wp-includes/functions.php to recognize said custom smilies.
Change /wp-includes/category-template.php to say articles instead of topics for title ...
Posted on 04-Jan-2008
Happy New Year! 2008 starts off with...more hackery. I've spent more time working on backend site stuff, rather than, well, content. (Obviously.)
I've found a WordPress plugin which has greatly eased the ongoing task of fixing broken links with redirects: Redirection, by John Godley of Urban Giraffe. If you've overhauled a ...
Posted on 23-Dec-2007
I've hunkered down and merged my WordPress theme changes with the latest version of veryplaintxt (now v4.0). It took me only about week of work, yet I'm still left with my strong wish for The Ultimate Merge Tool. I still use TextWrangler's Find Differences tool (note to self: remember to ...
Posted on 14-Nov-2007
So. I've upgraded this site to WordPress 2.3.1, finally. A few dust flurries remain:
No longer have the fanschy-schmancy archive Ajaxy thingie. Poor Extended Live Archives (ELA), its development has ground to a halt. (Hey, if anyone decides to work on it again, drop me a line. I might be keen ...
Posted on 08-Nov-2007
Pardon the dust, or, more accurately, pardon any interruptions or interface oddity you might encounter. (Er, like the image thumbnail no longer appearing in the sidebar. Now fixed; bloody .htaccess issue again.) I'm currently testing various site upgrade and changes. WordPress has undergone a major update, and along with that ...
Posted on 17-Sep-2007
I'm looking for a flexible (if not powerful) online gallery package. What are the free, preferably open source choices for online galleries? There are quite a few!
Wikipedia has a photo gallery comparison article. However, it's not comprehensive since it's a stub which needs cleanup (e.g., lists only basic features, and ...
Posted on 23-Jun-2007
I've wanted OpenID authentication on my site for a long time, because it would allow readers with OpenIDs to easily add comments here. If you'd like to help with testing, please do so at this article at Sairuh.org, a test site I've setup with OpenID authentication. Thanks!
A simple explanation of ...
Posted on 21-May-2007
Upgrading this site to WordPress 2.2 went rather smoothly, a lot quicker than the WP 2.1 upgrade. Not too surprising, as the differences between 2.0 and 2.1 were much greater than the ones between 2.1 and 2.2.
The change that might make a difference to you, dear readers, is that this ...
Posted on 17-May-2007
WordPress 2.2 came out this week. I did a local test, and at first glance it looks like it'd go quickly. So far the only tweaks needed will be updating vars.php (or the appropriate file in WP 2.2) for my smiley customizations (oh so critical, tee hee), and a weird ...
