Today, I cleared out all blog entries here that aren’t related to programming; that included about 60 posts on eBay vendors I’ve used in the past, as well as probably another 30 posts about music, football and the like.
I want this blog to focus on programming, business practices and other profession-based posts. Besides, that stuff [...]
Archive of posts tagged WordPress
Some Quick Housekeeping
Blog Changes: New Themes, New Syntax Plugin, Several Plugins Deactivated
Since I’m reviving the blog, I decided to give it a good going-over, in terms of theme, plugins and other aesthetics / tools I’m using.
The most notable change: I’ve switched from Fluid Blue to F2, both by SriniG. I really like the straightforward, clean appearance of Srini’s templates; when it comes to Web design, [...]
Hacking WP-PluginsUsed To Remove Plugin Version Numbers
One of the greatest contributors to the WordPress plugins repository is Lester “GaMerZ” Chan.
It’s testament to the value of his contributions that his work has not only been duplicated, borrowed and built upon by hundreds of other plugin developers — just search “gamerz” in the WordPress plugins repository to see how many times his [...]
Grouping Your WordPress Blog Comments By Type: Comments, Trackbacks And Pingbacks
First, my apologies for the extended period of time off I took from this blog. There’s no great scandal behind the break I took; my health and humor are just fine. As Technorati notes, somewhere around 95 percent of blogs haven’t been updated in three months; I just kind of fell into that groove. But [...]
Blog Update: New Anti-Spam Plugin May Block Legitimate Comments
As this blog has gotten more popular and, as a result, started ranking well with Google, the spamming here has become incessant — to the point where faithful, reliable, old Akismet alone isn’t good enough.
Akismet has caught nearly 16,000 spam comments here in just under three years, and only accidentally labeled three comments as spam [...]
Meet The New Host, Same As The Old Host
Well, I gave DreamHost PS a try. And let me tell you, it works great.
So why is this blog back on my DreamHost shared account? A few reasons; mostly, there’s no payoff between the cost and the performance difference, at least for this blog.
I got in on DreamHost PS as part of a promotion that [...]
