Moving to WordPress 2.6 was not one of the easy upgrades. However, I’m not sure that the fault was with the software. At least, not initially. I downloaded the archive, and got my files in order, reader to upload to my server. And away the files went. WordPress has lots of files. All told, itContinue reading “On Upgrading WordPress”
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On Things to Do
Upgrade to WordPress 2.6 Finish coding new layout for website Those should keep me busy for the next day or so.
On June’s Greatest Hits
Now that we’re into July, let’s take a look at what people wanted to know from me in the month of June. 5. “Stephen Fry Doctor Who.” Stephen Fry was asked to write a script for Doctor Who‘s second season. Then it became the third season. It might have involved Vikings, or possibly King Arthur,Continue reading “On June’s Greatest Hits”
On This Day In Blog History
A meme, because I can’t think of anything else to write. 😉 (Actually, that’s not true. I wrote a blog post on the subway this morning. I just haven’t typed it up yet.) 3 July 2008 — That would be this. 3 July 2007 — On Doctor Who Podcasts, wherein I discuss my discovery ofContinue reading “On This Day In Blog History”
On Bloggery
It’s possible that someone browsing through my website in, oh, the past twelve hours came across a really different look for the blog. Something… pink. There’s a story there. Yesterday afternoon, while checking out the WordPress support forums, I found a post from someone asking how difficult it would be to port her theme forContinue reading “On Bloggery”
On Firefox Follies
On Tuesday the Mozilla Corporation decided to set a world-record for number of downloads in a day for their new Firefox 3 web browser. Even though I love Opera and would never, ever part from it, I decided I would do my part and download Firefox 3, to help Mozilla set their record. Of course,Continue reading “On Firefox Follies”
On Modifying Vertigo
After getting several e-mails and comments from readers asking how I did this or made that work with the Vertigo theme for WordPress, I’ve decided to share the modifications. This ZIP file contains six files — modified versions of functions.php, index.php, and comments.php for the Vertigo 3-Column theme, index.php for Vertigo 2-Column, and a TagContinue reading “On Modifying Vertigo”
On Making More Website Changes
It was time. Three months ago I implemented a radical redesign of the website. After pouring over usage statistics I noticed several broad patterns of the way readers, like yourself, were interacting with the content here. First, there was a core group of readers who hit the website regularly. Second, there were drive-by readers whoContinue reading “On Making More Website Changes”
On WordPress Tinkering
Occasionally I’m asked why I use WordPress. And specifically, the self-hosted version. “There are other free blogging services — LiveJournal, WordPress.com, Blogger. You don’t even need to pay for hosting. They do it all for you, for free.” Those are good points. And who knows? Maybe if I’d made a different decision nearly six yearsContinue reading “On WordPress Tinkering”
On Tweaking Hemingway
My experiment with Hemingway continues! The Hemingway theme has a couple of interesting things going for it. Number one, it’s not under any sort of active development. The latest version — 0.19 — was released nearly twenty-four months ago. Number two, there’s absolutely no support for it. The download page has dead links to supportContinue reading “On Tweaking Hemingway”