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WordPress 2.5: The Next Generation

Wordpress 2.5 DashboardThe latest release of WordPress has just hit the net, offering some significant design changes and a boatload of new features. As mentioned in my previous post on the site upgrade, I’ve been using WordPress 2.5 RC since its release…

Filed under: Blogging, Joomla, WordPress | Tags: , , , | Written on March 30, 2008

Dao By Redesign

Dao By Design v2.0For anyone that’s been to the site previously, you should immediately notice a rather massive change in the site’s design.

When I stitched together the original site back in June last year, I did what I constantly advise clients against -…

Filed under: Design, Joomla, Miscellaneous, WordPress | Tags: , , , | Written on March 26, 2008

Finally, native WordPress tagging

I am, admittedly, quite lax on keeping up with the latest version of things. So, it was with a bit of surprise that I happened to notice I had fallen behind on my WordPress version.

Partly due to it’s comparably solid…

Filed under: Blogging, WordPress | | Written on October 8, 2007

Creating a dynamic WordPress sidebar

I recently finished the redesign of my blog, The Humanaught, and as these things tend to - it came with a few forehead slapping mind scratchers.

The key one being that the design utilized the post’s footer to store comments. On…

Filed under: Blogging, Code & Scripts, Design, WordPress | | Written on August 17, 2007

My First WordPress Plugin

I’m happy to announce my first ever WordPress plugin - Censortive.

Tired of Internet censorship? Is your site being blocked for having “sensitive” words? Then Censortive is for you. Use this plugin to replace those pesky words with their graphic equivalent,…

Filed under: Blogging, Code & Scripts, WordPress | | Written on July 27, 2007

Modifying Wordpress’ Front Page

The origins of the standard blog front page vary. Some say that the post-after-post-after-post style comes from the ancient Greeks, others say it was the Chinese. One thing’s for certain, it’s old and it’s tired.

Having been a blogger in one shape…

Filed under: Blogging, CSS/HTML, Design, WordPress | | Written on July 15, 2007

Speeding Up Wordpress

I decided to try out Ricardo Galli Granada’s WordPress Cache (WP-Cache) plugin and see how much speed it actually added to my blogs’ load times.

As the plugin advertises, WordPress is already pretty trim when it comes to MySQL database calls and PHP…

Filed under: Blogging, WordPress | | Written on July 3, 2007

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