Upgrading to WordPress 2.5.1 May05

Upgrading to WordPre...

I finally upgraded this blog to version 2.5.1, from 2.1.2. So there was a database upgrade, introduction of draggable widgets, and a few other things. I also changed hosts, moving from a Canadian company to an Aussie host. Rather than get the new host to copy from the old one, I did it...

Playing with Google Calendar Oct04

Playing with Google ...

I wonder if the Google Calendar will display inside a post? Ugly as all get out. Google has a form to et you specify basic colouring, but obviously not enough. There is an alternative layout too: Although you could have actually tabbed between the two formats. A second software package...

Add to Del.icio.us, ...

The next step in the SEOizing of my blog was to allow people to add the posts to the various social bookmark and tagging sites. I started by searching for Del.icio.us plug-ins, and actually installed Arne’s version, but it didn’t really do what I wanted. Then I found David Breyers...

Technorati tagging f...

I’ve just installed the Ultimate Tag Warrior plug-in for WordPress after hours of checking out blogs and WordPress instructions on the best ways of handling Technorati tags. There are a lot of plug-ins on the WordPress Codex for Technorati, and the hard part is always working out which...

Formatting an RSS Feed Aug09

Formatting an RSS Fe...

After reading the excellent WebProWorld summary on blog changes I decided to try and format my RSS Feed, so that instead of just seeing raw XML feed, you get a slightly formatted version with an information message telling you it’s an RSS Feed, not meant to be viewed through a...

A new blog Feb01

A new blog

I know I haven’t got many items in this blog yet, but I’ve already started another blog. But it’s a completely different topic, so that’s ok. It’s about dogs, and it’s at www.dogs-only.com.au/dogblog/. I only mention it because I used a different...