Theme change

Posted on February 18, 2010 at 7:31pm | 3 comments

Just a note to explain the reversion to a previous theme.

I was having some performance trouble with the site and my web host began complaining about CPU strain.

After checking the error log I disabled numerous plugins and decided simplicity was best, for the short term at least.

I claim to have designed this theme myself, although it was based on a free Revolution theme by Brian Gardner.

WordPress 2.9

Posted on December 19, 2009 at 5:45pm | 0 comments

Just upgraded to WordPress 2.9. The first obvious difference is the “Move to trash” feature for posts.

WordPress to go

Posted on August 27, 2009 at 5:42pm | 0 comments

I’m typing this from my phone. I really need to learn how to do this. The kids can maybe teach me.

WordPress versatility

Posted on August 13, 2009 at 10:12pm | 0 comments

I know I’m something of a WordPress evangelist, but I try not to spruik that too much here.

However, after a few days without posting I should mention what I’ve been doing in my limited spare minutes.

I’ve redesigned my company (Gorey Media) website.

Gorey Media is not quite dormant; I develop and maintain a few websites in my spare time and the company is a still a legal entity. (more…)

Getting bbPress to work

Posted on July 4, 2009 at 7:04pm | 2 comments

I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few days installing a new forum at The Border Watch website.

It’s my first experience of using bbPress in a production environment.

bbPress is connected with WordPress, which is the program I use here and for most of my sites.

A key feature is the ability to integrate with the WordPress database. (more…)

Better blogroll for WordPress

Posted on June 5, 2009 at 5:44pm | 0 comments

I installed the Better Blogroll plugin for WordPress tonight. You can see it working in the sidebar.

The plugin enables users to display a configurable number of random links.

I’ve never used the WordPress links feature much, but plan to change that now. I was concerned about creating long blogrolls that nobody would ever read, and which all visitors (including me) would find boring, a waste of space and difficult to use. (more…)

Comment spam problem continues

Posted on June 2, 2009 at 5:52pm | 0 comments

I found out today that a legitimate comment was blocked as spam, so I’ve disabled the WP-SpamFree plugin for the time being.

Apologies to anyone else who was blocked.

The problem with Akismet is I have to trawl through blocked comments to check them. WP-SpamFree doesn’t have that facility, which is attractive if it works and problematic if it doesn’t.

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