Random thoughts and observations
At various times over the past few years I’ve used Akismet and Defensio to block comment spam. I’m now trying Mollom and I’m pleased with the early results. The problem with Akismet and Defensio is they sometimes block genuine comments. Manual checking is the only way to find out. On days when my sites are [...]
I’ve switched this blog over to the Chrome theme by ericulous. The picture shows how it looks in a Chrome browser. Having previously written about broccoli instead of Chrome, I now declare the Google browser is much faster than Firefox and IE. I like the pastel colors of this theme.
John Lamansky asked WordPress bloggers to name three underrated plugins and Jeff Chandler picked up the idea at Weblog Tools Collection. I mentioned two plugins at John’s site which I don’t think get as much attention as they deserve. 1) Javascript in posts: WordPress allows Javascript in php files and sidebar widgets, but not in [...]
I’m putting the finishing touches to a new dynamic website for The Border Watch. It’s my modification of the Revolution News WordPress theme. I hoped to develop something similar when I started at the Kalgoorlie Miner in January 2006. Although I stayed long enough to see the Miner’s website launched, it was not the outcome [...]
Like much of the WordPress community I’m waiting to hear some user feedback on the upcoming 2.5 version. So far I’m aware of changes to the admin section and the database, but not much else. WordPress is free, of course, and any development work is highly appreciated. I’m wondering though if I should upgrade immediately, [...]
