I was perplexed and irritated today to discover this web site doesn’t render properly in IE6. I was using the kids’ computer when I found the problem. If I’m not using Linux or Firefox, my home computer has IE7, which I use at work as well. Basically, the right sidebar appears below the footer. I’ve [...]
OzComments web site
I’ve revamped the OzComments web site using the commercial WordPress Revolution theme. I don’t really know where I’m heading with this site. It’s largely an experiment in progress. One possibility is it might attract other authors and become a community site for Australian issues. It’s not getting many hits yet, but the election might kick [...]
WordPress upgrade
I have upgraded this site to WordPress 2.3. There were a couple of plugins which didn’t work and I had to make some theme changes to accommodate the native tag system. I’m currently running that in parallel with Ultimate Tag Warrior until there is better integration between the two. I haven’t noticed any major benefits [...]
Blog birthday
This blog is four years old today. The first post was on July 9, 2003. I was using Jonathan Beckett’s PluggedOut blog script then, and later switched to Pivot before settling on WordPress. I see that Jonathan is now using WordPress himself, so I think that is some recognition it’s become the premier blogging program. [...]
Offline blog writers
I’m typing this article using WB Editor, an offline WYSIWYG desktop blogging tool. It’s a shareware program costing US$20 (I’m testing the free beta version). It gives me a visual text box within the actual site frame to write. I can also insert images and music. The visual aspect differentiates it from the free Windows [...]
