Category Archives: blog software

Upgrading Wordpress on Bluehost using Simple Scripts

having to sign a liability disclaimer (in this case, done by clicking a checkbox) before I could upgrade my installation of Wordpress on my website filled me with a sense of foreboding that quickly morphed into a full-blown cry of alarm.

Designs for use with the Wordpress Sandbox theme

I’ve been talking about themes in Wordpress a lot lately. Mainly, this reflects my own immediate concerns with getting blogs/sites up and running quickly so I can concentrate on copy rather than stylesheets. I confess this may be a new direction for me; although my primary claim to fame has been as a writer/editor/journalist over [...]

New theme rocks Health Spectator

I’ve been delighted to experiment with new themes to bring a splashier look to my more commercial site, Health Spectator. Although time-consuming, it is fun to search out full themes that may come close to the design concepts you originally had in mind for a site or a set of posts.
During the design phases of [...]

Wordpress 2.2 delayed for good reason

As you must surely have noticed, being a developer, this weblog is served by Wordpress. Not only has there been a recent security upgrade to Wordpress, but the planned release of WP 2.2 has been delayed, primarily to allow for a thorough reimplementation of the tagging feature, according to lead developer Matt Mullenweg.
Not to be [...]

Welcome to Web Developer’s Notebook

Life, John Lennon said, is what happens while you’re making plans.
Well, I’ve been planning a website (Techismo) and have been working on it in various capacities for over a year now. I’ve done design work—including coding the usual infuriating hacks and workarounds, because I just cannot accept that it’s gonna look different in IE and [...]