Long awaited WordPress 2.5 is here

It’s here. It’s here. Wordpress 2.5 is here. For those who haven’t been keeping up with the development, this newest version features a cleaner interface, widgets for the dashboard, tag management, search pages in addition to posts,... Read more

Moving comments in posts made easy

The site is finally shaping up to where I want it. After some consideration, I decided to do away with ZenCart and run everything through WordPress. I have transferred all of the items from the shopping cart to the main site. Each needed to be handled... Read more

Search posts and pages - not by default

The WordPress system is designed to only search posts by default. For most cases, this probably works fine. In my case, it wasn’t enough. Much of my content, mainly my free PHP scripts, is handled through a static page. Using the native WP search... Read more

Another useful WordPress plugin

In the last few years, I have moved my site around many times. I went from HTML to Geeklog and now to WordPress. Even during each “phase”, I moved things around. That leads to pages getting renamed and incoming links going nowhere. I have... Read more

Favorite new plugins for WordPress

I am always looking for new and exciting tools for my website. WordPress developers offer me a virtual candy store daily. Here are a few of the most recent plugins I’ve installed. WP-UserOnline:  Gives you a list of all visitors on your site... Read more

Widget friendly tag cloud for Wordpress

The category tagging plugin was OK, but I wanted to start using the widgets released in Wordpress 2.2. After trying the “simple tagging plugin“, I finally opted to go with Ultimate Tag Warrior. It has built-in functions for creating a tag... Read more

Heat map plugin not counting properly

Well, I was happy with the heat map until I realized the counts were off. After going in and retagging my posts using the categories, it appears the heat map did not update with the new counts. I searched the author’s comments and the forum at... Read more

WordPress conversion: tags, clouds and stats

The conversion has been complete for nearly a week and my traffic has remained steady. There are several things I still need to get back online: the photo gallery, the file downloads and some type of tracking system for story views. Overall, I am happy... Read more

Made the jump from Geeklog to WordPress

I’ve been considering making this switch for some time. While I love Geeklog, it was starting to be cumbersome for me to go in and blog. I struggle with blogging regularly and need something that makes it as quick and easy as possible to get my... Read more