CommentLuv plugin for WordPress

Over a year ago, a new comment plugin for WordPress called CommentLuv spread throughout the WordPress community like wildfire. Why? For the first time, we were able to encourage visitors to comment by offering them a link back to their latest blog post, neatly placed under their comment. All automatically embedded into the comment area [...]

Updating WordPress Tips and Tricks

In Early September 2009, the WP community learned a lesson in blog security. In this post, I share the most effective ways of keeping your WordPress blog secure. I include some things I’ve learned over the years that should be helpful.

Easily add music to your WordPress posts with the Grooveshark plugin

Grooveshark is a cool new site that I heard about on Twitter (thanks, @TimothyFitz). While I was playing with it’s massive resources of music to listen to while I work, I found a WordPress plugin for it that allows you to add music to your posts, and a playlist to your sidebar. [adsense] I’m a [...]

WordPress plugins I always use

I install, customize, and maintain over 50 blog sites using the WordPress software, and plugins. Regardless of the type of site I’m working on, I always install certain plugins. Security, tracking, and easy use and maintenance are the goals for this base set of plugins.

Disclosure Policy Plugin fatal error in WP 2.6

While I’m not terribly fond of the CC license verbiage (I would prefer the word “all” to their “Some” rights reserved blurb), I did decide to try the widget out of desperation. There simply isn’t an alternative that I’m aware of. Even though it’s listed as being compatible up to only v2.5, the latest update was done only five days ago, so I kept my fingers crossed that it would work in 2.6. As you can see in my sidebar, the widget worked. *whew*

Digital art galleries are live

After many hours of work installing the NextGEN gallery plugin, my digital art gallery is up and running. As it happens, the plugin itself is very easy to install and use, my trouble started when we suffered a power outage when I was in the middle of uploading the files. One file name “off” by one character, and the whole site crashes, go figure! *smirk*

New design and digital art site

Now that my personal blog is set up the way I wanted it, it’s time to get a site set up to focus on my design work and digital art. Of course, I will wind up posting about my WordPress adventures here as well. I have needed a mainstream site to present to design clients, so that will be the focus of this site.

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