Version 1.1 of the Copyright Plugin for WordPress

May 13th, 2007

I’m pleased to announce Version 1.1 of the Copyright Plugin for WordPress. If you want to insure that your copyright notices automatically display the correct dates in WordPress, then you need this plugin.

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How to Perspire Like a Genius

April 12th, 2007

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.Thomas Alva Edison

If you’re reading this then you’re probably avoiding doing something else more important. Most of us have over-full lives; we divide our time among family, work, friends, neighbors, clubs, hobbies, recreation, exercise, and on and on. Every day is a challenge to fulfill all of the committments pulling us in different directions.

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Version 1.0 of the Copyright Plugin for WordPress

April 2nd, 2007

I’m pleased to announce Version 1.0 of the Copyright Plugin for WordPress. If you want to insure that your copyright notices automatically display the correct dates in WordPress, then you need this plugin.

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8 Essential WordPress Plugins

March 18th, 2007

One of the wonderful things about WordPress is its extensibility–hundreds of free plugins for WordPress are available. Now that I’ve used WordPress for a few months I have settled on a set of plugins that allow WordPress to function well according to my needs. Of those, there are a core set of plugins that I feel are essential for just about any WordPress installation. Following is my recommended list of WordPress plugins.

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How to Fix your WordPress Comment Feed Name

March 10th, 2007

Many RSS feed aggregators (like Bloglines, for example) alphabetize the feed names that you’re subscribed to. If you set up WordPress and test your RSS feeds in such a news reader, you’ll notice that your main feed and your comments feed are probably not listed next to each other. To make it easier for your loyal readers to track what’s going on with your site, those feeds should be sorted alphabetically so that they clump together. Read on for a quick solution.

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Announcing the Copyright Plugin for WordPress

March 3rd, 2007

I’m pleased to announce the Copyright Plugin version 0.9 (beta) for WordPress. If you want to insure that your copyright notices display the correct dates in WordPress, then you may find this little plugin useful.

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Be Nice to Your Eyes in Emacs

February 23rd, 2007

If you’re one of the many right-minded geeks who uses Emacs, you have an advantage over those who use less-flexible text editors. Anyone staring at code all day long will soon suffer from tired eyes. If you use Emacs, though, you can use a macro that I wrote that may help alleviate the problem.

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How to Fix Post Previews in WordPress

February 17th, 2007

I’ve used WordPress for a couple of months now, and so far I really like it. It’s free, it’s pretty easy to set up, it’s extensible, and the WordPress user community has created a huge number of really great WordPress themes and plug-ins. In all, WordPress does a really good job of helping you publish and syndicate content.

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How to Migrate Your Static Pages to WordPress

February 9th, 2007

If you have an existing web site and you’re adding WordPress to it, then you probably have a set of static pre-WordPress web pages that look completely different from your blog. Here’s a quick guide that shows you how to migrate those static web pages so that they use your currently selected WordPress template.

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Eliminate “Click to Activate”

February 3rd, 2007

I recently updated the web pages for my Java applets so that you don’t need to click to activate an applet before using it. You can go here to read the gory details about why most browsers now force you to click to activate controls and applets. I knew that it was possible to work around the problem, but when I went looking for a quick answer on the Web I was surprised at how hard it was to find a simple explanation of the problem and a concise example that demonstrated how to solve it. I hope that this post will help fill that gap.

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