For the past few months, me with a group of other volunteers have been trying to get the groundwork laid for WordCamp Seattle. Up to this point, it has been a great experience. I have met some great people and am excited to meet many more.
Last month, after calling what seemed like hundreds of venues, [...]
Last September I release a WordPress plugin that allows an administrator to approve new users after they register for your site. I built the plugin for a private blog that I have and I wanted control over each member of the site. Since I thought others would be interested in using the plugin I decided [...]
For a while I’ve been wanting to create a specialized search engine for a project I have been working on. Given the limited amount of time I have, I clearly had to piggyback on current technologies. Search engines today do an awesome job of indexing the web to find what you need when you need [...]
I have finally discovered the best/easiest way to upgrade your WordPress install, especially if you have multiple installations of the blogging software.
You must use SVN to make this happen. To upgrade all you have to do is change the version number. If you want to run trunk, all you have to do is update the [...]
I have bene very happy with the progress Wordpress is making with its releases. They are adding a lot of good features fairly quickly. With all of the changes on the backend, the theming changes added to 2.7 haven’t received a lot of attention.
The changes that have been added:
Threaded Comments
Post Classes
Sticky Posts
I also fixed a [...]
I came across some a cool website to create anything from a blog to a company website. Squarespace seems to be trying to bring website building/designing to the masses.
Not yet having tried the software myself, I was very impressed after looking at the video on the site and the features provided. Very impressive. I think [...]
I have successfully enabled picklewagon.com as a delegate for my OpenID. This has been something I have been wanting to do for a while. It was a lot easier than I thought it would be.
What is OpenID?
OpenID.net says it best:
OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites, simplifying your online experience.
You get to [...]
I heart Wordpress. It is great software and is a great open source software success story.
For those who aren’t familiar with Wordpress, it is the blogging software that is running my site. I am happy with the decision I made to use it.
One of the great things about Wordpress is it allows other developers to [...]
Besides this blog, I have another one that I use as a private blog. I had that blog long before this one. In it, my wife and I write about our kids and family events, post pictures, and will soon post videos. When I created it, I decided to make it private to prevent the [...]
Translators Needed for New User Approve Plugin
The New User Approve plugin has been updated to include support for localization. If you’d like the plugin localized, please contact me.