Category Archives: WordPress
WordPress Plugins as Frameworks
I noticed earlier today an interesting video in the WordPress.tv feed. Marc Lavallee & Wes Lindamood: Plugins are Blueprints talk about how they use plugins as a starting point to get to an end. I like what they had to say. It reminded … Continue reading
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. Continue reading
WordCamp Seattle
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 … Continue reading
New User Approve Plugin Updates
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 … Continue reading
Building a Quick Search Engine
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 … Continue reading
Upgrading WordPress the Easy Way
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 … Continue reading
WordPress 2.7 Support Added To The Picklewagon Theme
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 … Continue reading
Create a Blog With Squarespace
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 … Continue reading
Enabling OpenID
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 … Continue reading
WordPress Adding Social Networking Features
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 … Continue reading
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