We've been WORDPRESSed!
After running Xaraya for a few years, it was clear that the goals of Xaraya were no longer consistent with my goals in running this site.
Tag: WordPress
New Plugin — COI-Quotes
Thanks to my buddy Doug, we’re now running a nifty ‘quote of the day’ plugin at the bottom of each page. It’s called COI-QUOTES, and you can get at it by clicking here.
Thanks for the help!
Thanks to site visitor Robby for pointing out a simple fix that improved the left-side menu presentation!
WordPress: Why posts take forever to publish
This article is an interesting look at why publishing an article in WordPress sometimes takes a long time.
Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3
After thinking about it for far too long, this morning I spent some time upgrading my WordPress installation to 2.1.3, the most current version. I had to update a bunch of plugins to their most current version and then deactivate them one-by-one, install the new…
Happy 2008 — upgrade & new look
Happy New Year, everyone! 2008 started quietly for Wendy & me. We attended a party at our friend Tracy’s house to ring in the new year with our closest friends. Then, for the next couple days, we laid low hanging around the house and enjoying two solid days of downtime. To give some small idea just how low we laid, we watched 5 movies… In one day!
During our downtime, I took the opportunity to upgrade this WordPress installation from version 2.2.3 to version 2.3.2. The upgrade went fairly smoothly, but there were some problems in our existing theme (Ngatini) which required me to use a different theme (Tarski). I am not sure if this is a temporary theme or if we’ll be sticking to it… Tarksi is a modern, good-looking, and well-supported WordPress theme.
I am in the process of tweaking the theme a bit to maximize its usefulness and integration into our site, so some things may not be working as expected yet. They should be fixed in the next several days.
Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
This morning, I upgraded the site to WordPress 2.7. For some reason, I felt anxious about this upgrade (since it involved a mandatory upgrade to my theme as well), but I needn’t have worried… With the exception of a couple plugin issues that were very…