Feb
10
Quick! Break My Tie
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Yowzers! Is this doldrums or the reverse?
I have four half-finished drafts that I like just about equally. Help me pick which one to finish first.
First comment gets it.
A WordPress tutorial
Thoughts about building an audience when traffic isn’t the primary goal
Some semi irreverent ramblings
An “I have a crush on” post - [...]
Feb
9
DazzlinDonna on Community - an Interview
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In mid January I asked readers to tell me what they want to see more of in this blog. I offered to interview whoever’s idea made me “the happiest and most interested.” Donna Fontenot of DazzlinDonna commented that she’d like to see me expound on my tag line, “Using the Internet to Build [...]
Feb
8
Going Pink
Filed Under Nonprofits, The Meaning of Life | 5 Comments
What a difference a few days can make. This time last week I was thinking about adding blogging for a cause as a regular feature. One thing led to another and pretty soon I was joking about dyeing my hair pink.
Do you need a little backstory? Yes, methinks you need [...]
Feb
7
WordPress Urgent Upgrade
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Two days ago WordPress announced an urgent security update.
WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. If you have registration enabled a flaw was found in the XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow a user to edit posts of other users on that blog. In addition to fixing this security flaw, 2.3.3 [...]
Feb
6
Protecting Customizations to WordPress Default
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So, it’s time to install an important security upgrade. You back up your database, but forget to back up your customized version of a theme that comes with WordPress. When performing the upgrade, the new Default files overwrite the old ones, and your work on WordPress Default is lost.
There are two [...]