May
27
Developing a WordPress Wireframe
Filed Under Theme Remodel, Wordpress | 5 Comments
The WordPress Default theme can provide a jump start for developing a WordPress wireframe. Because it has a good selection of template tags already worked into the theme, a quickie clickable prototype blog theme is only a few simplifications away. After the first WordPress wireframe, creating alternative wireframes from the original is a [...]
May
6
I Dofollow Comments
Filed Under Blogging, Wordpress | 18 Comments
My nofollow comment status is coming down.
Dofollow Comments as a Linking Philosophy
A good conversation is worth fistfulls of gofollows or nofollows or any kind of follows. Why? Because people who have participated in or read a good conversation on a blog are likely to come back and do it again. Unlike Search [...]
Apr
26
Whenever WordPress sends out notice that an update includes a security fix, I install it on my own blog right away, for two reasons.
That phrase security fix
I want to know how it acts on my blog, before I need to use it on someone else’s
The folks at WordPress are telling us that WP 2.5.1 includes [...]
Apr
25
Mom Remodels WordPress
Filed Under Content Development, Wordpress | 4 Comments
Yup. That’s me. Empty nest and all, I am forever “Mom.”
::waves to a certain grown one who sometimes reads this blog::
I, the Mom afore mentioned, mentioned in my 101 Day Round Up earlier this month that I was up for doing a little documented WordPress theme redesign, starting with the WordPress default theme [...]
Mar
30
A Quick First Look at WordPress 2.5
Filed Under Wordpress | 4 Comments
Yesterday WordPress 2.5 became the latest stable release. I upgraded, and it was good.
If you want to get a sneak peek before performing the deed yourself, head on over to the WordPress 2.5 announcement. You’ll see that wordpress.org has a fresh new look, and that fresh new look is also the look of [...]