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Testing New WordPress Versions Part 1: XAMPP
16.Sep.07 | 29 Comments
This is Part 1 of a multi-part series of posts discussing how I test new major releases of WordPress before upgrading my “live” sites. This first step gets us rolling with the Apache / MySql / PHP stack. Subsequent articles will discuss database copying, code copying and, finally, testing the actual upgrade and features.
This series [...]
How-to: Another Way to Exclude Posts From the Front Page
08.Sep.07 | 17 Comments
Over at WordPress support, it isn’t all that unusual to see folks wondering how to exclude certain posts from their front page. I typically suggest they grab a “category excluder” plugin[1] and add the posts they don’t want to see to a certain category.
The question came up again today, but the person was looking [...]
31 months later
01.Jul.07 | 14 Comments
Just over two and a half years ago I made my first enthusiastic “Hello World” blog post. I was naive and eager and ready to make my mark on the world. A lot of the posts from my first 9 months are long gone as I didn’t bother to save all of them when I [...]
Rediscovering Google Features
05.Mar.07 | Leave a Comment
The Google Search Features page is something I’ve found several times over the past few years. And each time I find it it is like a new experience. Weird. Worth the visit though to once again reacquaint myself with the wonders of Google beyond search.
The Movies section, for instance, is really [...]
Moving the My Documents Folder
01.Mar.07 | Leave a Comment
Here’s a simple little tip for the Windows users. Your My Documents folder need not live on your boot drive. You can easily move it to another drive. I’ve been doing this for years to help isolate myself from drive failures and sleep better knowing that if my boot/OS/Apps drive gets [...]
Haven’t tried it with SP3 here. My...