All posts written in October, 2006.
Although Halloween is not my favorite holiday, I do enjoy when companies throw in a little Halloween flare. I decided to play a little Yahoo! pool today and I quickly noticed that Yahoo! added a little pumpkin near the ball I was aiming for. Nice touch!
On another note, check out the WordPress post a few days ago, as I recently updated it with the permanent fix!
[tags]Yahoo!, Halloween[/tags]
I spent a few minutes (not hours) updating all my sites to WordPress 2.0.5. So far, everything is working and no issues have come up. If you not upgraded your WordPress installation, check out the fixes in 2.0.5 and then upgrade away. Great work WordPress developers!
[tags]WordPress, WordPress 2.0.5[/tags]
I have been a faithful Rocketboom video blog watcher for almost a year now. I was very disappointed when Amanda Congdon left the scene as the host, but I thought I would give the new host a chance. After a few months of watching Rocketboom post Amanda I have finally decided to stop watching it…I am not a joanne fan (the new host). On a more positive note, I have enjoyed Amanda’s latest video blog: Amanda Across America which has focused on interviewing truly interesting people who look to improve our country and world. If you have some time, or are bored, or have an interest for alternative energy sources, like hybrids, or want to watch something refreshing by a great and upbeat interviewer, check out Amanda Across America.
[tags]Rocketboom, Amanda Congdon, Amanda Across America[/tags]
I had been struggling with the the next/previous links on my WordPress blog now for several months. Nothing excites me about mod_rewrite and permalinks in general. I know both are very powerful, but with power comes frustration.
My problem: All my permalinks were working correctly except for the next page/previous page links. WordPress was trying to use the URL: http://www.jappler.com/blog/page/1/ which was not working.
My setup: I am using WordPress as a CMS so my site is all in WordPress. My WordPress and blog address are the same: http://www.jappler.com (anything else produced an internal server error). I am using a custom permalink structure: /blog/archive/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%.php All blog posts go into the “general” category by default.
My solution: I finally did some research and figured out two things:
So, to fix the setup, do not worry about the Blog URI and WordPress URI, they both should be the same (assuming your WP files are in the root of your web site folder).
Using a WordPress page as the home page:
Create a page with a “page slug” of “home” for the page you want to be your home page. Also create a home.php template file and have the following code before the WordPress loop: and choose the “Home” template for the “Home” page.. This will take care of using a WordPress page as the home page.
To take care of the blog at /blog/:
Create a page with a “page slug” of “blog”. Create a new template called blog.php and in it, use the following code:
and choose the “Blog” template for the “Blog” page.
[tags]WordPress, mod_rewrite, permalinks, jappler.com[/tags]
The last few days have been pretty busy in the web browser world.
All in all it has been a very exciting week for me. I love the challenge of making things work in multiple browsers on multiple platforms, and this week…you cannot ask for much more. New browsers introduce new problems and more importantly – new solutions.
[tags]IE 7, Firefox 2, Opera Mobile[/tags]
I finally had a few minutes to update my company’s (SDAC Inc) web development portfolio. If you are interested to see what I have been busy working on in the last two years, check out my consulting web development portfolio. You will notice I mainly focus on building dynamic web sites using WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS). I have a few additional non-SDAC web sites in my personal portfolio, but this is a good start.
[tags]SDAC Inc, portfolio, WordPress[/tags]
From the developers of WordPress comes new forum software called bbPress. Not only is this great news for people who just need forum software, this is awesome news for those who also use WordPress because of user integration. Still not convinced WordPress can function as a lightweight, fast CMS? bbPress is a huge step, in my opinion, to choose WordPress for CMS projects because it is fast, easy to maintain, there are lots of plugins to add functionality, and now you have a forum/bulletin board that is secure and ties in with your WordPress blog/site user base. Great work guys!
[tags]WordPress, bbPress[/tags]
Everyone that either knows me or has followed this blog for awhile knows that I have been very unhappy with what Ford has done with the Volvo line since they bought it. Perhaps times are changing because the new Volvo S80 looks awesome. Why?
I have been waiting for this day for a long time…to be excited about Volvo again. Great work Volvo! Now I just need to wait for a few years until I *need* a new car.
[tags]Volvo, S80[/tags]
I do not have much time to play games anymore, but I am very excited to buy Sopranos Road to Respect when it comes out on November 7, 2006. I happened to catch the “making of” show on HBO this past weekend and it looks like the developers have done a great job with the looks, mannerisms, and general character. I also look forward to just walking around in the Soprano’s world.
[tags]Sopranos, PS2[/tags]
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