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Reader input requested
Just looking for a little input from readers. Currently I have the topics “Internet,” “blogging,” and “WordPress” indexed under Media/Comm. Every time I write something to be filed under one of these, I hesitate and wonder if readers would more naturally look for them under Sci/Tech, where they used to be. What do you think? … Continue reading
WordPress yields, restores previous comment settings
Thanks to timethief for notice of yet another WordPress change to their “comment follow-up” tinkering: “May 17, 2012, 9:57 PM Update (May 17): Since this feature went live we’ve had a bunch of feedback and it looks like following comments by default is not a good fit for a lot of bloggers (and their readers) … Continue reading
WordPress installs option for comment follow-ups
Despite the self-congratulatory tone in today’s announcement from WordPress.com News, I’m inclined to think WP caved to user outrage. They’ve installed an option for users to opt out of those spammy automatic comment follow-up emails, or rather, to set the default to what it was before (not receiving follow-ups). See their amended support page “Following … Continue reading
WordPress, have you been naughty?
First, I plead guilty right up front to paranoia. There could easily be another explanation for this, although at the moment I cannot think of one. On a prior post, philosophermouseofthehedge left a comment mentioning WordPress’s available no-ads upgrade. I was going to jump in right away and say something like, “Yes, yes, by all … Continue reading
Update on WP gremlins
Sure enough, there was a post in the forums from WordPress staff member “ajmattic” (now probably hiding somewhere in a witness protection program): The reported behavior of email notification for comments is not a bug. It is a new default setting when commenting. This feature was a recent change to the way comments work on … Continue reading
WP gremlins strike again
(Updated May 8, 2012 at 9:18 am MDT) WordPress has done it again, and by now you’ve probably noticed. Something they did over the weekend, whether intentionally or not, now causes you to get emails whenever there’s a comment on any blog you follow. Or at least, any blog you comment on. You’ve probably noticed … Continue reading
Doggone it, WordPress
WordPress debuted three new themes this morning. I love new themes. Even if I don’t adopt one of them, it’s always fun to see new design ideas. The one disappointing thing has always been that some of the best, most interesting (to me) new themes have been “premium” themes; you have to buy them. Until … Continue reading
Look what the cat dragged in
As a blog administrator, I love to peruse my stats for clues as to who is visiting Pied Type, how and why they came here, what they were looking for, etc. The search terms in particular can be informative, puzzling, amusing, or just plain weird. But each of these brought a visitor to Pied Type, … Continue reading
Wanted: A WordPress ‘Disable Reblog’ option
I saw my first example of WordPress’s new “Reblog” feature in use today (I hope JW won’t mind if you pop over for a look). Admittedly when the feature was announced, I didn’t pay much attention, but now that I’ve seen it in action, I’m concerned. My first thought is that it grabs excessively long … Continue reading
Finally, a WordPress setting for SOPA blackout!
WordPress.com has finally installed and announced an option that gives you a way to blackout your blog tomorrow for The Great American SOPA/PIPA Blackout. It will also put a protest ribbon on each page of your blog until January 24, the day the Senate is scheduled to vote on PIPA. Just go to Dashboard > … Continue reading
How to blackout your WP blog on January 18
I started a bit of a discussion over on the WordPress forums about how to blackout my blog on January 18 in support of the Reddit blackout and other protests against SOPA and PIPA. One of the suggestions will put a little diagonal banner in the upper right corner of your screen that links to … Continue reading
‘Optimizing’ Pied Type
Help me improve your Pied Type visit. With my current theme (The Morning After), there is a lot of information on the home/front page that you won’t see if you arrive here via a link to a specific post. I’m curious whether visitors arrive on and look only at posts, or arrive on the home … Continue reading
Reminder
If you have a copyright date on your blog, don’t forget to update it to 2012. Those dates are one of the first things to signal a blog is not being properly tended and regularly updated.
About About
Pied Type’s About page, subject to constant revision, has been updated yet again. If you haven’t visited it recently, you might want to check it out. It might be even longer tomorrow … or it might be back to one paragraph.
Mining new ideas for your WordPress theme
Looking for new ideas for designing/redesigning/using your WordPress theme? Google the credit line at the bottom of the page (eg: “Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: The Morning After by WooThemes”) — don’t forget to add quotes — and browse hundreds of blogs using the same theme.
WordPress feeds: Full text or summary?
By now you probably know there is a WordPress widget that lets you subscribe to a blog via email. But I’ve only recently figured out why I sometimes get an entire post and sometimes only the first paragraph or so. If I don’t get the entire post, then I have to go to the blog … Continue reading
Happy dance
Doin’ a little happy dance here. I just succeeded in getting my copyright line into the footer without having to ask for help in the forums. First time ever!
Doin’ the WordPress switch again
As you can see, I’ve been redecorating again. What you’re looking at, for the moment at least, is “The Morning After” theme. It certainly isn’t the most attractive front page I’ve ever used, but I wanted to try a magazine theme. The idea with such themes is to keep the front page as short as … Continue reading
Hey, WordPress, check this out
In a previous post about things I’d like to see added to WordPress themes, I mentioned liking dynamic features, features that change or move or work in interesting ways. WordPress has introduced a few of them in some themes. Featured posts that change or slide horizontally. Widgets that incorporate several tabs — categories, archives, comments … Continue reading
WordPress: Paving cow paths
A few days ago WordPress users got a letter from Matt — Matt Mullenweg, WP’s founding developer — reporting on the growth of his baby. In the course of his presentation, he spoke of WP’s reliance on “Desire Paths” to determine the company’s direction. He likened it to paving cow paths, something anyone who has … Continue reading
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