I have been having a problem with my image displays and at least four queries in the last two weeks have failed to elicit any response from WordPress support. It occurred to me that you readers might be able to… Read More ›
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It seemed like a good idea at the time
Changing themes. It’s not all it’s cracked up to be. Or maybe it is. Depends on your point of view, I suppose. Anyway, after a brief flirtation with Oxygen and a dangerously long examination of several premium themes, I’ve decided… Read More ›
Oxygen, some fresh air for Pied Type
Pied Type is moving on. Theme-wise, that is. Say goodbye to WordPress’s The Morning After and hello to Oxygen. I’ve long fought the urge to change themes, but not because I didn’t like TMA. It stood the test of time…. Read More ›
WordPress adds related posts option
The announcement hasn’t hit my inbox yet, but I just noticed a wonderful new feature from WordPress — related posts at the bottom of each of our posts, complete with thumbnails if we enable them. The feature, with or without… Read More ›
Apologies to would-be commenters
If you were among those who visited my last two posts, Brinkmanship or brinksmanship? and Idiots at work in Goblin Valley and found the comments closed, please accept my apologies. And feel free to post those comments now (you were… Read More ›
Comments and Omnisearch: Thanks, WordPress
WordPress bloggers might not have noticed some changes in their dashboards recently. In the menu on the left side, you’ll now find Comments I’ve Made and Omnisearch. Comments I’ve Made brings back the listing of one’s own comments made on other… Read More ›
Neener neener
Apparently the comment spammers occasionally take time to read what’s been said about them. (I wonder if their bosses know they’re goofing off like that?) Here’s a comment that Akismet was holding for me this morning: Don´t consider every nice… Read More ›
How to nominate a post for Freshly Pressed
Note to WP bloggers: If you come across a WordPress post you think is worthy of being Freshly Pressed, tweet it to WP at @freshly_pressed. I’d been told there was no way to nominate a post, but today’s WordPress newsletter says: “Did… Read More ›
Spammers use trackbacks, pingbacks, and reblogs
This has been a record year for spam attacks on WordPress blogs. And while it may sometimes seem like it, the spammers aren’t targeting just you. Or me. They’re hitting all of us, hammering on every opening they can find,… Read More ›
Another spate of ‘compliments’
Anyone else get a pot full of spam this morning? I went to bed last night with an empty email inbox and a clean, up-to-date Akismet screen. This morning I was greeted with 16 comments being held for moderation and… Read More ›
WordPress, have you been naughty … again?
Just about a year ago I posted “WordPress, have you been naughty?” It was about a screenshot disappearing from my media library and thus from the post where it appeared, “Ouch, WordPress lesson learned.” The post was critical of the way WP… Read More ›
Oops, I missed that blogging milestone
I had intended to do something self-congratulatory when I got to my 2,000th post on Pied Type, but I managed to miss it. “Password predicaments,” posted May 11, was numero 2,000. Funny, I was watching the number approach, and it… Read More ›
