WordPress gives us a lot of widgets to play with, and I thought I’d tried or looked into most of them at one time or another. But it seems I didn’t know it all after all. Surprise! So maybe this will be news to someone else, too. There’s a widget called Blog Subscription. It allows … Continue reading Another WP widget I didn’t understand
Yes, yes, I know I changed themes not that long ago. But I suddenly started missing the Vigilance theme, so I’m bringing it back. Hey, at least it’s free. And it keeps me from doing any more online shopping. We all have our weaknesses and one of mine has always been reworking layouts for as … Continue reading Yes, I know I keep changing themes
So, didja catch the latest feature from WordPress? They announce these things so quietly, they’re easy to miss, but I suppose pop-ups, pop-unders, or flashing, blinking text would be too intrusive. Anyway, the latest is the addition of a geolocation and geotagging option, available on your profile page under the Gravatar. The option will tell … Continue reading Heads up, WP bloggers
I’ve always thought of my follow-up remarks to readers’ comments as a sort of acknowledgment of the comments and perhaps a continuation or encouragement of a discussion. For some reason, it occurred to me today that some people might interpret such replies as an attempt to always have the last word just because I can. … Continue reading Should a blog owner reply to comments?
I’ve wished for some time that WordPress’s statistics included (a) the total number of words in a blog, and (b) a ranking of the blog’s all-time most popular posts. It appears that the basic counts are in place; they just need to be compiled. The total number of words would tell me if I’ve succeeded … Continue reading WordPress stats I’d like to see
I just noticed this morning that WordPress has added some options for our blog archives. It’s not a perfect fix, but it certainly improves upon the very limited archive displays offered by some WP themes. I’m still playing around with the code, so you’ll probably see some changes on my new sitemap/contents/archives page (tab appears … Continue reading WordPress adds archive options
