WordPress
Claiming your WordPress blog in Bloglines
After having claimed my blog in Technorati (see previous post) I thought I'd try to do the same in Bloglines. They have a completely different way of verifying ownership. They require you to add a hidden tag to your blog template and in one of your blog posts. They tell you what to add but they don't explain how to do it. A search on Google [...]
Adding spacing round an iframe in WordPress
It was whilst writing a review of the book 'boo hoo' that I spotted a problem with embedding iframes in WordPress postings. As I was reviewing a book I wanted to add an Amazon Product link. These product links are in the form of iframes. An example of the HTML is below. I added the align="right" myself as I wanted the text to flow around the [...]
Roll on one click updating of WordPress plugins
Today I saw the future of WordPress plugin upgrades. Anyone who has a WordPress blog with a number of plugins installed will know how much of a chore it can be to keep those plugins up to date. The official way of upgrading any plugin involves: This is boring, and wastes my time, but unfortunately is often essential. Especially if the update is to [...]
Adding source code into WordPress blog posting
As demonstrated by another post of mine I finally figured out how to easily add source code into a WordPress blog posting. Searching on Google for this issue reveals large numbers of people facing the same problem. It makes you think that including source code in a WordPress 2.2.1 blog posting is the most difficult problem known to man. Many of [...]
AddThis widget
I've been looking for a simple way to add those 'Add to...' buttons at the bottom of each of my blog entries. I've looked at a number of different methods of adding the buttons but the best one I've seen is the one from http://www.addthis.com/. It can be easily integrated into the major blogging tools. If you use blogger you can easily update your [...]
Setting up a WordPress blog on 1and1
Having decided to start a blog I had two main options for how to do it. Either create a blog using one of the many blog hosting sites, or host it myself on my own 1 and 1 web space. Hosting it myself is clearly the most flexible option, and for a techy like me the most fun. I did a bit of research into different blogging software and WordPress to [...]
