WordPress

WordPress 2.6 has been released and here's a video from a post by Matt. If you don't want to upgrade but you want to play with WordPress 2.6, you can always install it locally on your PC. Read How To Run WordPress 2.6 beta 1 to run WordPress locally. The easiest way to upgrade is to use the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin. Have Fun!! Continue Reading

If you've been wondering about WordPress tags and how to use them, then browse over to Ninja Blog Setup where Jon Symons has a free ebook on What Every Blogger Ought to Know About Tags. Summary: WordPress Tags are not the same as WordPress Categories Tag the nouns in your WordPress blog posts Tag non-textual elements Don't over tag Tagging provides more routes Continue Reading

WordPress keeps evolving and getting better and better.  The current production version is 2.5.1 and 2.6 beta 1 has been hot off the presses for a few days now, and I thought I'd take the time to remind folks how to run it locally so you can play. I currently use XAMPP Lite 1.6.6a for running WordPress locally.  For those wondering, locally means on your C: drive under Continue Reading

I wrote about PicLens by cooliris a while back in this article called The Windows Vista 3D Task Switcher. PicLens is a very cool way to view images in a gallery. Their website says "Immersive Views Across The Web and Your favorite sites.  Full-screen. 3D." PicLens originally offered a piece of software that you install on your computer that would allow you to view various Continue Reading

There's a great WordPress plugin to present your WordPress archives on a seperate WordPress Page.  It's called Smart Archives.  If you look at the Archives page on my blog you'll see what this plugin does for you. With most WordPress themes you can present your archives in a widget in a sidebar on your blog.  However, usually a theme's archive widget displays months in a Continue Reading