Every so often I'll stumble upon a collection of free WordPress themes and I'll go through the list because sometimes you can find some really cool ones or find ideas of how to improve the theme you're currently using. A while ago, I was going through just such a list and found a theme I liked, so I grabbed it and uploaded it to my server to hold onto it. The other day, I was … [Read more...]
Use WordPress to Create a Searchable Archive of Your Tweets
"Once you put it out on the Web, it's always exists." "Oh yeah, well then why can't I find what I'm looking for?" If you put anything of significance on Twitter or just want to keep a copy of everything for yourself, you'll probably want to keep a copy of your Tweets. Between Twitter's downtime or "Older tweets are temporarily unavailable.", off-loading from Twitter seems … [Read more...]
Status.net and Sharetronix, a “Twitter” You Own and Control
Twitter has had phenomenal growth and reaches millions of people daily. From the outside looking in, it seems they were able to accomplish this while not following the traditional path of getting everything exactly right. Particularly recently, Twitter has a high rate of downtime and a high response time. Combined with the "Older Tweets are not available..." message, I looked … [Read more...]
Implementing WordPress 3.0 Multisite Functionality
One of the most publicized new features of WordPress 3.0 was the merging of WordPress MU back into the main WordPress development thread. The MU features are expanded upon and are now referred to as 'Multisite'. It makes it possible to host multiple WordPress sites with only one WordPress installation to administer. This sounds great for anybody that might be running multiple … [Read more...]
Anthologize – A Promising WordPress Plugin That Turns Your Blog Into a Book
More than one WordPress-powered blog has made the leap into book format and many more are hoping to follow suit. A WordPress plugin under development just made the platform the perfect place to start if you're an aspiring author. Anthologize is under development at the Center for History and New Media of George Mason University currently at version 0.3-alpha and it already … [Read more...]