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How WordPress Destroyed the Internet

How WordPress killed the internet: poor architecture erodes sites from the inside out. [...]

MODx vs. WordPress (revisited)

The last article I wrote about this topic was criticized as being heavy-handed in my complaints about WordPress, so in this article, I am revisiting the topic from the other side of the fence. There are things about WordPress that are great, and there can many good reasons why you’d choose it as your Content Management System. [...]

WordPress vs. MODx

WordPress vs. MODx, from the standpoint of a developer [...]

Releasing New Versions of your WordPress Plugins

If you are a WordPress plugin developer, then this post is for you. There is very little documentation on how to effectively use the WordPress Subversion repository, and the repo architecture is critically flawed in its structure making “kosher” usage seem entirely buggy. Worse yet, the support in the WordPress forums is practically non-existant. [...]

Book Announcement – WordPress 2.9 e-Commerce (plus a giveaway)

In case you’ve been wondering why my number of posts dwindled in the last year, here is the reason: I’m pleased to announce the release of my first book, WordPress 2.9 e-Commerce, published through Packt Publishing.

As the name implies, this book works through the marriage of the popular WordPress software and the [...]

Does Your Website Make the Grade?

Yesterday I discovered Website Grader, and I’ve been doing some experiments to improve my overall grade. My initial grade was 74, and I had a few significant problems. Namely, and I’m embarrassed to admit this, my site did not have a description or Meta keywords set. Shame, and I call myself “savvy.” When [...]

New Theme, plus WordPress Upgrade

Tonight I unrolled a new theme on this site. Dubbed nonzero-green, the main difference from the last layout is the addition of a third column, which should help relieve some excessive vertical scrolling on a few pages. We’ll see what sort of staying power it has.

I also upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3. I’m [...]