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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 WP e-Commerce [...]

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 I used [...]

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 sniffing [...]

Using Wordpress 2.1.1? Please upgrade

If you are using Wordpress 2.1.1, please upgrade to the latest version now. Unfortunately, a cracker gained access to one of the servers powering wordpress.org and modified the code for version 2.1.1 of the software.

No, not all downloads are affected, but it is better to be safe than sorry. The current latest release, 2.1.2, addresses [...]

Audio Player

I recently found a nifty plugin called Audio Player for Wordpress. Its sole purpose is to embed audio files (mp3) into one’s Wordpress site and use a little flash player to control the playback of said file. I think it’s pretty sweet.

To see it in action, go here. Look halfway down the page.