I just downloaded the preview version of Wordpress 2.5 and have been playing around with it this afternoon. It’s a major upgrade and I’m really pleased to see all the new features.

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For the last few months I was having a peculiar problem with Firefox: When I tried to delete a post, page, or comment by pressing the delete link in the Wordpress admin panel, nothing would happen. I would have to switch to Internet Explorer anytime I wanted to delete posts.

» Continue reading “Can’t Delete Wordpress Posts or Comments? iMacros may be to Blame”

If you run a Wordpress blog, you know how tedious it is to find and add images to your posts. You can either buy stock photos from sites like istockphoto or you can search Flickr Creative Commons. If you go with Creative Commons, you still have to find the right photo, download it, upload it to your site, add the right attribution links, etc. - it’s fairly time consuming.

Enter Photo Dropper.

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Last night I updated this blog’s design with a new theme. The old theme served us well, but I decided it was about time to get a unique custom-coded one. I coded it over the weekend and put it up today. I’ll be making small changes as I go along, so bear with me - and if you spot any glitches, please let me know.

The changeover came just in time - 5 hours before I switched and upgraded, my 2.2 version of WP was hacked. I found a nasty little iframe embedded in the header (Reminder: upgrade your WP installation now. Yes, you.) » Continue reading “New Blog Design for 2008″

One of the really nice and seo-friendly features of Wordpress is the ability to create a custom keyword-rich URL structure. Choosing the right permalink structure is a very important step when setting up a new blog, yet it is often overlooked.

» Continue reading “Choosing the Best URL Permalink Structure for your Wordpress Blog”