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Make ColorZilla work in Ubuntu - Firefox
ColorZilla has the ability to work with Ubuntu, but not the way it is packaged. If you install the regular ColorZilla_1.x.xpi the library that does not work with Ubuntu gets installed and you get the ‘mode not supported on your platform’ error message.
The ColorZilla_1.x.xpi (both the one on Mozilla.com and the beta at iostart.com) [...]
Cleaning up WordPress database after UTW
After upgrading to WordPress 2.3 and trying to re-evaluate tag usage, I decided to re-visit an old pet-peeve of mine: The relatively massive (read: gi-normous) size of my wp_postmeta table. It was always the biggest table in my database (thanks to UTW), so whenever I was poking around in the database it caught my eye [...]
Recent site and forum issues
Between the theme change, settling into 2.3 final and trying to bring some style continuity from the new theme into my forums, there have been some short periods of down-time. Last night and this AM were more significant however, so I wanted to post some info:
Last night I made a ‘quick’ change to the site, [...]
489th Bomber Group
A friend of mine approached me and asked about cleaning up a WWII era photo of his Father (Holtmeier) and other B-24 crew members taken in England in 1944. Unfortunately the photo was missing emulsion (the part of the print paper that actually contains the ‘image’) but I think the historical significance and character of [...]
Recent changes here at samdevol.com
I have been meaning to post a note about some of the recent changes here, but have been busier then a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs (been dying to use that phrase for some time ;’)…
I’ve adopted a new theme called nobus, designed by Dezzain Studio. The UI is not [...]
6 simple steps to hardening WordPress
There are some basic steps you can take to help limit your exposure to malicious behavior directed at your WordPress blog. My intention with this article is not to make your website bullet-proof (if such a thing exists) but to cover the most common exploits/weaknesses. File and directory permissions have been discussed elsewhere but I’ll [...]
Text-Link-Ads tech support lacks interest in WordPress
This began as a casual note, a reminder, if you will, to techsupport (at) text-link-ads.com. It escalated to where I wondered just how Text-Link-Ads (a MediaWhiz Holdings, Inc. Company) developed it’s hiring practices…
Having signed up I was directed to download a plugin for WordPress. I noticed it was a raw PHP file (rarely done because [...]
Display posts ticker-style in WordPress with Zazz
I was thinking about a way to showcase older posts and happened across the Zazz Post Tickerplugin by Stew Houston.
I thought “Here we go, another chance for me to totally bork my blog with some unknown piece of code…” So I picked up the scissors and blah-blah-blah (you get the idea).
I took a quick look [...]
missunderstood theme — Big update
Just released the new version (0.94) of the missunderstood theme. Some major changes, lots of clean-up, added functionality:
Built-in Optimal Title (for SEO)
Built-in slimbox (faster, lighter Lightbox effect)
Separate lists for comments and trackbacks
Fancier blockquotes
Built-in pullquotes
Prettier search box
Code-block style with numbers and zebra striping
A lot of generous people have brought my attention to problems with the earlier [...]
Integrate PunBB into your WordPress site
I wanted to add a forum to my WordPress blog but everything I came across did not integrate well (design/page continuity, etc.) or was too simple for my tastes… Then I came across a tutorial here (there are a few around, that’s just the one I tripped across). Following the tutorial I had a somewhat [...]
