New and Improved Disqus Handles My Concerns
Back in May, I posted my opinion of Disqus and stated quite clearly that I thought it was a stupid move. The main reason for that was that your comments were now stored somewhere else and gave you no search engine love. Several bloggers told me I was being myopic (more or less), but [...]
Wordpress Borks My Server? Dealing with High Server Load
I have been dealing with server issues over at PCMech for a little while now. Yesterday, I think we finally made some headway. We ended up replacing the APC PHP opcode cache with eAcellerator as well as upgraded the motherboard and processor.
Wordpress is a fantastic product, but when you add some plug-ins to it it [...]
My Blog Was Hacked (I Think) - The Story
Part of having a website online - especially a popular one - is that, well, shit happens. And it can become a target for hackers. I am not sure if what happened to PCMECH was a result of intentional hacking or something else. Nonetheless, PCMECH was down for close to 16 hours.
The only reason it [...]
Playing With the Layout
I am playing around with a design change on this website. Things might look a bit weird as I fine-tune things. You can catch the name and link to the theme in the footer (pretty nice theme). Now, I am doing my customizations.
So bear with me. Thanks for playing.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Playing With the Layout”, [...]
Debating Disqus - Seems Stupid
I’ve thought about it. I checked out Disqus and pondered the idea of using it for this blog. I see that some other bloggers are using it. But, it is a bit of a scary proposition at this point. Why?
I generated some talk in the last couple days about comment fragmention. There are comments on [...]
Experiment: Merging a Store With a Blog
Yesterday, I did some research into some business development strategies. One of the things that crossed my radar was the idea of merging an online store with a blog. My situation is this…
PCMech gets a lot of traffic. The online store, however, is linked in the top menu but is otherwise a completely separate system. [...]
Wordpress Plug-In For Getting RickRolled
I’ve seen it all.
This morning, I logged into Wordpress. I have the newest plug-in listed there, from Wordpress.com. This is what I see:
OK, so technically, this might not be a TRUE rick-roll. But, it sure does graffitti up the admin panel. Here is the link to the plug-in.
Shocking. Funny. Lame. At the same time, I [...]
Wordpress Makes a Twitter Clone
Automattic, the company behind Wordpress, has re-made Wordpress to work as a Twitter clone. Well, its not exactly a clone, but it works in a similar way.
It’s called Prologue, and it comes in the form of a Wordpress theme. Basically, it takes Wordpress down to bare minimum in terms of outward appearance, but provides a [...]
Microsoft and Facebook, Myspace Shows Muscle, Wordpress 2.3
This week, the LinkedIn.com service has said they plan to add the ability to add photos to your profile. LinkedIn is the business-oriented social networking site. It’s a cool site, but quite frankly it moves at a turtle’s compared to other networks. Besides, the other networks had photo capability a long time ago. But, hey, [...]
Allowing HTML in Wordpress Profile Descriptions
This is a short, technical post on how to solve a problem with Wordpress. I realize it will only apply to some, but it is the answer to those who need it.
The problem is that the profile field for authors in Wordpress is very limiting, by default. It strips all HTML out of the field, [...]
