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WP 2.3 Plugin - Per Post Creative Commons License

This plugin will add the ability to choose different Creative Commons licensing structures for different posts that you publish to your WordPress blog.
As far as i could tell, there are currently 2 other CC plugins for WordPress - wpLicense and cc-configurator - however both of them only let you set your license on a global […]

Using Subversion with WordPress - Part 2: Maintaining Vendor Branches and Upgrading WP Core Files

This article assumes you have already read, “Using Subversion with WordPress - Part 1: Creating Vendor Branches and Integrating your Existing Code“. In short, you want to use Subversion to track/maintain local versions of both WordPress code and your own internal project code, side-by-side, all in the same svn repository.
In the previously mentioned article we […]

Using Subversion with WordPress - Part 1: Creating Vendor Branches and Integrating your Existing Code

This article assumes that you’ve read the basic svn howto and the more specific one provided on the WP Codex but would like to try or need a setup similar to that described here on a page called: Vendor branches. In short, you want to use Subversion to track/maintain local versions of both WordPress code […]

Site Upgraded - A little facelift is all

- Finally got around to upgrading from WP 2.0.11 to WP 2.3.1 -
This site was in maintenance mode for a good part of the evening due to an incompatibility with WP 2.3.1 and the previous theme used here on Techblog. I spent some time trying to work out the problems but the breakage was pretty […]

WP 2.3 Plugin - Limit Visibility by Capability

This plugin is pretty simple (yet effective) - so i’ll try and keep things short.
You can use this plugin to limit the visibility of your WordPress 2.3 site to only logged in users that have a specific (pre-defined) WP Capability. Any of the standard WP Capabilities can be used, like: read, edit_posts, publish_posts, edit_users, manage_options, […]

How to get the WPG2 plugin to work with Thickbox

If you have a Gallery2 installation intergrated with Wordpress 2.3 - using the WPG2 plugin - then you are probably aware that the G2Image chooser includes a choice for inserting images into posts using the LightBox effect and pointing to a full-sized image.
Well, i needed a choice/option that worked in a similar way but for […]

WP 2.3.1 Plugin - Notify Admin Only of Wordpress Updates

Well, Wordpress 2.3.1 is out and if you’re anything like me, you still haven’t upgraded..
I know it was just released yesterday but for those of you who had already upgraded to WP2.3 within the last few weeks, you may have noticed the AWESOME NEW UPDATE NAG that appears in the back-end of your site !
WP2.3 […]

Scribd - publish, convert, embed, analyze, and read documents online.

i just signed up for a Scribd account and i must say: i am really impressed.
the site is clean, and full of useful functionality. you don’t even need to signup to start using Scribd. you can simply upload a document to see it in action. Scribd will convert your document into an embedded pdf viewer […]

Web-based Visual Workspaces: A Thinkature Wish List.

Over the last few months, i’ve tested a number of Flash-based online visualization tools, like Gliffy, and i still prefer the opensource, ajax approach. Of these, my favorite right now, is Thinkature.

I’m not going to do a full blown review of their features since i feel their website does a pretty good job of that […]

VMTN Virtual Appliances - the 52 that looked interesting to me

I have been using vmware for a while now..
Recently, i got sucked into the VMware Technology Network (VMTN) site - again - and browsing through the many virtual appliances available for download, i managed to compile a list of 52 of my favorites.
All you need to do is download the free VMware Player, which will […]

Finally got around to doing an upgrade

big move..
from WordPress 1.5.2 all the way up to 2.0.5 !
anyway, got most of the site running pretty smoothly again.
still some functionality (ie: plugins) that are on the fritz.
looking into them shortly.
but until then - no tags feature, and some other minor things.
a lot more changes on the way..
stay tuned.

More New Features from Mon.itor.us

I recently wrote about a web-based service called Mon.itor.us that can monitor your servers, 24/7 - sending you an email notification if any of them stop responding.
Well, they noticed my review, and i’m not sure if it was just a coincidence, but the next time i logged into their system - there were even more […]