Comments on: Kicking the Tires http://www.notnews.org/site/kicking-the-tires/ Philosophy, public affairs and pop culture. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Thomer http://www.notnews.org/site/kicking-the-tires/#comment-16036 Dave Thomer Sat, 06 Aug 2011 03:04:05 +0000 http://www.davethomer.com/?p=799#comment-16036 Thanks for the User tip. I did a first purge, I'll do a more detailed check to see if there's anyone with 0 comments that should be deleted. Consider your comment motivation to get the Amazon widget back into the sidebar. Is it showing up for you now? I gotta say, the option to install updates automatically in WordPress is a nice touch. I'm sure it'll be a lot easier to keep up with it if I have less FTPing to do. And if I keep up regular posting, I trust WordPress to be vigilant about reminding me to update. I still have a small but significant number of things to transfer from the old phpBB forum, but then I'll be able to focus on one platform going forward. Have you tried any of these new post options in WordPress 3? I am intrigued by the Gallery checkbox, but I have no idea how it works. Another experiment for another day. Thanks for the User tip. I did a first purge, I’ll do a more detailed check to see if there’s anyone with 0 comments that should be deleted.

Consider your comment motivation to get the Amazon widget back into the sidebar. Is it showing up for you now?

I gotta say, the option to install updates automatically in WordPress is a nice touch. I’m sure it’ll be a lot easier to keep up with it if I have less FTPing to do. And if I keep up regular posting, I trust WordPress to be vigilant about reminding me to update.

I still have a small but significant number of things to transfer from the old phpBB forum, but then I’ll be able to focus on one platform going forward.

Have you tried any of these new post options in WordPress 3? I am intrigued by the Gallery checkbox, but I have no idea how it works. Another experiment for another day.

]]> By: Earl Green http://www.notnews.org/site/kicking-the-tires/#comment-16035 Earl Green Sat, 06 Aug 2011 02:38:02 +0000 http://www.davethomer.com/?p=799#comment-16035 I'll spare everyone the details of my own experiences with Globat, but getting off of that hosting service is as good a first step as anyone could make. I've heard good things about Bluehost too. As far as being an Amazon affiliate - I'd been meaning to tell you that your Amazon links were nigh-on-impossible to find, especially if someone's going out of their way to make sure you get a few nickels out of a purchase that needs to made there. Hint hint. I may no longer be affiliated with them (for reasons beyond my control), but that doesn't mean I'm not going to try to help out anyone who's still affiliated with them. The fact that I just recently made a purchase there, with the final bit of store credit I'd accumulated over my last two months as an affiliate, is good enough reason to stay on board. At least until they have a falling out with all 50 states and put the kibosh on the affiliate program entirely. Updating Wordpress is almost like a weekly activity these days; be prepared to stick with it. If you haven't done that in a while, check your user stats and make sure there aren't 20 users who don't show up in a list, but do show up in the total number. Wordpress, due to its ubiquity (which is due to its well-earned popularity) seems to have a gigantic bullseye on its back these days. They roll out more security fixes than Windows anymore... but at least they roll them out. I’ll spare everyone the details of my own experiences with Globat, but getting off of that hosting service is as good a first step as anyone could make. I’ve heard good things about Bluehost too.

As far as being an Amazon affiliate – I’d been meaning to tell you that your Amazon links were nigh-on-impossible to find, especially if someone’s going out of their way to make sure you get a few nickels out of a purchase that needs to made there. Hint hint. I may no longer be affiliated with them (for reasons beyond my control), but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to try to help out anyone who’s still affiliated with them. The fact that I just recently made a purchase there, with the final bit of store credit I’d accumulated over my last two months as an affiliate, is good enough reason to stay on board. At least until they have a falling out with all 50 states and put the kibosh on the affiliate program entirely.

Updating WordPress is almost like a weekly activity these days; be prepared to stick with it. If you haven’t done that in a while, check your user stats and make sure there aren’t 20 users who don’t show up in a list, but do show up in the total number. WordPress, due to its ubiquity (which is due to its well-earned popularity) seems to have a gigantic bullseye on its back these days. They roll out more security fixes than Windows anymore… but at least they roll them out.

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