Tag Archive for 'WordPress'

Movin On Up

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Amy Allcock
on March 18, 2006
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I recently upgraded this site to WordPress 2 and ran into problems because I had this site running out of the “blog” subdirectory which the latest version doesn’t seem to like very much.?Ǭ� The problem appears to be due to a rewrite rule and since it doesn’t look as though the issue will be resolved anytime soon I decided to move the blog up a directory into the root.?Ǭ� So, from here on in this blog can be found at http://www.amyallcock.com/.

WordPress Theme Update

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Amy Allcock
on December 9, 2005
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I just updated the WordPress theme from a modified form of Kubrick template to a modified form of K2 template. Both themes are by Binary Bonsai with K2 being the latest and greatest offering. K2 is more than just another pretty WordPress template though, as it has a bunch of great new features including schemes (which is an easy way to modify the K2 theme) and plugin support. I’m currently using the del.ici.ous cached plugin to display my del.ici.ous bookmarks and I’ve implemented the fantanstic Flickr RSS plugin on my personal blog.

Originally published December 9, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.

Flock

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Amy Allcock
on October 21, 2005
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I’m writing this post from the blogging interface of Flock, a new Mozilla-based web browser which integrates social software technologies like blogging, RSS, Flickr and del.icio.us right into the browser interface.  Not only can you write blog posts directly from the browser, but you can use the browser to post and view your del.icio.us bookmarks as well as read your RSS feeds.    Although you can do some of these things in Firefox using Bookmarklets and their RSS subscription feature, the added features and seamless integration that Flock provides makes these technologies that much easier to use.

Originally published October 21, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.

Tiger Theme for WordPress Admin

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Amy Allcock
on June 17, 2005
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A really nice theme to the WordPress admin interface inspired by OS X Tiger, which is huge improvement over the defalt interface. This theme is very slick - not only is easy on the eyes but it’s a breeze to navigate.

The theme was created by the very talented CSS designer Steve Smith of Ordered List and it can be downloaded here.

Originally published June 17, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.

All About Widgets

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Amy Allcock
on June 14, 2005
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This is my first post from the WordPress Dashboard widget. I also just set up the Google Maps widget and the Marquee widget which displays local showtimes.

I must admit, I haven’t used the widgets as much as I intially thought I would. This is partly because I already have some of the functionality offered by the widgets in my Firefox search toolbar - it’s a lot easier to search Wikipeadia from within the browser than to toggle back and forth between the browser and the dashboard. However, given how easy some of these widgets are to configure and access, I can see myself using them a lot more for applications where they decrease the number of steps involved. This is especially true in the case of the Marquee and Wordpress widgets as now I have one-click access to view showtimes and post to my blog.

Originally published June 14, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.

Flickr Gallery for WordPress

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Amy Allcock
on June 8, 2005
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I just installed the Flickr Gallery for WordPress which allows me to display my Flickr photo sets in my blog. The installation wasn’t as straightforward as I had hoped (it took about an hour and a half) as it turns out the readme file fails to mention a crucial step. The plugin can be downloaded here and the instillation instructions (with all of the steps) can be found here.

Originally published June 8, 2005 in the Amy@MEdTech blog.