Author Archives: Earthman

if you’ve been worried about the merge…

“It was announced at WordCamp San Francisco last year that WordPress and WordPress MU would be merging codebases. This has now happened in 3.0-alpha, and we’re working on smashing bugs and tidying up a few screens. If you’re currently using a single install of WordPress, when you upgrade to 3.0 you won’t see any of [...] Read More…

How to Change Your FireFox Location Bar Search Engine

If your computer, like mine, has been the victim of Spyware (aka Yahoo IM,Ask toolbar,OpenDNS, etc) then you may notice that in the firefox location bar if you type in a keyword, it takes you to another search engine or a preferences page. Previously it used to perform a Google “I’m Lucky” Search and take you [...] Read More…

Testing facebook and twitter blog integration

Well, just found a method to post to my blog, to Twitter, and to Facebook fan page all at once… Instructions at : http://tinyurl.com/ydm3uqj [Update] I tried the instructions above, but they wouldn’t work, so i installed a different Wordpress plugin called:   WP to Twitter Here I try again… [Update] IT Worked…Eureka!!!! Read More…

How to Keep WordPress Secure

“A stitch in time saves nine. I couldn’t sew my way out of a bag, but it’s true advice for bloggers as well — a little bit of work on an upgrade now saves a lot of work fixing something later. Right now there is a worm making its way around old, unpatched versions of WordPress….” “…Upgrading [...] Read More…

Nelson, BC Web Design Resources

I just posted a new section to my site, highlighting a whole bunch of web resources relating to my (adopted) hometown of Nelson, BC. Check it out ~ Read More…