Lifestream Digest for July 31st
Jul312009
This is a summary of my social network activity for July 31st, which included 25 events:
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Lifestream Digest for July 30th
Jul302009
This is a summary of my social network activity for July 30th, which included 9 events:
WordPress Packages?
Jul302009
On my way to work recently, I was listing to a Drupal podcast (because I had already listened to all of my WordPress-related podcasts). The participants spent some time talking about something they called “Drupal Distributions”. This is a Drupal feature that lets a developer pre-package the Drupal CMS with a set of modules and settings to create a custom install tailored to a specific task. Each distribution takes some set of Drupal themes and … Continue reading
Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress
Jul142009
Last week, I linked to a video showing a preview of the analytics plugin for WordPress that MailChimp commissioned from Crowd Favorite. A lot of people were interested in it, so they’ll be happy to learn that I just got the word that the Analytics360 Plugin for WordPress is now available to all. I’ve installed it here, and since I’ve already been gathering Google Analytics stats on this site, it immediately showed me my current … Continue reading
WordPress + MailChimp + Analytics = Awesomeness
Jul082009
This video shows a new WordPress plugin, coming soon available now, which will integrate Google Analytics stats for your blog and your MailChimp email campaigns, right inside WordPress. Even if you don’t use MailChimp for sending out email newsletters, you’ll still be able to use the plugin for your Google Analytics stats (though I think you’ll have to register for a free MailChimp API key correction: I’ve just been informed that the plugin will not … Continue reading
WordPress theme licensing
Jul022009
There is finally an official answer to the question of whether or not WordPress themes must “inherit” the GPL license that WordPress itself uses. Matt asked the Software Freedom Law Center to examine the WordPress source and how themes fit in. The final, official answer to whether themes must be GPL? Yes and no. 🙂 As many people have theorized before (myself included), the PHP files in a theme fall under GPL because they are … Continue reading
WordPress Themes Tutorial
Jul012009
If you aren’t already following along, I highly recommend checking out the How To Create A WordPress Theme tutorial series by Ian Stewart (ThemeShaper.com). This 12-part series (8 complete at the time of this writing) aims to take you from nothing to a fully functional, semantically rich, flexible WordPress theme in digestible chunks. Along the way, Ian describes the changes being made, and why you are making them. In this way, you can gain a … Continue reading
Dougal’s must-have iPhone app list
Jun262009
My brother-in-law, John, recently got an iPhone 3Gs (lucky dog). Knowing that I also had an iPhone (though mine is the older “2G” model), he asked what apps I recommended. I’ve got a ton of apps installed, many of which I never really use, and should probably delete. But here are the ones that I actually find myself launching with some regularity, grouped into rough categories, all free, except where noted: Productivity/Utility Evernote This is … Continue reading
Drupal shop gives props to WordPress
Jun222009
My wife sent me a link by Volacci, a Drupal SEO development shop, giving some nice kudos to WordPress 2.8. Last week the much anticipated new version of WordPress (version 2.8) was released for download. Many webmasters, bloggers and CMS fans alike have come to expect great things out of the seasoned system, so the expectations were high. According to the earliest reports, WordPress 2.8 not only lives up to the hype, it presents some … Continue reading
WordPress 2.8.1 Coming Soon
Jun182009
Right on the heels of version 2.8, we will be seeing a WordPress 2.8.1 release soon. There are several minor bugfixes in so far, mostly dealing with tweaks to plugin and menu management. But the big problem driving a quick update is a bug in the core upgrade feature. It seems that in the case where the upgrade can’t be completed for some reason, the upgrade feature was deleting the wrong files when it attempted … Continue reading