http://iw2b.org I Want 2 Blog. A blog about blogging Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:25:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was browsing today, and I discovered this theme: wp-coda. It's based on the website for Panic Coda, and I think it's a great creation, it doesn't do posts, just pages, but it does them with style. http://iw2b.org/2008/08/wp-coda/ I've decided to change the theme of GoBloggin' to something far nicer looking, which I found by accident. I like it because it has very similar colours to the Wordpress backend, which would be fitting for a blog about blogging. I'm going to customize it a bit, make things work ... http://iw2b.org/2008/07/a-fresh-look/ Wordpress have just launched their theme directory, which works in a similar way to the plugins directory, except you don't get direct subversion anymore, you just upload a zip file and it.. works. It's been a long time since themes.wordpress.net stopped taking new themes, and it's nice for there once again ... http://iw2b.org/2008/07/wordpress-theme-directory/ I came home from my holidays on the 15th to find that the new Wordpress had been released, almost a month ahead of it's schedule. It's not that different to 2.5 or 2.5.1 that I was running, but there are some cool new features, like post revision tracking, better SSL ... http://iw2b.org/2008/07/wordpress-26/ I know a lot of people have seen the custom attachment templates that are used by loads of people on Wordpress blogs, for example Matt Mullenweg, and myself. Recently, I've seen a lot of stuff asking how to do it, especially for images, thanks to the new feature in WP2.5, ... http://iw2b.org/2008/06/custom-attachment-templates-on-wordpress/ I'm sure there have been thousands of posts out there that say this, but I'm damned well gonna say it too. You MUST backup your blog! I've talked to people who never really thought about it or bothered, and then all of a sudden crisis happens, their data is gone, and ... http://iw2b.org/2008/06/backing-up/ Let’s face it. Some days we have hundreds of ideas, and others we have none. It’s a problem that all bloggers have, so here’s a nice suggestion: schedule your posts. Why not, on the day that you have hundreds of ideas, write up 2-3 of them, maybe more. Publish ... http://iw2b.org/2008/06/scheduling/ The new AJAX Edit Comments has been released, and the creator has remade it from the ground up. The interface has changed, it's cleaner and now the double-click to edit comments has gone, you get 3 nice options. The new design has also been redesigned to work really well with Wordpress ... http://iw2b.org/2008/05/the-new-ajax-edit-comments/ We've got a blog setup and working. All good. Now, you need to choose a look for it. If you're blogging in a niche, it's important that you select a theme that fits into this niche, there's no point having a blog about the latest technology, and using an olde style ... http://iw2b.org/2008/05/what-theme-should-i-choose/ Okay, well we've got a domain. We've got hosting. We've chosen Wordpress, because it's the best. Now for the setup phase. Installing Wordpress itself is pretty simple. You download the file, change wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php, and then open it up in notepad. Then make a database using cpanel or similar, make ... http://iw2b.org/2008/05/how-do-i-get-setup-with-my-blog/