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Finding A Good Wordpress Plugin Developer

August 12, 2011

Ok, ok. This is a rant. Be prepared!
I recently tried to find a good Wordpress plugin developer to develop a plugin for me. I commonly use the platform odesk to find new people and I’ve been horrifed by a trend that has emerged on these types of service type sites.
The folks on odesk have gotten [...]

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Looking At Wordpress 3.2.x

August 1, 2011

Well, Wordpress is finally maturing! Over time the fine folks at Wordpress have had to work through some pretty severe growing pains, but luck for us, things have really improved with age.
I’ve been using Wordpress since version 1.7 and when I step back to any of my sites that are still running that old of [...]

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The Power of the Press

December 27, 2010

The power of the press has never something we talk about but it is one of the most influential devices of the 20th century.
The printing press has completely transformed the last few hundred years, making duplication of printed material very easy and very inexpensive.
But I’m not here to talk about printing presses today, but a [...]

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Taking Wordpress To The Next Level

September 19, 2010

I’m always on the hunt for ways to take my favorite content management system (Wordpress) to the next level. You see, with Wordpress, I’ve been able to do quite well on the Internet. BUT, I believe I’ve only seen the beginning of what is possible.
So what has been occupying my time in regards to Wordpress? [...]

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Ushering In a New Wordpress

July 18, 2010

Well, Wordpress 3.0 is official out and I’ve held my breath for a while on it until I got over the initial birthing pains.
You see, I’ve been in the computer business for some time and I really do avoid major updates to any software. I prefer others to run ahead and ‘test the waters’ so [...]

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Speeding Up Wordpress

May 15, 2010

I recently had a funny thing happen to me about two weeks ago that involved WordPress and my wife. You see, having someone in the house that understands wordpress is just too handy to let go by. So, she had me setup a site for her and she has started to blog in earnest!
But it [...]

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A Year In Review 2009 – 2010

March 23, 2010

It’s hard to believe that already a year has flown by here at usingwp.com! The first post was written exactly on the 20th of March 2009.
Things have changed quite a bit here on usingwp.com too. When I started this blog, I thought that I would make it very techie like, but as time marched on, [...]

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WordPress 3.0 – What’s Troubling Me

March 14, 2010

There’s quite a bit of hype in regards to the feature of multiblogs within one installation of Wordpress. This has been a feature of WordPress mu, the cousin of WordPress.
It’s actually been stated on several other sites that this a code merging between the two platforms. I’m not sure I’m too pleased about this, just [...]

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Building Your Social Network With Buddypress

August 4, 2009

Welcome to the latest and greatest for building your very own social network – buddypress.
This specialty plugin is a plugin and theme combination. And at this time of writing, only is compatible with wordpress mu. This is the multi-blog version of Wordpress.
So, what do I think about Buddypress?
Buddypress is not a terribly hard package to [...]

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Why WordPress Sucks

May 5, 2009

Huh? Why would I ever write an article about why wordpress sucks? Isn’t this a website that promotes the use of Wordpress? Well, to tell you the truth, nothing is perfect and if you come walking into a situation with full knowledge of what works and what doesn’t work, you can be better prepared when [...]

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