Restoring the Style and Class Support Eliminated by WordPress MU 1.2.3
By Greg | July 30, 2007
The latest version of WordPress Multi-User hobbles styling flexibility for end users by stripping out classes, CSS styles, even ALT attribute. This huge step backward in terms of usability has appeared under the mantle of ‘security fix’, but as far as I can tell, this is not a security fix at all. Here’s how to restore lost WPMU functionality, and where to find the updated code that fixes the real bugs in this area that are still shipping with both WordPress and WordPress MU.
Topics: Web Technology
Better AJAX Form Processing
By Greg | July 18, 2007
Have you found a solid AJAX form processor that actually works? I looked through dozens lately while setting up a newsletter subscription form, and every last chunk of sample code I could find had some fatal flaw (either hidden or immediately obvious) that stopped it from working properly with my form. Here is my own version, which seems to get the job done more robustly.
Topics: Web Technology
Re-Enabling Comments
By Greg | June 19, 2007
When I first started this blog, I knew I didn’t want to spend the kind of time I sometimes have to spend on my other blogs just weeding out spam comments. Sure, I have a variety of automated tools to halt spam, but invariably my high-volume sites attract human spammers as well as automated spambots, [...]
Topics: Site News
Is it Too Late to Plant Valor Potatoes?
By Greg | June 19, 2007
I know it’s traditional to plant potatoes around Easter, but this year I didn’t manage to get any seed potatoes before they were all sold out. So last weekend I took some Valor potatoes from the supermarket and stuck them in a bag of compost. Will it work, or is it too late?
Topics: Domestic Adventures
Changing from a Hybrid Site to an Entirely Blog-Based Site
By Greg | June 14, 2007
Yesterday I made some big changes to the site, changing the structure from a hybrid (in which the blog was just one part) to a pure blog, altering the permalink scheme, and adopting a new graphic theme. Surely the most important change, though, was implementing the ‘Deep Thoughts, by Jack Handy’ widgetized plugin in the sidebar. Now that is big news.
Topics: Site News