Category Archives: WordPress

Integrating WordPress and Twitter

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 1/18/2010
Sometimes you just can't say it in 140 characters. And sometimes, a blog post is just plain overkill. Luckily you can manage your blog and microblog with one interface, at least as long as you're using WordPress and Twitter Tools. The Twitter Tools plugin is written by Alex King and allows you to cross-post from your [...]
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Get Things Done with WordPress

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 12/23/2009
Want to get a jump on team productivity in 2010? Check out the GTD theme for WordPress from Templatic. Unlike most WordPress themes, the Templatic theme is designed for private collaboration rather than blogging for all the world to see. The GTD theme adds a couple of features to WordPress to make collaboration easier. Instead of [...]
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Drupal or Django (and WordPress)?

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 11/19/2009
Have been meaning to link to this for a while. Scot Hacker looks at Drupal vs. Django and why he prefers Django to Drupal. (With a side of WordPress.) Drupal represents a middle ground between framework and CMS that we've chosen not to take. Drupal is far more capable than a CMS like WordPress, [...]
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WP theme designer switching from CC to GPL

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 4/11/2007
"Small Potato" is Switching from Creative Commons to GPL: Despite that I’m just ONE theme designer and despite that I don’t contribute directly the WordPress codes, I believe that switching to GPL is a step in the direction to support the WordPress team and to help the WordPress theme community grow (positively). And, I’d like to [...]
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WordPress 2.1

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 2/5/2007
After coming back from Linux.conf.au last week (I stayed in Sydney an extra week for vacation) I noticed that the WordPress folks had released 2.1 while I was busy getting sunburned. I've upgraded my blog to 2.1 and all went well. Definitely worth a look if you're the blogging type. I've got a review up [...]
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Statistics with Slimstat

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 5/14/2006
Want to track how many people are visiting your blog on a daily basis, where they're coming from, etc? Slimstat looks very promising. Caught a reference to Slimstat on Silentbits, and decided I'd try it out. It took about a minute to set up, I used an existing WordPress database and had it up and [...]
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Playing with Planet

By Joe Brockmeier | Published: 5/14/2006
I've been toying around a bit with the Planet aggregation software recently. It's some spiffy stuff, but I've been wondering whether there's a WordPress plugin that does something similar. I'd like to be able to provide a "Planet" with the same look and feel as my WordPress blog, though that's not an absolute requirement. Any [...]
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