Category Archives: WordPress

Review: Zemanta WordPress Plugin

Over the weekend I installed the Zemanta plugin for WordPress.  I read about the Zemanta “content suggestion engine” on Weblog Tools Collection and TechCrunch.
I really like Zemanta.  Oringinally it was made as a browser plugin, and I believe it was released recently to work with some common blogging engines, like WordPress, Movable Type, and Blogger.
What [...]

Linux.com likes WordPress 2.5

Linux.com likes WordPress 2.5. They have a nice little review of WP 2.5, my new favorite toy.
Also, everyone be aware of some security issues with older WordPress versions. I have even seen first hand an attacked site. The lesson here is to stay updated with the newest versions of any software you [...]

WordPress 2.5

Chrismlindsey.com is now using WordPress 2.5, the latest stable release of the venerable open source blogging software.  The release notification is here, screencast of the new admin panel here, and the download and install information is here.
I really like the new admin panel in WordPress 2.5.  Most used items are placed prominently, while little used [...]

How To: Highlight Author Comments in WordPress

I recently realized that my new theme doesn’t display author comments in a different color than regular comments, so I struck out to fix the issue.
I regard author comment highlighting as a major feature or lack thereof for any theme. It should be mandatory, as it makes it easy to scan and find the [...]

Changed Themes Again, More MNML Style

The pendulum has swung back again, and thus I changed the theme of chrismlindsey.com again. New visitors might not know my history of changing themes. This time I am going with a minimalist theme called MNML, by Ian Stewart of ThemeShaper.
One of the neat features of MNML is that the homepage actually allows [...]

Review: Wordpress Complete

Christian over at Unofficial Dreamhost Blog sent me a review copy of WordPress Complete to write a review. He published my review today. The following is my review in its entirety.
I recently received a review copy of WordPress Complete by Hasin Hayder and published by Packt Publishing. The back cover of the book [...]

Upgraded to Wordpress 2.3

I upgraded to Wordpress 2.3 earlier today. If you happen to notice any problems, please notify me in the comments. Also, I have started using a new theme (IAMWW w2 DnD) and I’m still working out the kinks.

Switched Themes Again

You might have noticed that yesterday I changed the theme here at Chris M. Lindsey again.
I have switched from Redoable 1.2 over to ScribbishWP. ScribbishWP is a Wordpress-port of the Scribbish theme for the Typo content management system.
I switched because I am tired of the slow load times that come with the K2 and [...]

How To: Use A Header Image in Your Wordpress Theme

Occasionally you will find a Wordpress theme that you like, but it does not allow use of a logo or graphic in place of the default text link. You might want to jazz up the theme, or throw on your company’s logo.

This is a relatively easy problem to fix, but you have to get [...]

Wordpress: Not Just for Blogs Anymore

I’ve been doing a bit of web development lately, and I’m always surprised when I look around for a good content management system (CMS, in web lingo).
Several sites I work on were using plain ol’ HTML, which has become too much of a hassle these days. With any decent CMS, you can separate site [...]