Just a quick note to say that I have now upgraded to Wordpress 2.01. The instructions are very straight forward and the process seems uneventful.
Lots’a fixes I gather. Good to see the team is on the ball!
If any of you are using the default Kubrik theme in Wordpress 2.0, you may have noted a problem. The Footer seems to be shifted - ever so slightly - to the right! It doesn’t happen in IE 6 though. I have several (test) sites all using that theme at the moment, and they all have the fault. (Not planning on sticking with it long term I might add 
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Naturally, I went looking for a solution, and that Included posting on the forums at WordPress.org.
I quickly found one other person with the same issue (so I was relieved to see it wasn’t just me!) and then a solution appeared.
Hats off to Spencerp for providing the solution.
As usual, the difference in interpretation of CSS by different browsers is a pain. Hopefully IE 7 will be more compliant.
I must admit - an advantage of open-source software is that there is usually someone who has the solution for you 
Well, if you can see this (and I can!), then I have successfully installed/upgraded to wordpress 2.0 as promised.
I have detailed the process and the quirks on my wordpress development blog at Wetscalpel. If you haven’t tried it, give it a go. I think it was worth the “effort”.
As I hope we all know by now, the WordPress 2.0 Release candidate is now available, and I will be trialling it here shortly! I will be reviewing it in the near future so stay tuned!
Wow, this is serious stuff - but we knew that.
Political bloggers jailed, detained
Libya has sentenced a blogger to a year and a half in prison after he criticized the government in his online articles, according to Human Rights Watch.
It’s not just Libya as the article points out.
This goes some way to answering Robin Good’s question :- Are Blogs Credible News Sources?
Obviously, some governments are afraid that they will be treated credibly - and have taken action to stop them.
Be afraid… very afraid….
Fate indeed! There I was noting my intention to add a SPAM catcher, and there I see on Matt’s site the notification that AKISMET was available!
Well I’m gonna give it a go
IF it fails there are gonna be a few red faces I guess, but seems such a good idea.
Only concern is privacy, and I hope Matt has figured out the secure aspect of all this?
GO for it!
Just a quick note to my commenters. (umm both of you )
I have installed the DoFollow plug-in so you get appropriate google search engine credit for posts here.
As you MAY know, WordPress 1.5.2 automatically inserts a NoFollow tag to all comment links in an effort to reduce comment spam. Not necessarily gonna work though.
Philosophically - you comment you should get the page rank IMHO.
Not alone in this I know, so - DoFollow is here.
Will also institute some decent anti-spam measures soon too.
These poor souls have been plagiarised a hundredfold by the new generation of SPLOGGERS at Blogspot.
Build A Better Blog: 16 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
There are a lot of ways to attract people to visit your blog. Patsi and I recently wrote an article outlining 16 ways to drive traffic to your blog.
It seems the Sploggers have taken some of their lessons to heart!
So far I have identified at LEAST a dozen SPLOGS (5 minutes work) that look legitimate - initially - but which have all the text from the above site. The SPLOG is then littered with hundreds of (irrelevant) images that link back to clicktrakers / advertisers, as well as circular links to other SPLOGS that are almost identical.
SO someone’s legitimate hard works has been stolen and now services their SPLOG community.
I wonder if Chris Pirrilo is aware of this NEW SPLOG type?!
How low will they stoop next time?
p.s. I haven’t linked to any of the SPLOGs on purpose - you can find them very easily if need be.
I Just came across this site - WOW!
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Guides to creating your own themes
If you want to try customizing your own theme, then have a look at my WordPress Theme Dissection - a set of guides dissecting a WordPress theme and hopefully demonstrating how to begin customizing your own.
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Have a look at this!
Time warner (read CNN??) are acknowledging that blogs are the way of the future.
Here is their job advertisement for a Blog reporter!
Time Warner, Inc. - Job details
Duties: Producer will cover web-logs (blogs), pod-casts, and other internet-based forms of new media. The web producer will locate, research, and report on blogs and web sites that include news, politics, policy, commentary, and other information of value to our viewers. The results will be daily television segments reporting on this area of the media. This person will be responsible for producing both the editorial content and also the graphic and video elements necessary to develop each segment. This person will also report on-air as needed.
Podcasts too of course
Anyone lining up for the job?