I've worked with Beth and Christy on several other projects in the past, but they came to me with a doozy of a project when they told me they wanted to create a multi-user blog that had a main blog with all the post from the sub blogs feeding into it. Originally I was going to just set up 4 blogs, however, after a little research, I discovered Wordpress MU. It's the same platform that Wordpress.com uses to manage it's community of blogs, and I got it up and running for them so that it will be easy for them to make across the platform changes. The installation wasn't much harder than a … [Read more...]
Custom Character Screen PLUS a free sermon!
November 27, 2008
So I'm having trouble today figuring out what to write for you all. I know, it's hard to believe. But I'm feeling a little speechless. So, you ask a question - ANY QUESTION, and we'll answer them. (Heather or I) 'Cause if it is a question you have, then chances are, someone else is wondering the same thing. Here's a little tip for one of the buttons in the write screen: the Greek Symbol button: This button opens a screen full of symbols that every browser will recognize. Oh that gives me an idea for a sermon: Er'hem. Ready? Begin Sermon.... There are standards set by the World … [Read more...]
Taking a Little Credit… and Props
November 25, 2008
I have to thank Cathy. Alot. See, she and I are both supposed to be posting once a week, but guess who hasn't been? Um, yeah. That would be me. I can't keep up with anything it seems like here of late. But I went today and grabbed some screen shots of some of the blogs that I've worked on and over time, I'll share them with you... because I'm nice like that. I'm hoping to make these regular, but who knows with me. I'm lucky that I get out of bed, get dressed and get the kids off to school. Ok, so I don't get dressed. So I'm going to brag on myself... starting tomorrow. Not … [Read more...]
Easy Links & Post ID's
November 20, 2008
I don't know if you noticed this, but on an upgrade this year (which one was it, heather?) we lost the "ID" column in the Manage>Posts screen. And yes, I know, you've never used it, and really don't care. But... I do bring you useful information each week, do I not? Here's why you care. That particular column made using the CREF plugin stupid-easy. You will LOVE the CREF plugin if you: have a cooking blog photo blog write a bunch of posts that you want linked together want to add links of your best work into a post or page. I regularly make lists of my recipes on my … [Read more...]
Everybody’s got one, do you?
November 14, 2008
It's one of the cool things about blogs. You can read them in your very own "feed reader". And for those who do this, it is quite likely the ONLY way they will read your blog. So, we need to make sure that your blog is EASY PEASY for others to subscribe to. (Subscribe = how they grab your blog and feed it to their reader.) 1. Find an image of those RSS buttons. Here's over 35 styles, each with 8 or more different colors and designs. I'll use one from my photobucket account. You may use this one too if you like. Once you have selected your image, you need to copy the location … [Read more...]
Are you publishing a political post?
And perhaps you want the comments closed? I wouldn't blame you. If you scroll down in your write>post screen there is a section called "Advanced Options". This is for you! Let's go through them: Excerpt: This will override other excerpts of this post on the archives or category pages. Click on the arrow and insert the excerpt that you like the best into this window. Trackbacks: From what I understand, there are some sites that don't automatically catch the links in your post and notify the linkee(the one you linked to). Oh, you didn't know that was happening? Yup, be careful … [Read more...]