http://holisticnetworking.net The fertile playground of a WordPress developer Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:03:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've just upgraded to the latest Beta of WordPress MU, version 2.6. They've opted this go-round to keep the version numbers of WP and WPMU the same, which is probably for the best. No matter how you slice it, keeping the versions in some sense of organization is ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/07/09/wpmu-26-ready-steady-go/ I'd been holding off on upgrading to WPMU version 1.5.1 because I was worried that the extent of the changes from 1.3 to the new 2.5 codebase might be a bit too much for the system without some serious recoding.  Turns out, I was about half right.  And when I ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/06/30/wpmu-151-the-transition/ I seem to be having an issue with my primary website, also running WPMU 1.3, that I cannot seem to quite iron out.  I'm not able to post to that site in any fashion, so I'm wondering where the issue lies and posting to this site as a test.Share This http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/06/19/the-strangeness-of-it-all/ When I started using FireFox, I discovered something truly amazing (to me at least) in the development world: the idea of separating basic functionality from advanced usage; the idea that a program could be continually improved upon in terms of security and stability without having to add on new features ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/04/27/a-small-wp-gripe/ I've been meaning to incorporate the force_balance_tags() function into a few plugins that I've created which sample text from posts, but haven't gotten to it yet. Well, today's the day, and I'm going to experiment by writing some stuff in italics to see if it screws up my formatting ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/01/26/balancing-tags/ I've just completed a new plugin, called the Titles to Tags plugin, which I'm sorta proud of. Basically, it checks the title of your post against a list of ignorable words, and then adds tags to your post automatically out of those words that did not appear on the ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/01/25/fun-with-plugin-development/ This is a test to see if my new plugin will work.  Cross yer fingers, y'all.Share This http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2008/01/21/i-am-currently-testing-a-plugin/ Wow.  I'm freakin' old, man.  I owned a C64, complete with GEOS (the Graphical Environment Operating System, but don't you dare call it Windows!), a 2400 baud-rate modem to connect to Quantum Link and a flip-file filled to capacity with bootlegged games like Miner 2049'r, Jeopardy, Trolls and Tribulations and ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2007/12/10/happy-birthday-commodore-64/ Hey! Who remembers the "Scream Sheets" of William Gibson's future? All those disposable computer screens that could bring you the latest in the news? Well, Amazon's going to be the first one to try and market such a device with the new Kindle: a wirelessly-connected little PDA ... http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2007/11/30/amazon-kindle-nice-idea-but-too-much-money/ I've commented on this elsewhere, but I'm really hoping that the new "open network" idea Verizon has floated out there also means they'll consider unblocking the phones they blocked when we bought them.  I want to mo-blog, dangit!Share This http://holisticnetworking.net/blog/2007/11/30/verizons-new-open-network/