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So long, Contenture
According to their website and blog, Contenture is going out of business. That’s unfortunate. I signed up with them back in June of 2008, endorsed their services here on my site, and while I didn’t...
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A tally of my post ratings
On July 28, 2008, I installed the WP-PostRatings plugin on my blog, and since then, watching what and when people rate has been an interesting experience. If you haven’t yet enabled ratings on your...
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Are you subscribed to the right feed for my site?
A lot of my readers are still subscribed to the standard site feed, at http://www.raoulpop.com/feed/rss2/ but that may become inactive, as I’m making some changes on the server side, so please make...
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Are you really backing up your WP blog?
When those of us with self-hosted WordPress blogs back up our content using the built-in WXR functionality, do we ever check the downloaded XML file? Until recently, I didn’t worry about it. I’d click...
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Site migration complete
Last night, I completed what could be called an unusual site migration. I went from a self-hosted WP install to WP.com. That’s right, my full site is now hosted at my WP.com account. People usually...
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Better media width compatibility in WordPress
One thing that works against you when you want to try out new WordPress themes (and this applies for either self-hosted WP installs or for WP.com blogs) is the width of your media, like the images you...
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TechCrunch is now at WordPress.com
When did TechCrunch make the move to WordPress.com? I took a look at the top WP.com blogs today, and it was listed there, which means it’s no longer self-hosted, it’s literally at WP.com, under their...
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SmugMug now supports oEmbed
According to this GetSatisfaction discussion, SmugMug have implemented support for oEmbed. When I first tried it a few weeks ago, putting a one-line URL in a WP.com post didn’t show the video, but it...
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Keynote video from State of the Word 2010
If you haven’t yet seen the “State of the Word” keynote from WordCamp San Francisco, held on May 12, then it’s worth a watch. Matt Mullenweg, WP’s founder, talks about WP’s history, the challenges of a...
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2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The...
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YouTube and WordPress update oEmbed player to include CC button
This is big news for those of us providing captions or subtitles for the videos published on YouTube. I noticed today that the oEmbed video player for YouTube videos, the one used for all WordPress...
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It’s my website’s 12th anniversary
Earlier this month (on August 7th to be exact), my website turned 12. Yes, I’ve been writing and publishing online since 2000! I also got two unexpected gifts around the anniversary date. One of my...
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I think I started posting my own photos online sometime in 2002-2003. During all this time, two things have remained the same: the overall ignorance of most web users about photographic copyright and...
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