Mark filled out the BlogWranglers contact form to ask about his HubSpot hosted company blog that he is moving to WordPress. He had completed moving his posts and email subscribers from HubSpot on his own. His question was about RSS. Really Simple Syndication is a great thing, but Mark could not figure out how to […]
Author: Jim Spencer
WordPress Jetpack
Automattic, maker of WordPress, released Jetpack to rousing cheers across the globe. Free Plugin Matt Mullenweg was thrilled to bring services found only on WordPress.com to self-hosted WordPress.org accounts. The first launch includes eight features that are installed by one simple plugin. And there are clearly more to come, as indicated by the blank squares […]
Flickr Will Not Exist Forever
I just read a great article. Doc Searles has concerns with Flickr. The fundamental concern in this case applies to Twitter, Facebook and many other private siloed networks that contain your data. In this case the two major concerns about Flicker are: Your account could be deleted permanently. An example was offered. Flickr may not […]
Tumblr to WordPress Blog Moves: Will 3.1 with Post Types (Formats) Turn Tumblr’s to WP?
One of the features that has been native in Tumblr for some time now is “post types”. An easy method of categorizing posts that results in them being displayed in an organized templated structure. Many have duplicated this in WordPress by using categories and then defining a theme specific to the special “post type” to […]
3.0.4 WordPress Update is a critical one!
Just a day or two ago I wrote about helping people get from 2.x to 3.x in word press. WP creator Matt Mullenweg took the unusual step today of announcing 3.0.4 via email and indicated it is because of a critical flaw that was discovered and now fixed. So don’t put it off, update today! […]
Stuck in WordPress 2.0.x? Ready for the Latest WordPress Upgrade?
You might not have guessed that the Blog Wranglers perform WordPress version upgrades for clients since it does not involve migration, but we do just about anything that comes our way. Just this week we were contacted by a client who hosts at DreamHost and was stuck in WordPress version 2.0.1. She wanted an upgrade […]
Thunderbird Email Configuration v3 – correcting IMAP to Pop3 After Auto-configuration
Nothing is good about the “new and improved” version 3.0 to 3.0.11 that has continued through to Thunderbird 3.1 through 3.1.7 which is current as of December of 2010. When you add a new email account (tools > account settings > account actions button (bottom left) > Add Mail Account) Thunderbird 3.x.x attempts to auto-configure […]
Just a momentary break from Hubspot to WordPress Night Here
We have moved a fair amount of Hubspot blogs to WordPress the last two weeks and I am beginning to significantly improve a couple of processes that I use for the moves. But I had to take a momentary break to download Microsoft Visual Basic Express 2010 tonight … only MS could give you something […]
Facebook — I don’t like you even with a new profile page
For those who missed it, I hate Facebook — that is right HATE. And this weekend they rolled out a new Facebook Profile (link to CNN article) — great, make it even more confusing for those of us who find it hard to use, navigate, and understand. Now I do get Facebook as a great […]
Highlight Current Page Only in Meall Dubh’s Fold Page Menu Widget
I have always loved Meall Dubh’s Fold Page Menu Plug-in. For many complex projects, it is a great way to keep menu’s fairly well controlled. Even better, he has now made it into a Fold Page Menu Widget. I can also confirm that it works fine through WP version 3.0.2 that was recently released. Unfortunately […]