this is a test

Wordpress MU Update

testblog — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:51:41 +0000

I set up the new version of Wordpress on another website and tried it. The site seemed to work ok, but the URL (midatlantichorror.org) is so entrenched into the database, I could not fully test the site.

That being said, the admin account worked, and all the blogs showed up… so now I just need time and we’ll be moving over to it here. If all works well, there will be an update.

note to self

testblog — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:34:00 +0000

cuz ain’t no one else readin’ this…

update this. get more plugins/themes. and while you are at it, wash your car boy!

one blog to rule them, eh you know the rest

testblog — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:01:24 +0000

so here is an idea. one blog, but many URLs.

so if you go to your personal website, you see announcements, the horror website you see writing, tech website you see tech stuff.

i think i could do it with HTACCESS, but i’d have to look into it more.

one login to rule them all

testblog — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 01:34:07 +0000

as i posted earlier, i am looking to have one login for both WP and PHPBB

i found this: http://www.happypoet.com/hackery/wphpbb-login/

which appears to work, but by ‘work’ i’m not sure it does what i want it to do.

rather than have it set up the wordpress users, i think i am going to, for now, still leave the two independent. rather, i want it so that if you have a WP login, it logs you in. if you don’t, then it gives you the change to get one.

that way people are condemned to have their PHPBB login dictating their WP blog title.

silence is not a sign

testblog — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:47:23 +0000

should anyone be actually reading this do not take my silence as a sign of non-work. if you could hear php bubble, javascript crackle and fizz, if you could see sparks from html, then you would think i was a mad scientist.

some to be revealed soon. some secrets to stay hidden… for now.

testblog — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:55:50 +0000

i know this is for wordpress stuff… but hey, why not for the site as a whole? i mean i have machinations…

i’ve started learning AJAX to get some nifty features going. I want to make RSS on the front page, perhaps even to add in off site blogs from members.

the other is to link the PHPbb and wordpress logins, wouldn’t it be nice to just have one for each?

the last is top secret.

recaptcha and themes

testblog — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:03:01 +0000

since, as you see below, i’ve opened up to non-logged in comments, i’ve added in captcha to decrease the chance of spam.

http://recaptcha.net/

this captcha, it so has it, is also used to help translate books from OCR to a real digitized version. so everytime it is used, good things are happening.

that being said, welcome to the first real issue i’ve had with this software. there are two things wrong with this plugin.

1. first, this plugin doesn’t seem to be happy with the MU install in one aspect. it won’t keep the settings. luckily the only settings are the private and public keys, which i simply hard-coded in. first problem fixed.

2. second, this plugin and certain themes don’t like each other. at all. so far this is all i know for sure. something about the changes some themers are making to the comments page makes the recaptcha code just not show up. as an imediate work around one can install the comments php from the default theme into the theme they are using and it will work. i plan to take a look and see if i can mod the plugin, rather than fix each theme as i install it.

comments

testblog — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:07:45 +0000

per request, i have figured out how to have non-logged in members post. it is under your general options.

site-wide RSS

testblog — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:01:59 +0000

so i want RSS for the whole MU install… here is a plug-in that does it

http://www.itdamager.com/plugins/wpmu-sitewide-feed/

ironically this blog is not included on that list… so yeah.

edit: if the blog is not ‘public’ then it will not show up on this feed.

feed link: http://midatlantichorror.org/blogs/?wpmu-feed=posts

now i just need at that RSS graphic…

now testing this

testblog — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:55:42 +0000

so here is a test, can i put something on my blog…

ps. i live with that cat