If I could go back in time and tell 17 year old me that in 10 years time I’d still be blogging, 17 year old me would probably be rather surprised. But here I am – 27 year old me … Continue reading
January 14, 2012
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Category Archives: Blogging
November 13, 2011
by Neil T
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Making a Mess in the Kitchen
Christine, the amazing woman that I’m planning to marry sometime in the near future, also happens to be a very good cook, and luckily for you, she’s decided to start a recipe blog called Making a Mess in the Kitchen. … Continue reading
November 8, 2011
by Neil T
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Bad Behavior, redux
Many moons ago (well, just under 6 years ago actually), I used a script called Bad Behavior to prevent malicious bots from visiting your site. These are bots which scrape web sites looking for email addresses to send spam to, … Continue reading
October 9, 2011
by Neil T
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Movable Type’s 10th anniversary
Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of the first release of Movable Type, which was one of the first well-featured blogging systems for self-hosting users. It allowed people who had hosting space but only limited technical knowledge to blog on their … Continue reading
June 30, 2011
by Neil T
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Not the upgrade you were expecting
Upon logging into my WordPress dashboard, I noticed an update to WordPress was available. Alas, it wasn’t the expected WordPress 3.2, but 3.1.4 – a security fix. Therefore, if you’re using WordPress, you’ll need to update your install. One of … Continue reading
June 26, 2011
by Neil T
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How to create a tag cloud page in WordPress
WordPress, like other modern blogging systems, supports tags on posts and also lets you display a ‘tag cloud’ as a sidebar widget, where the most used tags are in larger text. But what if you want a tag cloud as … Continue reading
June 21, 2011
by Neil T
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Broken Links
When you’ve been blogging for almost 10 years, you end up linking to a lot of things; apparently, my blog posts and your comments add up to over 10,000 links. I know this because I installed the Broken Link Checker … Continue reading
June 19, 2011
by Neil T
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How to create a mobile version of your WordPress site
With the number of people browsing the internet on smartphones increasing, webmasters not only have to check that their site renders on all the common desktop browsers, but that it’s also usable on a mobile phone as well. Thankfully, both … Continue reading
June 15, 2011
by Neil T
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App of the Week: WordPress
This week’s app is for users of WordPress – whether you’re self-hosted like this blog is, or use wordpress.com. The WordPress iOS App is free, and lets you update all of your WordPress blogs from your iOS device – it’s … Continue reading
June 12, 2011
by Neil T
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Blogging and PR agencies
Ian, over at IanVisits, wrote a good rant about the fraught relationship between bloggers and public relations. Once you’ve been blogging for a while and your blog begins to get noticed, you’ll start to receive press releases and information from … Continue reading