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Post format in WordPress app for phones / tablets »

One feature that would prove very useful in the WordPress app for mobile phones and tablets is the ability to post using different formats -- especially a quick post using the Status format.

11:55 amOctober21,2011(108 days ago)

Refreshed Code Stuff look »

Just finished refreshing Code Stuff and published Setup Code Completion for WordPress in Eclipse ...

11:05 amJune30,2011(221 days ago)

WordPress is_mobile plugin updated

Posted on Apr 13 2009 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: is_mobile, WordPress, Blogging

I finished updating my WordPress Kih is_mobile plugin over the weekend. No new features actually but just tested it for the newest version of WordPress. I’ve also started moving my coding projects page from TxTu to Code Stuff which is a more appropriate place for all my development project stuff.

The update is actually in preparation to adding more features to the is_mobile plugin. I was thinking of putting some automatic WordPress theme switching to the plugin to allow the average user to be able to use the plugin on their WordPress web sites. You can download the Kih is_mobile WordPress plugin from the Kih is_mobile project page over at Code Stuff.

Codestuff.com now uses the Chameleon WordPress theme

Posted on Apr 8 2009 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Chameleon theme, CodeStuff, WordPress, WordPress themes, Blogging

I’ve just finished converting my other web site, CodeStuff, to use the new WordPress theme I’ve created. I call the WordPress theme I’ve created as “Chameleon”. Now that codestuff.com has been converted, I’ll be posting more and more about my coding efforts on the codestuff.com website. If you’re interested in this little coding experiment / adventure I am doing, you can start subscribing to CodeStuff.

I’ve also placed links on CodeStuff to my other sites to make it easier for users to navigate around my sites as if it’s one cohesive site even though they are hosted on different domains. Once I’ve finished converting my other sites to the new Chameleon WordPress theme, I’ll then use it on other sites that I maintain. And hope make my life easier maintaining the sites using one code base.

WordPress theme with web directory and photo gallery

Posted on Apr 7 2009 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: photo gallery, web directory, WordPress, WordPress themes, Blogging

Once I started to make a WordPress theme that would satisfy my needs, one of the things I’ve come to discover and like is how WordPress is so flexible. It’s not just a mere blogging tool and mind you it’s great as a personal publishing tool. But it’s also so flexible that I’d consider it to be more of a framework for doing lots of other things.

When I got started with my own blog, it didn’t take me long to realize that I need to have some other stuff on my blog. A couple of those things are a Web Directory and a Photo Gallery. Also depending on the topic of the blog, it would be nice to have a job board or classified ads with it.

It's good to be blogging again »

Wow, it's good to be able to blog once again. After several weeks of not touching my blog, I've missed a lot on my other interests. In my succeeding posts, I'll tell you more about what happened and the things that I've discovered during the last several weeks. It actually started when I got surfing on the Net looking for a good source of information about photography. I came across a site called Digital Photography School. It's a great site if you want to start learning digital photography like I do. What's even greater is that I found another web site of the same author, Darren Rowse, called Problogger. Problogger completely changed my view of blogging from a mere means of getting extra money to pay for some of my gadgets. Darren actually provides a wealth of information and advice on how blogging can be a primary source of income. I've been reading up on a lot of the articles at Problogger and have learned a lot from them. From tips on writing, SEO, marketing and social networking. It got me thinking on how I could apply them on the different topics that I am interested and find a way to earn more serious money. Since my interests are on reading and talking about technology, I began to think how I can earn a living from them. One of the things that I learned is the fact that the name of a web site plays a big role in getting people to find your site via the search engines. Gerry.ws is not necessarily the ideal domain for talking about things like mobile technology, wordpress, games, the Philippines or even photography, I've decided to use domains that are more appropriate to the my topics of interests. Of course it's going to be a bit hard trying to write on several blogs and at the same time trying to maintain them. During the past days, I've been doing some development work to create a single Wordpress theme that will allow me to maintain several blogs with more ease. I've finished an initial working version which I'll tell you more about in the succeeding days to come. I'll probably post some Wordpress plugins that I made which can be useful to others so stay tuned. By the way, Thanks Darren for such very useful articles.

9:40 amApril6,2009(1036 days ago)

WordPress 2.7.1 now available

Posted on Feb 11 2009 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: Blogging, updates, version 2.7, WordPress, Blogging

The WordPress development team has released version 2.7.1 of the WordPress blogging software. This is mainly a maintenance release which fixes several issues since version 2.7. If you’re currently using WordPress 2.7, you can use the new “Upgrade WordPress” feature by accessing Tools | Upgrade from the menu. You can read the announcement at the WordPress.org site or take a look at what was fixed in WordPress 2.7.1.

Filipino WordPress blog for Anime

Posted on Feb 1 2009 by iGerry Comments: 2 comments Filed under: anime, Philippines, site of the week, WordPress, Philippines

This week while surfing for an interesting site, I came across a blog that features topics about Anime. The Filipino blogger who goes by the name of Jay has been maintaining the site since 2000 and has recently converted the web site to WordPress. Looks like Jay is also an avid gamer and has now tempered some of his gaming interests in favor of maintaining the PhilAmime WordPress blog.

Jay seems to also love transformer toys like this one on his post. You can visit the Filipino wordpress blog about Anime at PhilAnime.com

site-of-the-week-philanime

Essential plugins when starting your own WordPress blog

Posted on Jan 18 2009 by iGerry Comments: None yet Filed under: administration, Blogging, essentials, plugins, WordPress, Blogging

I’ve been blogging for some time. When I got into blogging, I have found some very useful free plugins that have been created by very good PHP developers. I thought I’d share them by starting off a list here on my personal blog. I’ll start off with several and update the list regularly.

To start off the list, I’ve listed five plugins that I found very essential in a basic blog. If you are a new blogger and trying to find what plugins you need to start your own WordPress site, read the list. I’ve found the plugins very useful and usually recommend them to those who wants to start their own blog.

Make Money: How to integrate Amazon aStore to a WordPress blog

Posted on Dec 29 2008 by iGerry Comments: 7 comments Filed under: Amazon Associates, Amazon aStore, Blogging, how to, make money, online store, shopping, WordPress, Blogging

One of the many ways to make money is to sell items from the Amazon online store. Amazon.com has made it easy for anyone to make money online by selling the products available on their shop. All you need is to follow some steps and you’ll be able to start making money online via referral fees on the products that were sold.

What makes it even better is that if you have a WordPress blog, you can easily integrate an Amazon aStore into your blog. You can choose items that you want to sell within your WordPress site and even link to these items. The Amazon aStore can even be customized to integrate it’s look and feel with your WordPress blog.

I’ve created an Amazon aStore for my blog as an example of how easy the Amazon aStore can be integrated into WordPress. The Amazon aStore is free and costs nothing to maintain. You can earn referral fees for every item that you sell. The referral fees from Amazon can be sent to you via check upon reaching a certain level.