Stephanie Leary

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Mac tip: saving passwords for SMB connections without Keychain

April 5, 2013 Stephanie Leary 7 Comments

I work with a lot of Windows servers. This means connecting to a VPN and then mounting a share via Samba (SMB). Alas, Keychain won't autofill saved passwords for Windows servers where the username is prefixed with a domain, like auth\stephanieleary. The current best practice … [Read more...]

Techy Goodness macs, smb

NewsBee

November 13, 2012 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

NewsBee is a super-handy little RSS reader for Macs. It sits quietly in your toolbar, collecting your feeds, and lets you glance through the headlines one feed at a time. It's not a replacement for a full-fledged RSS firehose guzzler like NetNewsWire, but it does give you a … [Read more...]

Recommended, Techy Goodness

Video: good presentation visuals

March 23, 2011 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

Here's a video from my day job, from a workshop we held for faculty who teach public speaking. I talked about creating good presentation visuals. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0EEH80AeUg … [Read more...]

Events, Techy Goodness day-job, video, youtube

a Dodocase-compatible iPad stand

July 29, 2010 Stephanie Leary 3 Comments

While I love my Dodocase, it doesn't work as a stand on all surfaces. I wanted something lightweight that I could throw into my bag, but I didn't want to have to pry the iPad out of the case all the time -- the Dodo is snug. I went prowling in Office Max to see if one of their … [Read more...]

Techy Goodness

a better save bookmarklet for delicious on the iPhone

October 11, 2009 Stephanie Leary 4 Comments

Last week, I discovered that the standard 'save to delicious' bookmarklet pretty much sucks on the iPhone. It tries to open a new window. It doesn't use the mobile version of delicious. When I got back, I realized that nothing I'd been saving actually got saved. The mobile … [Read more...]

Macs, Techy Goodness code

iCal/iPhone ArmadilloCon schedule

August 14, 2009 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

My congoing buddy Mike is entering this weekend's ArmadilloCon schedule into an iCalendar. It's public, so you can subscribe on your phone if you like. He has today's all the events in there so far, and I'll take up the data entry chore while he drives if need be. Of course, … [Read more...]

Conventions, Techy Goodness

Word Unmunger (HTML cleanup) Automator script updated

July 9, 2009 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

For years, I used Luke Francl's Word Unmunger to strip the gunk out of Word-generated HTML files (an occupational hazard when you work in higher ed). I fell out of the habit when I started working more on application interfaces than static files, but recently I had another batch … [Read more...]

Macs, Techy Goodness, Web Design

When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…

June 12, 2009 Stephanie Leary 1 Comment

…but you can log in at wordpress.com itself, and you're using Firefox… …you probably need to go to your cookie preferences and check "Accept third-party cookies," because the stats are loaded in an iframe, and Firefox is trying to protect you from yourself. … [Read more...]

Blogging, Techy Goodness, WordPress

“It’s fixed.”

April 23, 2009 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

This has happened a lot lately. One of my users reports a problem. Some time later, I get an email from the IT staff saying "It's fixed!" Except the person who originally had the problem still can't do whatever it was they were trying to do. Look, tech support workers of the … [Read more...]

Life, Techy Goodness

I know code fu and you are standing between me and my entertainment.

February 23, 2009 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

So after Hulu got yanked from Boxee, I told Michael, "You know, I give it about a week before the hackers figure out how to put it back." More like twelve hours. Do not get between geeks and their TV shows, people. It can only end in bloodshed and tears. … [Read more...]

Techy Goodness, Television

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Fascism Watch

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Latest WordPress Book

Content Strategy for WordPress

A short book for content strategists and managers on implementing a complete content strategy in WordPress: evaluation, analysis, content modeling, editing and workflows, and long-term planning and maintenance.

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WordPress for Web Developers

WordPress for Web Developers (9781430258667)

This is a book for professional web designers and developers who already know HTML and CSS, and want to learn to build sites with WordPress. The book begins with a detailed tour of the administration screens and settings, then digs into server-side topics like performance and security. The second half of the book is devoted to development: learning to build WordPress themes and plugins.

This is the second, much-revised and updated edition of Beginning WordPress 3, with a more accurate title. Everything’s been updated for WordPress 3.6.

WordPress for Web Developers is out now. See what's inside...

The best WordPress features you’ve never noticed

  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Screen Options
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Bulk Edit
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Private Status
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Dashboard Feed Readers
  • WordPress Hidden Gems: Options.php

Content Modeling for WordPress series

  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 1: analyze content
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 2: functional and organizational requirements
  • Content modeling for WordPress, part 3: a sample content model

This is an excerpt from Content Strategy for WordPress.My latest books are Content Strategy for WordPress (2015) and WordPress for Web Developers (2013). Sign up to be notified when I have a new book for you.

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