Stephanie Leary

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Textpattern

July 20, 2004 Stephanie Leary

I’ve used some of my immobile time to switch the site over to Textpattern and TextDrive. I’m still shaking out a few bugs (like the topic archives) but otherwise what you see here should be almost identical to the old MT setup. Sometimes it took a plugin (like this one) but recreating the site turned out to be not too difficult.

Some changes:

  • TrackBack is gone (possibly to return)
  • The calendar archives look slightly different, because the calendar plugin for TXP just works a little differently.
  • The RSS/Atom feed addresses have changed. The old ones are being redirected, so you shouldn’t have to adjust anything, but you might have seen all the posts show up as new ones again.
  • Likewise, the LJ feed spat out a slew of new posts. Sorry about that.
  • Photos are now managed by the lovely Photostack, because who has time to sit around making thumbnails?
  • I now know that there are an awful lot more of you reading this than I thought. Hi. How ya doin’?

Otherwise, life should be good. Let me know if anything weird occurs.

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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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