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On I'd Rather Be Writing, I blog about the latest news, tips, and trends in the field of technical communication. I also record podcasts with tech writing luminaries all over the world.
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WordPress Automatic Upgrade — Recommended WordPress Plugin
Saturday, October 27th, 2007 Posted in WordPress | 20 Comments »
Upgrading WordPress is a pain -- backing up your database, downloading the latest zip file, deactivating plugins, deleting old files, uploading new files, running update scripts, reactivating plugins, etc. That's ... Read more..Recommended Plugin: Better Comments Manager
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 Posted in WordPress | 3 Comments »
If you use WordPress and want to streamline the process for responding to comments, check out the Better Comments Manager plugin. You can respond to all your comments directly from ... Read more..Implementing WordPress 2.3’s New Tagging Feature
Sunday, October 7th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, WordPress | 21 Comments »
I've been waiting for tags to come out for a while. Now that WordPress 2.3 (Dexter) is here, I'm trying to integrate them into my site to the fullest extent. ... Read more..New WordPress Plugin Enables One-Click Installation of Plugins and Themes
Friday, October 5th, 2007 Posted in Blogging | 10 Comments »
The OneClick installer plugin from Anirudh Sanjeev won the recent WordPress plugin competition. It may seem hard to believe, but after you install the plugin and its associated Firefox extension, ... Read more..WordPress Plugins: Take Your Blog’s Functionality To a New Level
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007 Posted in Blogging, WordPress | 30 Comments »
WordPress plugins are scripts you install to extend the functionality of your WordPress blog. For example, one common plugin is Subscribe to Comments. When added, it allows readers to keep ... Read more..