Since I made the Mindful Musings template WordPress 1.0 compatible and there has been considerable amount of interest in downloading that template, I cleaned it up a little and posted it for everyone. Here is the link to what the cleaned version looks like and the download link to the zip file. Unlike other WP templates, you will need to upload the included index.php to get everything to look right. Enjoy!

Comment moderation in WP 1.0 is a giant step in the direction of reducing comment spam. I had used a manual method of weeding out comment spam (by going through all comments long after they were posted and had made some damage) for some time, but WP 1.0 takes it one step further. With comment moderation turned on, a message is posted above the comments, which tells the readers that moderation is turned on and the comments posted will not show up on the blog until it is approved by the admin of the blog (which is a deterrent to comment spam by itself). Every time a comment is posted on your blog, you get an email notification (which can be turned on or off) to approve the comment that is posted. You can approve or delete comments by bulk or singly. I envision checking my blog once a day […]

man, check-off is in… TWO DAyS!!!!!!

Here is the link to the comparison. Please leave a comment if I made a mistake or you can think of other features I missed.

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I was referred to this by tcervo through the WordPress forums and I wanted to document it. I am not a big proponent of opening new browser windows with links on my pages, but sometimes it needs to be done. However, using target=”_blank” will break XHTML 1.0 Stric validation. A couple of people have come up with fixes for this. The simplest turns out to be a peice of Javascript documented here Basically instead of using <a target=”_blank” href=”http://blahblah.com”>new link</a> you would use <a rel=”external” href=”http://blahblah.com”>new link</a> and the javascript would do the job of matching the rel tag and putting out a new browser window. In my opinion, there comes a time when compliancy gives way to over enthusiasm and we might be reaching the limit in this case. In order to use a well documented (albeit arcane) HTML feature and keep it compliant with XHTML, one has to […]

I got hooked onto the Waypath idea once I saw how it worked. The creators had hacked together a plug-in for MT and Radio. I wanted one for WP and B2. So here it is. Look at the hack code and instructions. In simple words, this hack implements a pre-determined number of unsolicited trackbacks from the world of blogs on your post topic. Very cool way to surf the blogosphere! Imagine writing about the weaknesses of Microsoft RPC and getting 10 related entries from other blogs on the same topic. Information aggregation that is useful! See how it works at Mindful Musings Click on a post to get the post and related entries. Very configurable. Uses php XML-RPC. Now with XHTML 1.0 Strict links which open a new window. Look at this change.