Author Archives: Reverend

Thank you sir, may I have another RSS feed!

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Reverend

I think the sir in this title should really be Andre Malan who recently created the Add to BDP RSS, his first plugin for WordPress. It provides functionality I have dreamed of for over a year now. In short, it … Continue reading →

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WPMu as an Educational Network

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Reverend

Seems like using an open source application like WordPress Multi-User to create a social networking tool where people actually control their work is making some headway. Most notably in Matt Mullenweg’s recent announcement that Automattic is backing BuddyPress (an open … Continue reading →

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Indian Thriller

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Reverend

Via the great Luke Waltzer… [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/LbvP7dT3Dx0″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]  

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Importing a single WP blog to a WPMu Installation

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Reverend

As promised, I am going to go through the steps I followed bringing this blog from a single WordPress installation into a WPMu environment. For some background on all of this check out these posts here and here. So, I … Continue reading →

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Art class using WP header as dynamic gallery

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Reverend

Luke Waltzer over at the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute, Baruch College, CUNY just turned me on to an awesome use of a WordPress blog in a course. Professor Zoë Sheehan Saldaña of the Fine and Performing Arts Department has … Continue reading →

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Porting bavatuesdays to a mapped domain on WPMu

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Reverend

I have spent the last few days porting a stand alone WordPress blog with over 800 blog posts, 75 videos, countless images, and PHP executed in several posts (not to mention the over 35 plugins) to a mapped domain on … Continue reading →

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bavatuesdays on WPMu

Posted on February 29, 2008 by Reverend

After far too long, I finally ported bavatuesdays over to my WPMu installation using the mapped domains hack. It wasn’t as painless as I would have liked because I have no understanding of MySQL, but despite my dearth of knowledge … Continue reading →

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bava downtime

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Reverend

I am trying to move the bava to a wpmu installation so I have something to blog about. I expect that the site may be down over the next 12-24 hours during the move. I know this is very horrifying … Continue reading →

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The Spore Collective Manifesto

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Reverend

Image courtesy of tonx. Over at the Not For Nothing blog by Kaitlin Butler, a UMW Art major, there is a wild post about The Spore Collective Manifesto that her sculpture class has framed as a way for experimenting more … Continue reading →

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Talking, sharing & being taught WPMu @ NV 2008

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Reverend

Photo used thanks to Sonson’s intellectual generosity. The original title for this post was: “Just one more NV post, memory bartender” The Northern Voice 2008 posts have been streaming in regularly, and I can’t add much to their overall reflections … Continue reading →

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