Tag Archives: WordPress

WordPress.com as OpenCourseWare

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Reverend

David Wiley’s post about using WordPress.com as OpenCourseWare to republish a course of his has me excited. The site looks pretty damn sharp. Very clean and easy to scan, an excellent model for using these tools to create attractive, low-overhead … Continue reading →

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WordPress as CMS

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Reverend

Ok, so in addition to the Moosecamp session “WordPress Anonymous” on Friday (depending on interest) and the “Don’t Call it a Blog, call it an Educational Publishing Platform” on Saturday, Lloyd Budd recently facebooked me asking if I would “lead” … Continue reading →

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WordPress Anonymous

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Reverend

Direct from the MooseCamp 2008 Wiki I give you WordPress Anonymous. Here is the working description of a proposed MooseCamp session titled “WordPress Anonymous”: I would like to know if there is any interest in an intervention session titled WPA … Continue reading →

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Prologue Theme Major Hit (or is it Punch-Out?)

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Reverend

A strange thing happened to me today. I was playing around with the new Prologue theme for WordPress that acts in many ways like Twitter. I had already tested it on WordPress.com here, but I wanted to see if the … Continue reading →

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Prologue: Twitter-Inspired WordPress Theme

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Reverend

I have been on Twitter for almost a year now and, oddly enough, I have yet to blog about it. And while some might poke fun that I am only doing so now because I finally found a way to … Continue reading →

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More on Upgrading to WPMu 1.3

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Reverend

As I already noted previously here, we have upgraded UMW Blogs to WPMu 1.3. Everything went smoothly on the surface, save for one rogue widget plugin I mentioned in the previous post. Well, as time goes on, other issues have … Continue reading →

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WordPress Rich Comments! Plugin

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Reverend

The Rich Comments! plugin is by no means essential, and the code is still in its infancy. But its one of those plugins that I dig because it is ajaxy, unneccessary, and maybe even irrational given that we still don’t … Continue reading →

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Yahoo! Powered Shortcuts Plugin

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Reverend

I’m not sure what to think about the new Yahoo! Shortcuts plugin that WordPress folks are blogging about. It seems to be a joint venture between WordPress and Yahoo! that scans your posts to recommend and create shortcut links to … Continue reading →

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One-Click Updater Plugin for WordPress

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Reverend

I posted recently about the OneClick Installer plugin that makes installing new plugins on your blog a cinch. One of the issues that this plugin has is that while it can install just about any plugin easily, it can not … Continue reading →

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