WordPress 2.7 theme and plugins

WordPress 2.7 theme and plugins

It’s been a while since I upgraded to WordPress 2.7. If you host your own WordPress blog and haven’t yet upgraded I strongly recommend the upgrade. If for no other reason than threaded comments is now part of WordPress. Finding a theme that is built for WordPress 2.7 and then activating threaded comments in the Admin section will add a […]

My Podcast Set-up

My Podcast Set-up

I like it when other podcasters share their set up. A thanks to Leo Leporte, one of my favorite tech podcasters….or is that netcaster. I’ve learned a lot about podcasting just listening to the different shows he produces. I wrote this page for the Shifting Our Schools site to share with others the set up I use to stream, record, […]

WordPress MU plugin list for school install

WordPress MU plugin list for school install

This Tweet from Sarah came across my screen yesterday: So here you go…a list of plug-ins we have running here on our WordPress MU 2.6.3 install. Please note that this site has been created for teachers to communicate with parents. As of now that is its function within a larger picture of a learning/communication portal we are creating here. This […]

One small step for EARCOS

One small step for EARCOS

I had two great days in Manila spending time with the EARCOS team looking at how technology and the web can help to streamline some of their internal practices and also looked at how EARCOS can use technology at both it’s Administrator and Teacher conferences to help connect participants. Up until now, the team at EARCOS has been sending a […]

WordPress 2.5, my plugins, and a new look

WordPress 2.5, my plugins, and a new look

I spent this past week playing around with WordPress 2.5. A great release that loads faster, a new admin side that I love and some new themes to play with. So let me know what you think…I’m still testing it on all browsers and there an issue at the very bottom with the about part sliding down the page. But […]

Looking for Dedication

Looking for Dedication

So what happens when you put 1200+ Moodle Users in 88 courses and 560+ WordPress blogs all on the same shared hosting server? You exceed your CPU usage. We have been getting this warning for a couple of months now, but as we continue to add more blogs and users in Moodle, it’s happening more frequently. Yesterday I was trying […]

Mobile your blog

Mobile your blog

via bloggingpro.com comes the WordPress Ultimate Gamer’s Pack with three plug-ins to make your blog viewable on mobile devices. Those plug-ins include: WordPress Wii Edition Plugin WordPress DS-Lite Edition Plugin WordPress PSP Edition Plugin To that I would add the WordPress PDA plugin and that about covers it. I already have the PDA plugin installed and used it while in […]

New theme, new plugins, new skills

New theme, new plugins, new skills

My wife is at a conference in Taipei, Taiwan this weekend (another stamp in the passport) which mean I’m left here all alone with my computer. That’s usually not a good thing. I’ve been wanting to change the look of The Thinking Stick, so today I dove in, found a nice theme that I could work with and spent the […]

New space, same old stuff

New space, same old stuff

To follow up on my post: Changing a domain overnight, it’s been a week of ups and downs for sure. Monday, I kept getting a 500 server error on the Thinking Stick at it’s old home. jeff.scofer.com/thinkingstick/ and actually I’m still getting it and can’t figure out what I did. I contacted my host support and received this reply. Hello […]