http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog Embracing the Learning Curve Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:11:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reading about Wordpress mu was exciting to me until I learned my Economy, shared Godaddy hosting plan wouldn't support it.  I guess you have to pay extra for the Deluxe plan, and a dedicated IP address or something like that. There is still hope, though.  Because all I want is a ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=19 Thanks to Akismet, I no longer feel obligated to waste time manually sweeping the spam off my moderation queue.  Of the 12 billion spam messages Akismet reports it has screened today, 151 + 67 were from my own moderation queue.  This automatic spam recognition has made the thought of reading ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=18 Check it out: cottonwoodheightsstormwater.org is now up and live!  I'm calling it Stormwater for short.  It took a while to move, as I didn't realize at first that Stormwater's mySQL databases should be called in the site files' configs by the name "localhost" rather than the host name provided in ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=17 Thanks to Chris Coyier's screencast on the subject, I am beginning to see how to incorporate the Stormwater site's skin around the phpBB Teachers' Forum. http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=16 Am using ikemcg's phpEventCalendar on both MagicontheMountain.com for the Draper Community Foundation and the Stormwater Coalition page currently under development for the city of Cottonwood Heights.  It's user friendly, and easily adaptable.  I'm thinking of using phpBB for the Stormwater Teacher's Forum.  Am updating to Wordpress 2.8 for this ourlinktoyou ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=15 In July, Mercantec added a feature to their free shopping cart that allows multiple types (e.g.  sizes, colors, and therefore prices) for each item.  I'm using this feature on Brad's site to let customers distinguish between the types of files they want to purchase, whether they want a .jpg, a ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=14 Have made progress on the bradgilsonphotography.com page. Images now are protected about as well as possible while still allowing users to browse the photos with enough resolution to give buyers a clear impression of the image they're purchasing.  Once Brad enables his Google Merchant account and makes it possible, ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=13 Brad Gilson's page is up at bradgilson.com, gilsonphotography.com, and bradgilsonphotography.com. It's just a skeleton yet, but the thumbnails make it look great. Waiting for Brad to give me the copyright watermarked full-scale versions of his photos to post before I start the e-commerce functionality. Tried Google's Checkout ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=12 Wordpress is awesome! From Wordpress.org, I found out how to access the Admin panel and my dashboard. Thank you, Wordpress! http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=10 So, I found Godaddy's 'the Metropolis' and was able to download Wordpress to my remote host. While it only facilitates download of the 2.1 version Wordpress (latest is 2.2), I decided to try it out. Now I'm going to have to do a little more searching on how ... http://ourlinktoyou.com/blog/?p=9