Tag Archives: WordPress

New theme

Posted on January 16, 2009 by bengt

I have used a theme I had created myself but it is time to pick a more professional look. There are many themes available,  I decided to swith to Vigilance which is a powerful and flexible theme.

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WordPress and magazine-style themes

Posted on August 31, 2008 by bengt

Through The Blog Herald I was pointed to Smashing Magazine and When To Use Magazine-Style Themes For Blogs? It is a great and long post that deals with • Key Differences • Why Are More Blogs Moving to Magazine Themes? • Pros and … Continue reading →

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WordPress and how to disable post revisions

Posted on August 17, 2008 by bengt

WordPress introduced Post Revisions in version 2.6 which results in lots of posts (each revision) getting stored in the database. The feature is nothing I need or use and after seeing the result in my database size I looked for … Continue reading →

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WordPress 2.6 and blank admin screen

Posted on August 3, 2008 by bengt

I am in the process of upgrading my blogs to WordPress 2.6. That gave me a strange problem in some of my blogs, I got a blank screen when trying to access the admin part of WordPress. The strange thing … Continue reading →

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My WordPress plugins, an update

Posted on July 19, 2008 by bengt

I have updated my list of WordPress plugins that I use at my blogs. StatPress is out, it logs too much to the database. A mobile plugin is in, so is WordPress Database Backup.

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Making WordPress mobile

Posted on July 12, 2008 by bengt

I am testing two different plugins that shall make your WordPress blog easier to read using mobile devices. Here at fortyplustwo I have installed the WordPress Mobile Edition and over at btwendel.com I have installed the WordPress Mobile Plugin. If … Continue reading →

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What about blog sidebars?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by bengt

I have taken time to work on my blogs, behind the scene as well as how they look. Part of that work was creating a list of WordPress plugins that I use at my blogs. Some of those plugins – … Continue reading →

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My WordPress plugins

Posted on July 8, 2008 by bengt

I have created a page with the WordPress plugins that I use at my blogs. There are posts about various plugins here, now I have a list of what is currently used. My intention is to keep the page up … Continue reading →

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Using WordPress as a business directory

Posted on June 30, 2008 by bengt

I use hosted WordPress for my blogs and also as a CMS for my coaching business at Key Coaching. When using WordPress as a CMS (content management system) the emphasis is on using pages, not blog posts. Since I find … Continue reading →

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SEO from a layman perspective

Posted on June 20, 2008 by bengt

I must confess that I thought SEO, search engine optimization, was something consultants sold to the big guys and not for small blogs like mine. More for the sake of it I did install the All in One SEO Pack … Continue reading →

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