Every WordPress user, or rather web manager, knows that plugins are great tools to extend the functionality of WordPress and customise sites to meet specific needs. For example, we use plugins to also change, or at least allow us to change, the appearance of some of our sites. Unfortunately though, these same tools also cause problems when upgrading to the latest Wordpress version. Recently, we found out that our problem of not being … [Read more...]
How to choose a domain name
February 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Have you ever wondered how many domain names there are on the Internet? As of this writing, Internet research company Whois Source that regularly tracks movements in new registrations, de-registrations and transfers of domain names, reported there are more than 137 million domain names worldwide. Of these, there are 101 million .COMs, 14.5 million .NETs, 9.8 million .ORG -- the three most popular top-level domains. In Australia, the … [Read more...]
Fair dealing, copyrights and reprinting at emanila
February 15, 2012 By 2 Comments
AS THE EDITOR and publisher of The Filipino Australian, I was asked today if I will allow sharing of an interview I conducted with the newly elected president of the Philippine Communities Council of New South Wales Arturo Sayas. Mr Sayas was elected president last Saturday, February 11 and I had the interview completed yesterday, February 14. Meanwhile, a group of media representatives was planning to organise a press conference with the … [Read more...]
When to use “anniversary”
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I thought I would never require myself to comment on this subject, but the recent deluge of emails announcing anniversaries and milestone dates has prompted me into it. This is about the correct, and incorrect, usage of "anniversary". We all know what first anniversary means. It is the recurrence of an event - usually a very important event - on the exact date after a year the event took place. Thus, if a wedding took place yesterday, 9 … [Read more...]
Lightbox-ing: A new Postie experiment
November 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
A reader, Alex G, emailed in to ask how he can have his images display in a lightbox rather than open a separate post page. (Thanks for the query, Alex.) I must admit I have not considered a lightbox display for images sent from my mobile phone. When I install Postie in my blogs, I custom-configure the image display of the Postie plugin to show only a medium size image (which of course is dependent on your Media settings), and I have disabled … [Read more...]
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