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Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes There are a growing list of things that I already hate about WordPress 2.7.  Most of them are minor issues that can either be ignored or simply written off as quirks I don’t really need to worry about for my style of blogging.  The major issue is still the layout. Wordpress 2.7 Write Screen. Click to open full size in new frame or window. This is not some minor petty concern. This is flat out bad design.  Any blogger worthy of the name is using some plugins and other tools on the administration side of the blog.  This is as it should be, since customization has always been a prime feature of WordPress.  I sincerely hope someone soon comes up with an administration plugin to fix the layout flaws. Here is the major problem with WordPress 2.7.  As you will notice in the full screen image all of the internal links for WordPress 2.7 have moved to the left hand side of the screen.  in western languages we read from left to right meaning the most... 

Reading time: < 1 minute For those who have been eagerly anticipating the release of Wordpress 2.7, it is getting closer and closer. For those of you dreading a new release, let me say I am with you. I finally got around to installing the latest build of Wordpress 2.7 and let's just say this is not going to make a lot of people happy. First off is the dashboard setup. convey_source = "English"; Read More →

Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes Everyone needs to go have a look at their Technorati accounts today and make sure that their posts are getting indexed properly.  Because of some flaws and coding errors, and down right hacking by theme designers your Blog may be at risk.  Not only is Technorati not indexing, it can very well lead to your sight as being mark for spam on Yahoo and Google. To see if you possibly aren’t being indexed or the spiders are just taking their sweet ass time getting to you try manually pinging  your account by entering a post specific url into the form at http://www.technorati.com/ping/  Give it an hour or so to get around to you and see if you get your pages added in, before bitching at tech support.  Also remember if you are using FireFox as a browser you should hit control f5 to reload the page and bypass the cache file when you are checking these accounts. Check out Vulnerable WordPress Blogs Not Being Indexed for further reading.  If you have WP...