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Archives May 2007

May 14  07
Robert EllisWordPress84 Comments

I’m releasing another WordPress theme, Upstart Blogger Modio, now compatible with WordPress 2.3. In keeping with my other WordPress themes, this theme is designed to be:

Minimalist: Very clean, spacious and easy to read.
Fast: Lightweight, for speed.
Ad-friendly: The columns are sized specifically to accept standard ad formats.
Easy to install: You can install without plugins, though four […]

WordPress Theme: Upstart Blogger Modio

May 11  07
Robert EllisPligg1 Comment

If you’re still running an older version of Pligg (pre-Beta 9.5) and you get a spike in traffic, it could bring your MySQL server down. The fix is easy. Here’s how.
Note: If you’re running Pligg Beta 9.5 or later, you don’t need to worry about this. I’m writing this up to help you avoid the […]

The Pligg Bug That Can Bring Your MySQL Server Down

May 10  07
Robert EllisPligg6 Comments

I had a request from someone to release the Pligg template I had been using for the Upstart Blogger Grapevine. I’ll probably create a new template to match whatever theme I’m using on Upstart Blogger when Pligg v1.0 is released, so I’m going to make this available for download now. But…
Warning: This template is not […]

Pligg Template: Upstart Blogger One

May 09  07
Robert EllisPligg20 Comments

As Pligg approaches v1.0, Digg-like sites powered by Pligg and other systems are becoming more and more popular. The idea of a site created with user-submitted content is seductive. But here are some things you probably don’t know about what it’s really like to launch a Pligg-powered site.
First, let me say that none of this […]

8 Myths About Launching a Pligg Site

May 09  07
Robert EllisDesignNo Comments

Even with a broadband connection, surfing the web can sometimes be annoyingly slow. Images, plugins, and Java effects, not to mention Flash, may make surfing fun, but they can bring surfing to a crawl. Waiting for a page to load can seem like an eternity. Now there’s a study that tells us just how much […]

How Long Before Your Visitors Abandon Your Blog?

May 09  07
Robert EllisEtc.25 Comments

Freebase, the upstart database that some are calling the first major Web 3.0 application and others the bastard child of wikipedia and the Open Directory Project, is still moving through alpha. But it’s getting pretty damn interesting. And I’ve got some free invites to give away.
Have you ever been frustrated by Google, trying to narrow […]

Freebase: The World’s Database (Free Invites)

May 06  07
Robert EllisPligg15 Comments

After spending the better part of this weekend attempting to upgrade my Pligg templates, I’ve reluctantly decided to postpone any updates until the next version of Pligg, Pligg v1.0, is released.
The templates, which were hack jobs from the beginning, were becoming impossibly confused salads of code from Digital Nature and yget. Trying to update […]

Pligg Templates Update Status