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  • Tschai

    Tschai 7:47 pm on May 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: opensource, ubuntu, vista,   

    Ditch Windows, Get Ubuntu: the Experiment! 

    Like many I’m also fed up with Microsoft software in general and Windows in particular. But like many I too am too lazy to make THE CHANGE to another BETTER OS.
    Until now!

    Why make the switch?

    The last couple of years I’m preferring Open Source alternatives for almost every software. And it’s a true eye opener. And today I’ve made the bold move to do this with my OS also!
    Yesterday my 6 year old Windows XP desktop (almost) stopped working: it’s so slow now, that it takes tens of minutes to start any application.
    Thus a great opportunity to try out Ubuntu 9.04.
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  • Tschai

    Tschai 9:12 pm on April 15, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: short url, twitter,   

    Need a short URL service? Try Wordpress! 

    Twitter logo courtesy of <a href=http://www.hongkiat.com" />
    Although I’m still not ‘tweetin’ I do see it’s potential for promoting the fan-tas-tic project, once it’s finished.
    And in my search to do this I stumbled across this article: 10 Exceptional WordPress Hacks. And I noticed a remark in the comments section (#12) about using the built-in default WordPress URL-structure instead of TinyUrl or any other third party service.
    I was triggered immediately (comment #25) because I am considering to implement a ‘(re)tweet this’ feature and my options until now were automated TinyUrl’s or a ShortUrl plugin.
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    • blackysky

      blackysky 6:59 pm on May 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      it is great but there is no tacking funtion in this simple trick but it is a simple trick.

      of course it is possible to create a tracking system with wordpress alone….. if someone does it he got a killer fore sure….

    • Tutorial City

      Tutorial City 1:46 am on May 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Very useful tip! Thanks a lot ;)

    • Tschai

      Tschai 4:55 pm on May 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      And here’s a plugin with some extra’s:
      http://kovshenin.com/wordpress/plugins/twitter-friendly-links/

      Probably worth trying out…

    • Tschai

      Tschai 8:56 pm on May 6, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      You won’t have a nifty tracking function this way, indeed.

      However, my theory is, that you shouldn’t care if you’re successful and that’s it’s not worth tracking if you have only a few trackbacks ;)

  • Tschai

    Tschai 11:01 pm on March 11, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: localhost, wamp, , xammp   

    Vista update crashes localhost 

    Vista crashes localhost
    For the development of any website I’m using Wampserver as my local server and it has always been working just great. Until today: it stopped working, just like that!

    I should have known better than giving Windows the benefit of the doubt! I thought WAMP/WampServer screwed things up: suddenly I couldn’t connect to http://localhost anymore. Nor to phpMyAdmin, nor to MySQL.
    And because I could connect to the internet, I figured it was my local server…and not a Windows Vista related issue.
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  • Fan-tas-tic

    Fan-tas-tic 10:26 pm on February 19, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , ,   

    Fan-tas-tic progress and issues 

    Although the fan-tas-tic project is making good progress, I’m running to some issues which slows down the overall progress: This post is a short status update.

    Issue 1: Internet Explorer still sucks.

    Even version 7. And I have no high expectations for IE8, no matter how many tests it’ll pass.
    I had to tweak a lot of CSS code just to make sure IE7 doesn’t screw up my layout, although it was fine enough in FF and Chrome.
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  • Tschai

    Tschai 11:28 pm on January 8, 2009 Permalink | Reply
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    Replacing your comments with Intense Debate 

    Intense Debate Example
    There are some very great and creative ways to design the comment section of your blog: check out these examples for some inspiration (37 Ways to Design the Comments Form, 30 and 30 More Must See Comment Designs for Web Designers).
    And while I was thinking about how to design my own comment parts of my upcoming WP powered sites, I decided I should go for the easier way…which by the way kinda is the philosophy of this blog.
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    • Tschai

      Tschai 10:35 pm on March 10, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Yet another proove my ID account is screwed:
      Via gmail I got noticed someone commented here, but I could not see the comment here, nor in the admin/backend nor in my ID-comments page!

      All I could do is click the ‘Delete’ link in my mail to actually follow/see the comment…which actually deleted the comment.

      I´ve (temporary) disabled ID…untill I´ve figured out the mess.

      Thanks for the comment and sorry bout deleting it.

    • Amanda

      Amanda 7:24 pm on August 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Hello

      Kindly, can you tell me if it is possible to add IntenseDebate to a website built with RapidWeaver, on Mac OS X 10.4.11 PCC based (not Intel).

      I’m not a blogger, just need a dynamic comments box on my site that allows comments with more than 200 words… Because at the moment I’m using a basic, lame Cbox since neither IntenseDebate, Disqus have answered my question. I see it as a lack of support.

      RapidWeaver and Mac forums do not know how. They use Echo js kit. Sucks!
      Yahoo answers gave me no answers and at Get Satisfaction my questions is piled on top of hundreds.

      Of all the problems I’ve encountered while building my website adding a working, dynamic and nice comment box seems like looking for a needle in the sands.

      You may look at the lame Cbox I’ve at the moment, just to fill the gap while I’m trying hard to find alternatives.

      http://www.amandaindependentlondonescort.com/comments.html

      I really appreciate and will be immensely grateful for help. Even if it is to say “give up”.

      Kind regards

      Amanda

    • BadGirl11

      BadGirl11 4:08 am on October 22, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Is your mind opened to all the new possibilities the instructor is willing to give you? ,

    • Tschai

      Tschai 9:48 pm on August 29, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      You should be able to use IntenseDebate with ANY site, including a DreamWeaver site…at least that´s what they say on their own site.

      Having said that, ItenseDebate might be overkill for your site, though. You should perhaps consider a simpler/smaller script.

      Sorry, I can´t help you any further…

    • Amanda

      Amanda 11:27 am on August 30, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you Tschai.

      Firstly, I don’t think my comment was deleted, because when I posted it (what most probably will happen now) I just got the message:
      “Thank you your comment has been submitted and is waiting moderation” Huh… something like that.

      Secondly, Yeap, You’re right. Thanks for the advise. I do not want overkill my site with too many scripts but CBox is so simple, does not allow replies, can’t change lines neither add paragraphs as I’m doing in this box. And honestly looks ugly. But works with a very simple html code.

      Anyway, I’ve subscribed to your forum and if anything comes up, kindly let me know.

      Kind regards

      Amanda

  • Fan-tas-tic

    Fan-tas-tic 9:50 pm on January 2, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , ,   

    A fan-tas-tic start of 2009! 

    A fan-tas-tic start of 2009!http://designwithathought.com/?p=339" class="alignleft"/>

    As stated in my post Setting goals for 2009 I’ll try to post only about the projects I’m working on…from now on. And I have to admit it’s hard not to blog, rant or rave about anything else.
    Because there is actually a lot to blog, rant and rave about. For example this blog now has reached a Pagerank of 2 in 3 months, but so did my sleeping site Uppedd.com, which never had any content at all…and this is a big mystery to me.
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  • Tschai

    Tschai 2:43 pm on December 27, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: ,   

    Unstandard theme now Wordpress 2.7 compatible 

    Like many great themes the Unstandard theme did initially lack some basic features like widgets and gravatars. I made a widgetized and gravatar-ized version and this version has been donwloaded almost 600 times from October 2008 till now. Which proves that it’s still a popular theme and a decent upgrade was necessary.


    The Unstandard Theme Wordpress 2.7 compatible
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    • Vishesh

      Vishesh 5:05 pm on July 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      Does the updated Unstandard theme cover all the useful edits you’d made to it, or would we have to do the manual edits ourselves?

    • Tschai

      Tschai 10:15 pm on July 12, 2009 Permalink | Reply

      I think everything is covered fully, although I have not installed/tested it myself…I think it’s save bet, since Derek is still fully supoorting it.

    • Joep Kalthoff

      Joep Kalthoff 10:13 am on January 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I’ve installed this theme, but I have problems with the pages. It keeps showing the default ‘home’, ‘about’ and ’subscribe’ pages. When I add a page in the back-end nothing changes.

      Any hints where to alter this?

      • Tschai

        Tschai 11:34 am on January 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Joep, these links are hardcoded in the header; you should manually edit them to your needs in the theme editor.

        At last that was the case in the older versions, it sounds like it still is the case in the current version also.

  • Tschai

    Tschai 4:08 pm on December 23, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , uppedd   

    Setting goals for 2009 

    What goes up, must come down

    Looking back at 2008

    Playtime is over! I’ve used the past period to experiment with some forms of promoting my posts and trying to get more traffic. Although the results were satisfying as you can see in the graph above, it felt more like ‘work’ than ‘hobby’ for me. Because doing this is rather time and energy consuming. And that is not a good thing…if you’re not making money from it, that is!
    The above graph illustrates the short period from October until end December for this blog. And it’s no surprise that it’s possible to get a peak of visitors and views, no matter how humble your blog or post is. But to keep this visitors coming back you need to invest a lot in time and energy…but I’m gonna focus on other things instead.

    Setting goals for 2009

    While reading My Internet Goals for 2009 I found out writing your goals down works very therapeutic and very refreshing. Although very personal it can be interesting and inspiring for others too.
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  • Tschai

    Tschai 11:04 pm on December 17, 2008 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sources, ,   

    Best of 2008 for bloggers: 1600+ tips, tricks, advices and strategies! 

    Best of 2008 for bloggers
    Last in the series of Best post for Designers, Developers and Bloggers. A collection of more than 1600 useful tips, tricks and advices from (pro) bloggers for newbies and pro bloggers posted in 2008. From getting started to getting (more) traffic and from getting (more) subscribers to actually making money with your blog.
    A huge reference if you need just that little push in the right direction.

    General Blogging Tips (733)

    30 Blogging Tips to Screw Up
    10 Characteristics of a Successful Blogger
    10 Ways to Brand Your Blog or Website Efficiently
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