If using Sempress WordPress theme, then remember that the ‘Aside’ and ‘Status’ Post Formats do not show the title of the post in WordPress.
This is intended behaviour. This post, incidentally, was an ‘Aside’.
That was a public information broadcast. 🙂
For more info, see this issue: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/24011?cversion=0&cnum_hist=43
Note to self when using Sempress theme #indieweb #sempress #wordpress
If using Sempress WordPress theme, then remember that the ‘Aside’ and ‘Status’ Post Formats do not show the title of the post in WordPress. This is intended behaviour. This post, incidentally, was an ‘Aside’. That was a public information broadcast. 🙂 …
Of course, it’s remotely possible I could learn something new, too.
Leverage browser caching to make your webpages faster. If you can leverage browser caching, you can increase website speed considerably. As Google starts c
Source: How to Speed up WordPress Leveraging Browser Caching via .htaccess • Crunchify
It seems that on updating certain aspects of my WordPress sites, I get this
message. Iceweasel/Firefox only.
Wondering if this exists, to sync #wordpress blogroll with #firefox bookmarks.
I recently kept getting this problem in Firefox:
If you use Firefox and have recently come across this error, fear not. This intention of this page is to resolve these errors once and for all!
There are a few key steps to resolving it:
The instructions provide clues, but don’t spell out, how to set up org2blog for multiple blogs. https://github.com/punchagan/org2blog
(setq org2blog/wp-blog-alist
'(("wordpress" :url "http://username.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php"
:username "username"
:default-title "Hello World"
:default-categories ("org2blog" "emacs")
:tags-as-categories nil)
("my-blog" :url "http://username.server.com/xmlrpc.php"
:username "admin")))
But what if you don’t want to specify your username and password in this multi-site set-up?
The answer lies in expanding on the elisp provided.
(let
(creds-stevedowe creds-warpuni creds-status)
(add-to-list 'auth-sources "~/.netrc")
(setq creds-stevedowe (auth-source-user-and-password "stevedowe.me"))
(setq creds-warpuni (auth-source-user-and-password "warpuni.com"))
(setq creds-status (auth-source-user-and-password "status.warphost.net"))
(setq org2blog/wp-blog-alist
`( ("stevedowe.me"
:url "https://dowe.uk/xmlrpc.php"
:default-categories ("me" "process" "things" "world")
:tags-as-categories nil
:username ,(car creds-stevedowe)
:password ,(cadr creds-stevedowe))
("warpuni.com"
:url "https://warpuni.com/xmlrpc.php"
:default-categories ("Analytics","BioData","FreeSoftware","Internet","Mobile","News","Productivity","Security","Social" "Support")
:tags-as-categories nil
:username ,(car creds-warpuni)
:password ,(cadr creds-warpuni))
("status.warphost.net"
:url "https://status.warphost.net/xmlrpc.php"
:tags-as-categories nil
:username ,(car creds-status)
:password ,(cadr creds-status)))))
[ This is a legacy post. Some details may no longer be relevant to modern software implementations. ]
I had been cultivating a fascination with Jekyll for blogging for a short while. It looked oh so clean, and minimalist, and sleek. It has its fans, for sure, and I am one of them.
If I were starting my blog from this day, I would almost certainly consider using Jekyll for it, rather than WordPress.
But, I am not. Back in 2007 (can it really be so long ago?!), when I started blogging, I didn’t give much thought to my requirements eight years down the line. And the funny thing is, they have hardly changed.
Org2Blog is everything I need from blogging. It’s quick, because I can compose my text in Emacs, and also supply my category and tag information directly too.
When saving the post in Emacs, I can save a local copy using the same date-title-based file name schema that Jekyll would expect (e.g.: 2015-10-28-Assessing_Jekyll_as_an_alternative_blogging_platform.org).
As indicated by the previous filename example, blogs can be saved locally on my hard disk in Org-mode format, allowing me the option later on to convert everything for a Jekyll-based future. In other words, making the decision to hard-switch from one system or another need not be rushed and can, in fact, be assessed based on technical need.
Another “turn-off” from Jekyll is that, despite various attempts to make it easy to migrate WordPress posts, I found the process awkward and the documentation confusing. There is more than one way to skin this cat.
For me, Emacs provides such a comfortable environment using Org2Blog that it’s really hard to justify the alternative approaches of org-jekyll or Org+Jekyll.
Well, it’s not elitest 😉
But aside from that, there are a few serious disadvantages. And these are ones you already know about: there’s lots of (potentially-vulnerable) PHP running, which is a security risk and also makes WordPress … slow.
Also, WordPress makes microblogging, or “notes” in IndieWeb parlance, not very easy. I want to publish my own microblog on my site and publish it elsewhere, but this will take futher investigation.
WordPress, also, has a reputation. It’s a bit like Walmart (or Asda in the UK). It’s a great, hulking CMS that everyone knows. It’s everywhere. Everyone uses it. Which means there’s less that’s “special” about it. And that’s a shame, because for all of that it’s really quite brilliant.
Like others, I’m a firm believer in the IndieWeb movement, but I don’t have enough time to write software for personal use right now. Luckily, many talented and dedicated individuals have stepped up and kindly donated their time and code to enable the IndieWeb on WordPress sites. This suits me down to the ground. At least I can support the movement by advocating and using their code.
WordPress also gives me flexibility. If I wish to write a short post about some coffee I’ve tried, I can. Picture too. If I wish to incorporate a video or music in a page fo rsome reason, the built-in editor makes that effortless. As it does, embedding a tweet too. WordPress is doing favours for the web at large, by keeping our writing options open and encouraging open sharing, rather than feeding us silo-centric drivel-data that we see so often from certain social networks!
One last thing WordPress gives is the ability for people who are not computer-confident to use a device like a Chromebook, or even their phone, and still provide a compelling and easy-to-use platform for sharing content.