Archive for the ‘WordPress’ Category

 

WordPress on Load Balanced Servers Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Picture the scene, you’ve had a great idea for a blog and have decided to use WordPress as your blogging software of choice. And as you’re going to be getting an insane amount of visitors (after all, you’ve got a great idea, right?) you’ve decided to buy some decent hardware to cope with the traffic.

 

REST or SOAP? Or don’t care? Monday, August 17th, 2009

I think we’ve realised at Wapple that when it comes to web services, not everyone always has the same level of technology that we have at our finger tips and completely take for granted. Take my Wapple Architect Mobile Plugin for WordPress for example, and the way it used to communicate with Wapple’s web services. [...]

 

Clouds.. thousands of em.. Tuesday, August 11th, 2009

Not so long ago, the Wapple website had clouds. Unfortuntely, the powers that be decided that the new version didn’t need them, so rather than sulk about it (ok I did sulk a bit) I’ve turned those hand crafted cumulo nimbii into a WordPress plugin!

 

Top 5 WordPress Plugins Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

It seems as if every man and his dog is writing a “top 5 plugins for wordpress” – the problem is they all sound the same and there’s never anything new. So as I’m a bit late to WP party, my list will be all about plugins that have got me up and running in [...]

 

WordPress Mobile Plugin 1.2.1 Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

So it turns out that there’s a little bug with script tags on certain blogs using my Wapple Architect Mobile plugin for WordPress. Not a problem as WordPress allows you to release new versions that actually prompt an admin to upgrade, groovy! So without further ado, version 1.2.1 is released. Here’s a link to the [...]

 

WordPress Mobile Plugin Version 1.2 is here Monday, July 27th, 2009

Cue the drum rolls and roll out the red carpet as yesterday heralded the arrival of version 1.2 of the Wapple Architect mobile plugin for WordPress. It’s got all of the bells and whistles that you’d ever need to create stunning looking mobile blogs and you’ve now got unprecedented levels of customization at your disposal!

 

new look for summer! Monday, July 6th, 2009

If you’re looking at this and have read any of my other posts, you’ll notice that the site has had a makeover that would make Nick Knowles and his DIY SOS team proud! Gone are the default WordPress colours and images – there are so many bright colours now you need a pair of sunglasses [...]

 

The 2 minute guide to creating a WordPress theme Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

How hard is it to create a WordPress theme? Armed with a ready supply of tea, a well stocked iTunes library and a kick-ass design from Ryan DC, my mission, if I chose to accept it, was to find out …