I checked into my site this morning to find that the WordPress.com stats plugin I was using wasn't working. I received this message instead of the pretty graphs: Your WordPress.com account, 404techsupport is not authorized to view the stats of this blog. Currently access to stats is broken for some users and we are working on fixing this. Your stats are still being counted and … [Read more...]
Beware This Web Listings, Inc. Mail Scam For Search Engine Submission
Unfortunately, a scam over snail mail is probably more likely to succeed. That is why I feel it worth writing about to warn you of a letter I received last weekend that tries to use phishing techniques through the mail. A company by the names of Web Listings, Inc. sent me a letter for another domain of mine that looked very much like a bill, saying I owed them $65 for "Annual … [Read more...]
IL Governor Quinn Signs “Amazon Tax” Into Law, Overstock and Amazon Terminate All Illinois Associates
I previously reported on the "Amazon Tax" Bill (HB 3659) making its way through Illinois Legislation and landing on the Governor's desk. Two months later, Governor Pat Quinn (recently elected Governor by .9%) has signed the bill into Public Act 096-1544. The Act "closes the loophole" (a.k.a. twists the law in lobbying groups' favor) so that the same law that requires businesses … [Read more...]
Integrating A File Browser Into A Website
For the past week, I've been on a mission to come up with a proof of concept to demonstrate that I could convert an organization's site from Joomla! to WordPress and simplify the site's back-end. I plugged away and got everything pretty comparable on the front-end. One of the sticking points that I came across, however, was Joomla's Docman plugin, a very thoroughly integrated … [Read more...]
How To Turn Off The Gray Admin Bar At The Top Of Your WordPress 3.1 Site
WordPress 3.1 just came out and one of the more prominent features it brings is a gray admin bar at the top of your site while you're logged in and viewing the front-end. I can see this as being very useful for individual-run sites and power bloggers but I'm afraid too many of my customers are going to be concerned that normal visitors will see the bar or it skews their … [Read more...]