about those taxonomies in 2.8

Yes, another WP post, mostly for posterity, but you never know who else might find it handy.
The problem with the new custom taxonomies is that they’re not added automatically to the Edit-posts page, which I find annoying. So, I added them myself. Just cut & paste into your theme’s functions.php file (or create one if [...]

a limited-offer feedback form

I found a need for a limited-time feedback form, given that some converted entries on a project had been checked, but ones after X date were done as part of the massive sweep (and were more likely to have errors). Sometimes readers will help out, and let you know what you’ve screwed up, or at [...]

the crazed path of file conversions, pt III

just because it’s a bit of work doesn’t mean it can’t be fun: spaghetti code has its place in the world, too, damn it.

the crazed path of file conversions: pt II

Just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s quick: we’re going to be here awhile, no matter how many times things are replaced, reiterated, looped, threshed, and/or beaten within inches of those puny little coding-lives.

the crazed path of file conversions, pt I

Just because it’s possible doesn’t mean it’s necessarily easy: uploading almost fourteen hundred files into WP, with categories, tags, custom taxonomies, and custom fields extracted, converted, and intact. Mostly.

font size & minor test

If the font looks too large or small on your screen, it may be my coding and it may be your browser. I’ve noticed Safari is making the general text (in posts) look half the size I’d intended, while Firefox seems to be the right size, and who knows what IE is doing (will check [...]

stupid ie7, grrr: grid issues.

Somewhere there’s a closing div that FFX wants and IE7 doesn’t, so if you’re looking at this in IE6/IE7 then you’re probably seeing the sidebar menu… somewhere down at the bottom, below all entries. I’ll fix it as soon as I can get the Mac set up side-by-side with a IE machine, and then start [...]

grump.

Dear Mr or Ms Fancy-Pants Architect:
I’m sure you think your site is just lovely. The flash is certainly spectacular, even if this means I have to use a screenshot to capture any examples of your work. (And you thought you’d managed to avoid that, how little you know of technology and determined visitors.) But I [...]