Tag Archives: post

Non, ce n’est pas un podcast, ça

[en]You already know (I hope) that a blog is not a post, so you don’t say “I’ll write a blog about this” but “I’ll write a post about this” (or “I’ll write a blog post about this”). I realized the … Continue reading

Posted in Tools | Tagged article, billet, blog, definition, episode, histoire, Podcast, post, terminologie | 2 Comments

A Blog is Not a Post, Dammit!

[fr]De plus en plus répandue, la confusion entre “blog” et “post/billet/article” est un cancer qui ronge la terminologie blogosphérique. Pour mémoire, un blog est un type de site composé d’une série d’articles (ou posts, ou billets). On ne dirait pas, … Continue reading

Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged ablogisnotapost, blog, Blogger musings, blogging, campaign, language, Languages / Linguistics, post, screenshots, sendyours, stumbleupon, terminology | 25 Comments

Bad Sector in Memory

[fr]Je recherche un billet sur lequel je n’arrive plus à mettre la main, qui disait (ou en tout cas me faisait penser) que le blogueur-consultant qui fait du “consulting gratuit” sur son blog par moment (critiquant tel ou tel service) … Continue reading

Posted in Stuff that doesn't fit | Tagged advertising, blog, Blogger musings, blogging, clients, Consulting, feedback, forgotten, help, marketing, post, Theories, Wanted | Leave a comment

Fixing Newline Abuse in WordPress

Newlines had crept into some of my old posts and corrupted the formatting. Quick and dirty script I used to solve the problem.

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Tagged corrupt, database, extra, formatting, line break, newline, php, post, Real Live Code, script, Weblog Technology | Leave a comment

Quick Comment Spam Tip for WordPress

Here are the two plugins you need to fight comment spam using WordPress.

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Posted in Wordpress | Tagged abusive, approve, blacklist, comment, commentator, delete, filter, kitten, moderate, moderation, plugin, post, queue, remove, security, spam, spaminator, Weblog Technology, whitelist, Wordpress, words | 12 Comments

Indulging in Memes

Another meme test. I don’t usually go for memes, but I love the idea of tests and research. The Google-juice is nice, of course, but I find almost more exciting to be able to visualise the trail of weblogs as the meme spreads.

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Tagged blog, Blogosphere Interest, experiment, google, GUID, link, meme, path, post, reproduce | 4 Comments

U-Blog, Six Apart, and Their Angry Bloggers

This very long post is, for the first time in English, a pretty complete account of what has been going on with U-blog and Loïc Le Meur in the French blogosphere for some time now. With the acquisition of Ublog by Six Apart, these problems are bound to take another dimension for the English-speaking blogosphere.

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Posted in Language Geekiness | Tagged angloblogosphere, angry, aurora, blog, blogosphère, Blogosphere Interest, community, complain, divide, english, Essay-Like, features, francoblogosphere, french, gloaguen, history, language, Languages / Linguistics, laurent, le meur, loic, movable type, post, problem, promise, six apart, trouble, typepad, u-blog, ublog, unhappy, weblog | 79 Comments

Easier TopicExchange Trackbacks for WordPress

A WordPress hack which makes it quicker to add TopicExchange channels to trackback, and makes them visible (like categories) in the weblog. (Sorry for the duplicate postings, trying to fix it.)

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Tagged categories, easy, fast, field, post, quick, Real Live Code, topic exchange, topicexchange, trackback, visible, weblog, Weblog Technology | 15 Comments

Batch Categories 0.9

Batch Categories for WordPress has been fixed and enhanced. If you have major category jobs to do, it can probably help you. Feedback and testers welcome.

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Posted in Wordpress | Tagged admin, Announcements, batch, categories, category, hack, plugin, post, printscreen, Real Live Code, screen, Wanted, Weblog Technology, Wordpress | 201 Comments