BlogPress introduces HTML tags
BlogPress is giving its competitors a serious run for their money. It is just introduced HTML tags and a promise of more things to come. It is still definitely the best blogging app for iPhone by far. That said, it just crashed when I clicked Save and Create New but when I started the app [...]
Read MoreSetting Up a WordPress Blog
My brother recently decided to set up his own blog and since I am the resident tech person, I helped him set it up. It took all of 45 minutes to: 1. Register a domain name Netfirms had the best deal at $6.95 with a coupon. Remember to Google for coupons before you buy. 2. [...]
Read More5 Steps to Start A Business Online
On 3 separate occasions, 3 friends of mine recently asked if I could help them set up their business websites and market them. I had to politely decline but promised I’d lend my expertise if they (bribed me with pearl milk tea and dark chocolate cake and) babysat my kids who are currently running amok [...]
Read MoreWordPress on iPhone
Yes, I have finally got it installed. While typing is a chore, it autocorrects quite efficiently. This post is from my iTouch.
Read MoreTwittering on WordPress
The Twittering begins! I’ve finally got Twitter on both my main blogs, this one and Strange Machines. Although there are tons of Twitter plugins for WordPress blogs (and having installed 2 that don’t seem to work), I found it easiest to cut and paste the custom HTML and Javascript Twitter code myself. Here’s how: 1. [...]
Read MoreAlign it Right in WordPress
When fixing your alignment from the left, don’t forget to specify an equal white space distance from the right too. As you’ve probably noticed, I have added Twitter updates on the top right hand box there to humanise the blog a little. -> The default setting in Stylesheet flushed it right against the margin which [...]
Read MoreFixing Alignment on WordPress
I confess it has been a long time since I have had to edit someone else’s code. Admittedly these days it is easier to build a site with customisable templates (themes, here on WordPress) but it takes time to understand what another developer has written and immerse your vision into their code. If it is [...]
Read MoreWordPress Coding Tips: Alignment around Images
In WordPress, you’ll need to find an alternative to the usual hspace and vspace tags. Here’s a great suggestion from the WordPress Codex. In the stylesheet, paste this: img.left { padding: 4px; margin: 0 7px 2px 0; display: inline; } And in your markup code in whichever file you’re editing, e.g. About, in my case, [...]
Read MoreWordPress Adventures: Theme Template Edits Saved Permanently
I must compliment the developers of WordPress for a logical and immensely intuitive user interface addition. I have consulted no manuals or codexes. Just good old-fashioned tinkering around with, like how people in the 1950s loved to tinker with their cars. Understanding the compulsion of people to test theme after theme, they have made it [...]
Read MoreWordPress Adventures: The Great Move
I have to confess. Shen convinced me to move. I’d been enjoying free hosting from Blogdrive and Atspace for many years now and have been happy with those services. But, Shen said, for better control and SEO it was better to have my own hosting and run my blog off my own domain. The clincher, [...]
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Christina Sng worked as a web developer, information architect, account executive, producer, technical writer, and usability consultant in the 10 years (that's 30 years in Internet time!) she brought bread home. She has since retired to raise her children but still spends most of her waking hours on the net, no thanks to Apple. Here are some of her adventures.
