WordPress 3.0 Features
This falls into the category of information one has to keep track of. WordPress 3.0 has some news features, but you need to know how to activate and use them. You will find the following article useful: HOW TO : Enable WordPress 3.0 New Features After Upgrading
Here is some general information about the new WordPress 3.0 features, and what they mean: tutsplus.
Some people like to read, but you also have the option of viewing the following videos: WordPressVideos. These cover some interesting topics, from how to use the admin features to how to use the menu manager. You can also use the videos to give clients a very good idea of what WordPress can do.
Happy blogging.
LINQ For Java: Let’s Help!
I have not been blogging much this year. Obviously, I have other commitments, including two little girls who need time and attention. I won’t even pretend that is a chore. And, then there have also been chores . . . but, I have been so tired. During the fall, winter and spring, many days, all I could do is go to work and come home, and physically crash. Even reading demanded more than I could give.
However, I prayerfully continue to get up in the morning and go to work. I make it through. Living with cardiomyopathy is not always a picnic, but one has to live in hope.
This brings me to some of the new developments with one of my favourite projects, DB4O. I am stealing the time it takes to write this; therefore, I will not say much myself. Read this, and get involved: Carl Rosenberger elicits support for a LINQ for Java project.
Using VMWARE To Evangelise
I have been telling clients and coworkers about open source for a while. Now, IÂ SHOW them. I have a preconfigured version of Ubuntu in a virtual machine containing open source equivilants of all of the tools we use. I use these tools every day, and I willingly give anybody who asks a copy of this virtual machine to run on their own computer.
This represents a small commitment for them. They need to download the free VMWare Player, and then they can run a copy of Linux under windows without giving anything up.
My virtual machine has the full lamp stack – python, PHP, MYSql, PHPMyAdmin, and Apache. In addition, I provide NetBeans with Tomcat, a fully loaded version of Eclipse including pyDev, Aptana and PHPEclipse, and the Mono stack as well. Lastly, I provide Open Office, and a few other basic tools.
It is important to evangelise and to share both knowledge and tools.
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