Here in Idaho

Will’s New Project

Everything isn’t all fun and games in the Harrison household. Sure, there’s plenty of raucous behavior, but there’s also the softer side. The side that works on perpetual motion, and breeds mutant butterflies and what-not. Recently, I took time away from my busy Jai alai practices and reanimation studies at the morgue to create a new website called WordPress-Tutor.com.

Since I first built Here-In-Idaho for Kristi, (what a monstrosity that first site was) I’ve learned quite a bit about building sites in WordPress. I’ve also helped a few of Kristi’s readers, friends, and family build their sites. So I’ve taken some time to put together a tutorial that walks bloggers through a WordPress installation. I know there are some of you who are DYING to get out of Blogger and hook up with cleaner blogging platform. The information is free if you sign up with our hosting partner, which you have to do anyway if you decide to start a blog.

Here’s the site. It’s called WordPress-Tutor.com. Check it out if you’re in the market for an awesome WordPress installation tutorial. And if you’re not in the market for an awesome WordPress installation tutorial, I pity you.


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4 Comments »

Comment by old horsetail snake
2008-04-22 14:38:58

I hate to think of changing anything, especially diapers.

 
Comment by DanjerusKurves
2008-04-22 17:30:39

Just a small caution … the latest WordPress upgrade (2.5) is bug-ridden to hell and back. For example: You cannot post photos from your Gallery (use an outside source such as PhotoBucket) and ASCII codes are completely buggered (e.g., quotation marks are replaced by garble).

Comment by Will
2008-04-23 09:55:44

It’s true, the latest version is fairly buggy. I’ve noticed the issues with the image uploader, some goofiness in the visual editor and a few others.

For your quote issues, I’ve dealt with it before. If you updated your site using Fantastico, check your wp-config file for:

define(’DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8′);
define(’DB_COLLATE’, ”);

and try cutting them out. You can alway put them back in if you need to. The other option is a plugin such as the Untextureize plugin to get rid of “smart quotes” all together.

Comment by Kristi
2008-04-23 13:30:09

My husband’s like some sort of genius, right?
Here’s what the above comment looks like to me:

“jibber jabber define(MORE JIBBER JABBER) complicated heiroglyphics plugins untextureize blah blah blah I’m so glad I don’t have to know this crap”

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