Author Archives: Brent
Custom Post Type Archives in WordPress 3.1
When I released Prospress last year, it used a contrived system for creating an index of auctions. This was necessary as WordPress provided no standard method for creating an index page for custom post types. Now that 3.1 is just around … Continue reading
The Limits of Anonymity
On the back of yesterday’s post about Anonymous Blogging, Ryan Markel has posted about the Limits of Anonymity on WordPress.com. He mentions the WordPress.com privacy policy: We keep the following private data about WordPress.com sites and users: The email address … Continue reading
Anonymity in Blogging
A friend just sent me a link to his blog. He’s been writing wildly candid stories for more than a year – all under the thin veil of anonymity. It’s clear from his writing that anonymity affords him a great freedom – … Continue reading
How to Insert a Tick into a Google Spreadsheet
Want to insert a tick mark, like this ✓, into a Google Spreadsheet? It’s easy, just copy this tick ✓ and paste it into a cell. Or if you’d prefer it heavy, copy this check mark ✔. Sometimes such simple … Continue reading
Google Analytics Broken in DotNetNuke 5.6
If you suffer the cruel affliction of a DotNetNuke website, you may find your Google Analytics charts flat lined around November or December of 2010. DotNetNuke 5.6 introduced a bug in the analytics code, fortunately, the guys from Interactive Webs … Continue reading
Choose Your Own Adventure
A company sold one of its web properties two weeks ago for $90 million. That normally wouldn’t concern me, except that same week, they launched the world’s first site to implement an idea I’m also working on. Whenever I conceive … Continue reading
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