Over the past six months, my feed reading habits have evolved. I used to read summary feeds in a desktop reader, but I’ve moved towards the more common model of reading full post feeds in a web based reader.

I wasn’t really conscious of this change, until I read Meg’s Hey You! Yes you, with the Partial Feed. I started off by defending summary feeds, but ended up realising that I’d come to value full post feeds as much as most bloggers. Read the rest of this entry »

Recently RT from Untwisted Vortex threw down a WordPress Plugin Rewrite Challenge, asking whether I’d rewrite the Simple Spam Filter plugin from Joe Tan. RT is a fan of Simple Spam Filter but felt that some additional checks would result in more spam being caught. Read the rest of this entry »

After my recent upgrade to WordPress 2.3.1, the Articles plugin by Alex King started showing my Articles under the wrong Categories. Fortunately, there is a solution posted on the WordPress Support site. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been upgrading the site to WordPress 2.3.1 over the last 24 hours, so you may have noticed some strange things - beyond the normal content. Read the rest of this entry »

Dane Morgan recently tagged me with the The Controversial Marketer’s Blog Meme, started by Sam Freedom’s Controversy Meme post. As Dane correctly predicted, I’m going to write an UnMeme instead of participating, as I have very limited time at the moment. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m pleased to announce the release of DualFeeds v1.1 for WordPress.

This version includes many new features, including better support for FeedBurner, support for feed autodiscovery, improved summary feed and presentational elements to help promote your feeds. Read the rest of this entry »

Most modern browsers can automatically detect feeds offered by websites with feed autodiscovery enabled. This makes it easier to subscribe to these sites. If your blog doesn’t have feed autodiscovery enabled already, you need to set it up. Why make it harder for people to subscribe to your site? Read the rest of this entry »

I recently applied to have More Than Scratch The Surface considered for the Top 100 Australian Blogs Index. I was pleasantly surprised when it entered the index at position 50! Read the rest of this entry »

Meg from Dipping Into The Blogpond recently tagged me with a meme, in her Media Snackers - What you talkin’ ’bout? post. I’m very grateful to Meg for thinking of me, but I’m going to be a little antisocial - instead of participating, I’m writing this UnMeme. Read the rest of this entry »

When I started blogging five months ago, I hadn’t even considered the possibility of writing sponsored posts. To be honest, I only wanted to write original content and I was against memes, awards, sponsored posts, etc. Read the rest of this entry »