Freaky Frugalite

Weeeellll…. as much as I hate CAPTCHA for comments (I always find them difficult to decipher), I was forced to install it for my blogs today. For Blog Jog Day, I anticipated loads of comments! And I sure got them- 1,000 spam comments PER HOUR. On 11/21/10, I logged in to see the spam count [...]

Sorry, I have had to change the theme for this blog temporarily. For some REALLY WEIRD reason, all my sites keep going down, on and off. The problems started when my web host did a server upgrade (Apache). I got 500 Server Errors at the time. I don’t know if the update was the problem [...]

I had to uninstall my new, very cool WordPress plugin. Mourn with me, my friends. I loved it. It was the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin. I love how some blogs have that “related posts” thing for all their posts. It’s so cool! So I tried this one, and it made my server crash. :rainy: [...]

Did you? Believe it or not, WordPress needs another update!! I have eight WordPress blogs, so updating them all is a chore. (I always make backups first- that’s the real chore, actually). At least updating WordPress is kind of easy (but I still get knots in my stomach when I do it). This latest WordPress [...]

After updating my WordPress to the latest version (2.8 is the best yet!), I had a hankering for a new look. After searching and searching for something kind of funky, fun, and freaky, this is what I ended up with. I’m not 100% sold on it. What do you think? Here’s the old theme, so [...]

Have you guys taken the plunge yet??? I finally did. To the WordPress Dudes: Oh gosh, PLEEAASSSEE no more WordPress updates for a while, k?! I am still relatively new to WordPress, about a year ago. I have had to do seven or eight updates since then, across SIX blogs. I am soo tired of [...]

I’ve done it again- rearranged the blog furniture! I was tired of all the nagging little nuisances of the old template (which was actually a combination of two different ones). I just loved the old header, and hate to part with it, but I couldn’t make it work with this theme. I like the sleekness [...]

GRRRRRR. If you are trying to access my other websites, New York Traveler.net, New York Renovator, and Mrs. Mecomber’s Scrapbook… they’re down again. Oh, I just checked and now they are up. But my template to New York Traveler.net is a little screwy. Wha? Any geeks out there have any suggestions? I contacted my webhost [...]

I’m tightening security as best I can, and updating everything and anything for this blog. I’m learning the ropes of WordPress… my favorite site right now is the support forums! lol! So if you happen to find something amiss or not working properly around here, would you please either leave a comment or use the [...]

I’m getting that urge again. You bloggers (and obsessive furniture re-arrangers) know what I mean. It’s the urge to get a new WordPress theme! I feel it burning inside again! I just cannot stop browsing wordpress templates! I read that having a properly-coded blog theme is really important for speed and to mitigate excessive CPU [...]