I have been ever so slightly *MIA* here, I realize.  This is due to several reasons - - some personal - - others just involve lots of work and lots of catching up on work!  I do have lots going on, though - so let me get right to it! A few months back, I did a post here about a site that I had lau...

The times are changing and so are the blog networks, something that appeared to be a solid business model a couple of years back, but now deemed a rough one if you want to succeed. One company above others are being mentioned whenever blog networks are branded as a failed idea, and that’s b5me...

As this week is winding down, I’m feeling like I’ve finally come in from the rain (or the snow, since I’m in Wisconsin). Work has been crazy nuts over the past two weeks and I’ve been pushing myself harder than usual to meet deadlines and get things done. Some of it goes rath...

Aus meinem Twitterstrom habe ich gerade einen Link zu BuddyPress.org gefischt, und das hat meine Phantasie angeregt. Denn BuddyPress bringt Bloglandschaften (= Multiuser-Blogs) und Social Networking-Funktionalität zusammen. Und zwar auf Basis von WordPress MU. Da ein studentisches Team  zur Zeit s...

Ah yes, them were the days when we had to type blog posts on quaint old keyboards. Can you imagine it? You actually had to write everything letter by letter. Today’s thought entry systems are so much more convenient don’t you think? That there Matt fella is still the youngster he always ...

I have been so busy with work lately that it has been very hard to keep up with non-work websites. Since most of the sites do not need much ongoing maintenance, this has not been a big problem, but Autiblogger has been needing some TLC for a while now. I had to shut down on-site registration a while...

WordPress MU, short for Multi-User, is a WordPress version that you probably have used without really knowing it. Automattic’s hosted blog service, WordPress.com, uses WordPress MU, although what you get when signing up with WordPress.com is pretty far from your basic WordPress MU install. In ...

Although Dreamhost is listed in the hosting section of WordPress.org the code base for WordPress MU is a different beast and has other requirements so unless you know PHP intimately then I suggest you don’t try to install WPMU at Dreamhost at this stage. The same goes for any other host that r...