Having trouble with comments seems to be a thing at present. I thought it was just me, but then Damyanti wrote a blog post asking for feedback, and I sent her quite a lot. And then I worked out why
On Comments and NaNoWriMo | #IWSG
Silence hides a plethora of excuses
Excuses today for the silence from me most of this month, except for the moon landing post. Did you notice? I haven’t been out much either this month, failing to visit just about everyone. Book reviews are generally prepared soon
First steps in WordPress Gutenberg editor WP5.2
I took my first steps in using the WordPress new Gutenberg system last week. For non-wordpress users, this is an upgrade which changed the way we write our posts. You no longer have have one frame to write your blog
When Privacy stops you Blogging – Safari and Comments
Privacy is an issue we all need to take heed of online. All those scammers waiting, lurking, to steal our identities and act fraudulently, incurring the wrath of who knows whom on us. As you know, I tend to take
Website performance – is it important?
Website performance seems to be the latest tool to get bloggers in a spin. The Story Reading Ape reblogged an interesting post by Jean at Jean’s Writing asking Do you know the visibility of your website? Naturally, I spent yesterday evening
Two weeks with Yoast
I installed Yoast SEO on this site a fortnight ago, so I thought I’d give you some feedback–but I’d like feedback from you too. What is Yoast? It’s a plugin for WordPress sites that helps you attend to your Search Engine
On Author Websites
Another in my occasional posts on the technical side of being an author-publisher. This is a follow-up to my post on being one’s own webmaster really. Many WordPress users have been suffering from gremlins recently, and it seems that about
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