Archives for February, 2008.

Create a Glossary with WordPress

[EDIT: Tested with WordPress 2.7.1]
I wanted to create a glossary that facilitates terms, buzz words and acronyms used in modern computing. I needed something that was simple to update and manage, and use the capabilities of WordPress rather than creating a simple page with hyperlinks/bookmarks, which would require jumping back and forth into code. Read the rest of this entry

Software Development Lessons

I was reading this top ten list yesterday, and I thought I can probably come up with my own list of things no-one told me before I started developing software. I’m going to highlight the three items I particularly agree with. Read the rest of this entry

Change Default Thumbnail Size in WordPress

I’ve been using WordPress for a few weeks now, and thinks it’s an awesome blogging tool, however, as with most applications it doesn’t do exactly what I want it to do. One of the annoyances I have right now, is that the thumbnail image WordPress 2.3 creates is too small for my tastes and so I wanted to find a way to change this. It is actually quite easy to change – it just requires modification to one WordPress file. Read the rest of this entry