http://www.rockoyster.net the world doesn't stand still . . . neither should your web site! Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:51:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The latest stable release of Wordpress with the rather scrumptious new admin interface has been released and I've upgraded to it quick as you like. You can get it here. http://www.rockoyster.net/2008/03/30/worpress-25-released/ Saw the link today on the Wordpress Developer blog so I thought I'd give it a go and join the testing throng. Didn't have to change the theme or anything. Most of the changes are improvements in the admin side of Wordpress. Looks very pretty! http://www.rockoyster.net/2008/03/19/upgraded-to-wordpress-25-rc1/ Time for a change so I implemented this very minimalist theme that I found via Stylized Web. http://www.rockoyster.net/2008/03/13/implementing-clarity-theme/ That's the catchphrase of Yarra Valley Pasta.  They have had a website for some time but ofund it increasingly difficult to keep up to date and to add content.  I converted their static site to Joomla 1.5 as a way of finding out how the new release of this great ... http://www.rockoyster.net/2008/03/13/enjoy-life-eat-real-pasta/ I recently built a site for Stephanie Tabram, a Tasmian landscape and still-life artist. In the longer term Stephanie wanted to update the site herself but in the short term I decided to hand code in PHP. In due course I will migrate it to Drupal or Wordpress once ... http://www.rockoyster.net/2008/03/13/showcase-for-a-tasmanian-artist/ At the end of October I ceased trading as rockoyster. I'll still keep mucking about with web sites but only as a hobby rather than as anything more serious. Seeing I no longer have a registered business name I can't keep my old .com.au domain name so I have shifted ... http://www.rockoyster.net/2007/12/22/winding-back-on-work/ I recently got an offer from one of those interminable affiliate programs offering the secrets of SEO for a mere $19.95. This price never to be repeated shoppers - that's right $19.95. Seemed like an offer too bad to accept. Why spend money on rubbish when $19.95 will ... http://www.rockoyster.net/2007/09/26/is-seo-really-such-a-mystery/ There are so many content management systems available today that the decision making process can become daunting. I have decided to restrict my development activities to just three; Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress. But which one is best for your needs? Here's a good article which compares Wordpress and Drupal. http://www.rockoyster.net/2007/09/21/which-content-management-system-should-you-specify/ A couple of days after returning from a visit to Tasmania I was watching The Cook and the Chef on ABC TV. The program featured the Woodbridge Smokehouse just south of Hobart so I had a look to see if they had a web site. I discovered they only had ... http://www.rockoyster.net/2007/09/17/no-smoke-without-fire/ It was getting a bit tedious updating my old static website so I decided to shift it to Wordpress. Makes sense seeing I am focussing almost exclusively on building CMS-based websites these days. There are so many CMS products about that it becomes a bit mind-boggling to choose. ... http://www.rockoyster.net/2007/09/15/a-new-look-for-spring/