I’m replying to comments on my UtopiaMechanicus.com website, and I’m thinking – “why don’t I see those fancy nested comments like elsewhere?” You know, the ones that allow you to reply directly under any comment, and then reply to that, and so on, instead of adding a reply to the very end, and hoping somebody figures out you were answering them?

First step is to use a newer theme – this feature was added around WP 2.7, so themes before that time simply won’t show nested comments. The good news …

The Latest Issue of ‘The ActiveBlogging Report’ is now ready.

Topics:

What’s New With ActiveBlogging.

WP: 3.3. New WordPress, new jazz reference – is it time to upgrade?

The ActiveBlogging “Thank You” Plugin. Need to thank people on your site? Here’s a handy widget that makes it easy to manage them.

Adding Sidebars to Posts in the TwentyEleven Theme. The sidebar is handy, but missing from TwentyEleven – here’s how to add it back in.

Braille, The Blind, and What’s Coming In 2012. A side project of mine this year …

I admit it – I’m not a big fan of upgrading. I used Windows 98 far longer than most, I regularly use a compiler I bought in 1999, and I make my notes on a program called Ecco (with a copyright of 1997)!

There’s a good reason for this – if a system works, adjusting it is time and effort. I’ve found this with software AND hardware. I hate upgrading a computer, since the down time in updating is always longer than I’d like. And I’m not alone; look at …

I’m a big fan of good grammar – or at least good enough that I can usually tell “who” from “whom” and know my “its” from “it’s”…

So I was quite excited to try the After the Deadline plugin, which helps correct grammar, as well as style.

Interesting, and if you are concerned about your writing as I am, well worth a look – however, I’ve since uninstalled it.

The problem? In a nutshell, it’s a fine line from helping me to nagging me.

Various times, I tried to submit …

If there’s one phrase guaranteed to be wasted on the search engines (with 233 million results!), it’s the title of this post. Nonetheless, I’m using it for a simple reason – I don’t like it.

Now I like WordPress, I do – but when I get a new blog put up, and spend an hour or so tweaking it the way I want, then standing back and admiring my personalized site on the Internet, I definitely do NOT think of it as ‘just’ another blog. It’s mine, my efforts, and …