Reproach of Men Blog » Website updates

Site Update

Paul — Sun, 16 May 2010 05:05:11 +0000

I have added a new page to the blog portion of the website in preparation for the change to a Content Management System for the website. I have been working on several themes in preparation of changing several sites and am also working on moving content from the static (HTML and XHTML) pages to a dynamic (PHP and MySQL) database driven website.

A Problem Resolved – (Or should be)

Paul — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:29:46 +0000

What I figured was the plugin had to be picking up the callout in the CSS file and utilizing the graphic and background color defined there. I figured this had to be the case since I have background images for the sidebar and post, and it never picks that image up. However, that image is the background for the

that wraps the content of the post page.

IE 6 Quirks

Paul — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:54:36 +0000

Ahhh, Internet Explorer 6. The web browser that is not a browser. After having worked on the design of this blog, and getting it correct in IE6, I (wrongfully) assumed that the alignment and fit of the content and sidebar would stay correct. I finished working the last few things and checked it with Firefox and [...]

New Theme

Paul — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:45:10 +0000

I finally got around to reworking a new theme for the blog that is more in line with the design of the rest of the website. There are still a couple of tweaks to accomplish, but I am largely done with the redesign. This theme is also more accessible to those folks who do not have [...]

An Uncooperative Tool

Paul — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:12 +0000

Running and managing a blog is an interesting exercise in patience, particularly when that blog is in your own webspace and you are solely responsible for all the management, housekeeping and troubleshooting of the problems that can occur when it is upgraded, features are added, etc. Recently, I upgraded the software that runs the blog, turned [...]

Blog Issues

Paul — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:41:23 +0000

Of late I have had some issues with the comments and how comments are handled by the blog. Out of the blue I found comments on older posts turned off, comment moderation turned on for all posts, and “login prior to comment” turned on. In researching the issue, I found this to be not unusual and [...]

Lessons Learned

Paul — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:27:41 +0000

No, this is not about something expressly Scriptural or Biblical. However, if you want, you could take some serious spiritual application from it. I started designing (I’ll use the term loosely here) web pages about four years ago. I launched the Reproach of Men site a little over three years ago after tinkering with HTML code [...]

Bugs

Paul — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:50:07 +0000

Sometimes, “Default” is really the only way to really make something work. Since I use WordPress, and it is “free” all the responsibility for making sure it works correctly falls upon my shoulders. I must do all the testing, all the modifications, and if I mess it up, then I have no one to blame [...]

Security

Paul — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:41:06 +0000

I have had to take a slight hiatus due to security concerns over this blog. I have a non-standard install and that doesn’t help any at all in trying to secure things. However, in checking the normal security items, the blog seems pretty secure. Nonetheless, someone created some strange links to posts that I could [...]

Website Changes — Hymn format

Paul — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:35:20 +0000

The formatting of the hymns have been seriously upgraded and changed. The layout is now fixed-width even for standards compliant browsers as this particular type of document seems to do best in a fixed-width layout. You can access any one of the hymns currently on the website through the Hymns and Music page. Or, you can [...]