coComment slowing down FireFox

As a blogger you probably comment on blogs all over the internet. If you’re like me it’s that interaction that drew you to blogging in the first place. But it’s difficult to track all of those conversations.
A few days ago I downloaded and installed a plugin for Firefox called coComment which promises, and [...]

How to install a theme in Simple Machines Forums

The basic SMF theme is fairly good. Heck, I’m using a slightly modified version of it on two different forums. But if you’re looking for something a little different then there are hundreds of themes available at the Simple Machines Theme Site.
Finding one you like
Below is the basic theme. Not too bad, but [...]

Word count plugin for Wordpress

Do you find yourself needing to count how many words you have in a post? The Word Statistics Plugin does just what you need. In addition to counting words it also counts sentences and generates 3 statistics that tell you how readable your post is. The Fog and Kincaid scores both estimate [...]

Ultimate Tag Warrior 3

This is an experiment that I may or may not stay with, but I’ve installed the Ultimate Tag Warrior 3 on my blog so that I can tag posts. Hopefully by using tags alongside categories I’ll be able to keep the postings here fairly organized.
The installation was fairly simple, although it did take some [...]

Related post plugin for WordPress

I’ve been using an older version of the related posts Wordpress plugin for several months on my personal blog. Since then it’s been updated several times and is now at version 2.04 which is what’s now installed here.
Installation is fairly straightforward. One file, related-posts.php, needs to be uploaded to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder [...]