I’m going to start posting more technical content on this blog from now on. Ranging from details on any personal development projects I happen to be working on, links to various technologies and frameworks I find interesting to guides on setting up or configuring various systems etc.
I’m hoping this change of tack will help me blog more often here.
Well 2009 came and went quickly, the majority of it was spent buying and then moving into our first home (more on that another time). I then proceeded to spend the last 6 months thinking about what I want to use this site for and very little time doing anything about it. Yesterday I started to make a few changes, I configured WordPress as the CMS behind the whole site rather than just being used for a blog. It’s not my ideal solution but it’s a start in the right direction at the very least. I’m looking for a bliki type solution really along the same lines as Yaki that powers Tao of Mac. But until I find a Java based version that I like it’ll do for now, should allow me to focus on the content rather than the mechanism for getting the content online anyway. I’ve also dropped the “www.” from the URL for the site, it was long enough anyway!
I think I’ve got WordPress configured correctly just need to go through all the posts and fix any broken links and images due to the mod_rewrite/redirect rules I’ve put in place. Next thing on the list is to scrap the current theme and go with “Twenty Ten” until I either find a minimalistic theme I like or make my own.
Hopefully this post should still show up on the old feed link? In future the link to the Atom feed for this site will be: http://jonathanbullock.com/feed/atom/
I’m testing out the MaemoWordPy client for WordPress on the Nokia N800.
Back in July me and Hel went for a walk round Dolgoch Falls near Abergynolwyn. I’ve just got round to putting the photos online.
I finally got round to upgrading the blog to WordPress 2.6.1 last night and it seemed to go without a hitch. It was my first upgrade of WordPress so I checked their site for upgrade instructions before I went through the process, and to my surprise the page had already been upgraded for 2.6.1. The documentation for WordPress is fantastic and proof that an open source project can do it just as well as a commercial offering.
I’ve finally uploaded the photos from my trip to New York City back in 2005 after being reminded by Rhys‘ recent trip to New York. In summary I had a fantastic time and can’t believe nearly 3 years have passed already. I can’t wait to go back! If you get the chance, go, you won’t regret it!
A few of my favourite photos are included below…
I’ve been tweaking my theme recently to make it more search engine friendly and it seems to have worked as I’m getting a few hits direct to posts from Google searches. In case anyone is wondering I’ve just made sure the HTML meta tags always have values (using the post excerpt & tags) and that the post title comes first in the page title if applicable. I know there are some plugins I could have used to do the same job however I learnt quite a bit about WordPress themes in achieving my goal. I’m more familiar with WordPress and themes now than I was before anyway.
Does anyone have any other SEO tips they can suggest?
After a break of nearly 5 years, my blog is back.
I first started blogging back in 2002. I posted about anything and everything that interested me, the blog also allowed me to document my many attempts to quit smoking. The blog only lasted a year due to various reasons however in 2005 I finally quit smoking!
So why have I started again?
Well I’m a web developer without any presence on the Internet which just isn’t right. Last year I decided to correct this by creating a personal web site. While deciding what to put on the site the idea of having a blog again came about. Since then I’ve found myself thinking about things that occur in daily life that I could have blogged about. I finally decided to do something about it and set up a blog so I have an outlet for my rants!
I should also say that the inspriation to get off my arse and actually get this blog up and running was finding out that 2 people I know through “real life” had blogs (hat tip: Rhys & Andrew). I suggest you go and check their blogs out as they are both an excellent read!
I’m still getting to grips with WordPress so expect changes to the blog fairly often!
