incorporated subversion http://incsub.org/blog Sun, 11 May 2008 01:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en 100 WordPress themes - that you don’t need to edit! http://incsub.org/blog/2008/100-wordpress-themes-that-you-dont-need-to-edit http://incsub.org/blog/2008/100-wordpress-themes-that-you-dont-need-to-edit#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 23:51:40 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1208 I released a new WordPress / WPMU theme pack yesterday with 100 themes, lots of them new and some old favorites (like Mandigo) reworked to allow for custom uploaded headers.

What’s really really cool about these themes though is that because they’re all set up to work on Edublogs, they require absolutely no code editing at all.

Every sidebar is widgetized, every big header can be replaced through the backend of WP and (hopefully almost) every bug has been squashed.

So with any luck it’ll be of a lot of use to regular WP folk as well as WPMU-ers.

Incidentally, did you know that ‘Farms’ theme packs have been downloaded over 20 thousand times!

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/100-wordpress-themes-that-you-dont-need-to-edit/feed Edublogs gets prettified! http://incsub.org/blog/2008/edublogs-gets-prettified http://incsub.org/blog/2008/edublogs-gets-prettified#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:47:19 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1206 Go check out our new makeover at Edublogs.

You can let us know what you think of it here.

I’m pretty happy we’ve been able to finally get it out, it’s been a while!

But if you really can’t be bothered to click above, then here’s a grab of it:

Although I reckon it looks much nicer in person!

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/edublogs-gets-prettified/feed Why I moved to Edublogs http://incsub.org/blog/2008/why-i-moved-to-edublogs http://incsub.org/blog/2008/why-i-moved-to-edublogs#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:19:13 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1205 Nice post from new Edublogs user Suzie :)

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/why-i-moved-to-edublogs/feed Happy blogday Sue! http://incsub.org/blog/2008/happy-blogday-sue http://incsub.org/blog/2008/happy-blogday-sue#comments Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:02:21 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1204 Congrats Sue… one year in and you’re already a serious vet!

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/happy-blogday-sue/feed Problogger the book! http://incsub.org/blog/2008/problogger-the-book http://incsub.org/blog/2008/problogger-the-book#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:30:50 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1203 If you’re looking for one book on making money by blogging, this is - seriously - the real deal.

Darren’s the pro-est of the pros so pre-order now!

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/problogger-the-book/feed Terraminds and tweetscan down? http://incsub.org/blog/2008/terraminds-and-tweetscan-down http://incsub.org/blog/2008/terraminds-and-tweetscan-down#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:50:53 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1202 Well, this is a pain in the butt… Terraminds and Tweetscan searches for Edublogs (on Twitter of course) are both down :/

Any suggestions for a more reliable way to get (very) regularly updated search RSS feeds from Twitter?

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/terraminds-and-tweetscan-down/feed I absolutely love this http://incsub.org/blog/2008/i-absolutely-love-this http://incsub.org/blog/2008/i-absolutely-love-this#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:10:00 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/?p=1201 I’ve gotta say, first looks at the new admin design made me freak out a bit but in actual use WordPress 2.5 is so very very nice it makes me smile. It’s like the iTouch of blogging aps, so full of beautiful detail that I’m, yet again, counting my blessings that I’ve build my entire professional life at the moment entirely around this gorgeous thing.

I mean yeh there are all the big new elements which rock (galleries etc.) but these other things really show some love …

  • I love the extra links next to log out
  • The extra level of tabs where Dashboard is (not to mention the new dashboard, how much are we gonna enjoy dashboard widgets!)
  • Splitting Manage / Options into Manage / Settings and putting settings over on the right is just plain sensible
  • Comments-in waiting (and the calendar icons) are just lovely
  • Making the uploader an optional click is about the best thing I could think of for so many many reasons
  • Tag suggestion is a nice touch

Cannae wait to implement this on Edublogs - people are gonna freak out!

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/i-absolutely-love-this/feed Rubbish Optus Cable Internet http://incsub.org/blog/2008/rubbish-optus-cable-internet http://incsub.org/blog/2008/rubbish-optus-cable-internet#comments Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:12:01 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/2008/rubbish-optus-cable-internet Well, Richard’s fix got over the ridiculous Optus cable internet issues we’ve been having accessing international sites… until this morning when, oops, it got turned off.

So, back to direct connections I went, and sure enough, come 12:30PM (for 30-40 minutes) pretty much every international site I’ve tried to access is unaccessible (including gmail - gah) and now the workaround isn’t getting me there either.

I’ve also now contacted them 3 times, and heard absolutely nothing through either their support or actual complaints lines (for which they guarantee a response!!!)

Each time I provided ping details, information and a cry for help… from a customer that uses them for 2 mobile, a landline and their most expensive residential net connection… but nothing seems to have come of it.

Anyway, I give up, iinet here I come and so should anyone else who actually wants to have a stable international net connection.

Update: If you’re having the same issue try switching your auto proxy config to http://webproxy.syd.optusnet.com.au/ (instead of http://webproxy02.syd.optusnet.com.au/) which might have fixed it for me. Still absolutely rubbish… let’s see if they bother to respond to my 3rd (or is it 4th?) support ticket.

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/rubbish-optus-cable-internet/feed Lulz http://incsub.org/blog/2008/lulz http://incsub.org/blog/2008/lulz#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:17:37 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/2008/lulz Oh, do come on, I thought I’d really reached the pinnacle of contrition on occasions over the last few years but this is just too funny :)

“We have learnt many valuable lessons during this process and would like to apologise for the way the transition period was handled.”

You’re not wrong - come on guys, a smiley wouldn’t have gone amiss :D

]]> http://incsub.org/blog/2008/lulz/feed Easter holidays now in the US? http://incsub.org/blog/2008/easter-holidays-now-in-the-us http://incsub.org/blog/2008/easter-holidays-now-in-the-us#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:26:31 +0000 James http://incsub.org/blog/2008/easter-holidays-now-in-the-us So, is it Easter holiday time now in the US… just this week or two weeks or does it vary all round?

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