larryayers

Hey, all, listen to Joni in a response about halfway up the page! She has the issue pegged, for sure.

Let me chime in here with my thanks for all of the great help I’ve derived from this forum, yes, even from Podz, who seems to hate me!

The Search box is your friend, remember!

Hey, I’m just glad to see a WordPress controversy arise that doesn’t involve me and podz!

So do I. It’s really quick. I also have a small Coppermine Gallery linked from the sidebar.

I’ve found that scaling an image to 600 pixels wide is just about right for a Kubrick-like layout.

Did you write a page and forget to save it? Pages work fine here, but I’ve noticed that when either writing a post or a page, if you go to another tabbed section of the admin interface your work is lost.

If you have a DSL connection witha static IP address you can always run your own web-server and host your own site. My site doesn’t have the bandwidth which a professional hosting firm can offer, but it’s sufficient for my needs and it’s handy!

Hey, philpeeps, I just tried out your script (after my disastrous corruption incident yesterday evening) and it works like a charm! I’m still a Mysql beginner and didn’t know about mysqldump, but thanks to you now I do. Now to set up a cron routine…

Very classy and understated design! I like the muted colors.

Classy-looking site; it reminds me a bit of https://www.2withspirit.com, which is a wonderfully designed site. I like that old-fashioned non-techie look!

Larry

It’s nice to see classy designs which aren’t clones of others. Love the colors, too!

I tried to download the file but a window popped up demanding a password. o-juice, I went to your site and really liked the colors and design!

Larry

I’m generally not a fan of dark background/light text in blogs (though I prefer the combination for text editing) but I liked your layout and presentation. What theme did you start from?

Larry

Maybe your versions of tar and gzip/gunzip are old? Perhaps the archive was created with newer versions of these programs which have features not found in yours. What OS are you using?

I usually type tar xvzf xxx.tar.gz, but your command looks like it should work. Run file on the archive (if you are on a unix-ish OS) and see what it has to say about your archive file.

Larry

It’s all moot at this point as O’Reilly hasn’t yet responded to my proposal.

As for donating profits to WP: who would these even go to? The developers of WP don’t seem to be in it for the money, as they have turned down offers of money in exchange for features. Is there some sort of WP non-profit organization in existence? I’m open to the idea of donating a portion of any profit I might make on a book to some sort of WP organization, if such an entity exists.

Larry

Even though Podz hates my guts, I’ll put in a good word for all the work he has put in both on these forums and at his site!

Larry

Good point, Joni. It is true that all of the underpinnings of WP are covered well by other O’Reilly books. I have many of these books on a shelf in my room, but isn’t there a need for a book that brings together the necessary elements of these varied free software subcultures and shows how they can work together to make possible a revolutionary publishing platform such as WordPress?

Thanks for the positive comments, ZephyrSky! The idea of a book/wiki combination has crossed my mind. I’m very impressed with the Wikipedia and use it often.

Larry