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Adding custom post types to Wordpress 3

Jul 1st

Posted by Andy G in Development

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In the latest version of the Wordpress blogging platform, the developers have (finally) introduced Custom Post Types, allowing it to become more of a CMS without extensive use of plugins. Unfortunately, after installing the latest version, you’ll probably have noticed that there doesn’t immediatly appear to be any way to create your own. That’s because

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Incase you missed it – Wordpress 3.0 released!

Jun 18th

Posted by Andy G in Development

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Last night Wordpress 3.0 was released to the general public. Having previewed it previously on this blog, nothing has really surprised me in terms of what has been updated – but it is still nice to go from release candidate to full version.
Set up is now quicker than ever, so give it a go on

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Can I have a quick word(le)?

Jun 6th

Posted by Andy G in General

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Quick update to announce (maybe a bit too grand of a word?) that the “About me” page is up on the top nav-bar (yep, that’s the one!). Feel free to click it and learn all about me in the form of a Wordle.
Thank god for Web 2.0 tools, doing 99% of the work for me!

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LA to NYC road trip done 4 minutes

Jun 6th

Posted by Andy G in Travel

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Since I can remember, I’ve always been planning road trip around America – west to east. This blog will be filled up in a year or two with entries documenting my travels, but for now here is a fantastic video of a guy (& his friend) driving from LA to New York City, sped up

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Jun 2nd

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Spent a few hours (read: obsessively too long) tidying up my personal email inbox today, striving towards the eventual goal of Inbox Zero. Whilst working through the several thousand emails I realized “Wow, I have a crap load of spam, I should probably unsubscribe”. Emails from Top Table and Play.com are a devil on my

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