Though skinning [tag]CivicSpace[/tag] is actually not that hard, USING it is a COMPLETELY different story. It amazes me that this system is used by government bureacrats . . . hmm, maybe that’s not so hard to understand after all– government bureacrats are, after all, the experts at obfuscation, smoke and mirrors, and confusing rules and [...]

So I installed [tag]wp-spamassassin[/tag] last night after that bizarre [tag]trackback spam[/tag] episode, where I got over thirty trackback spams inside a couple hours, each of which had to be deleted one at a time. I haven’t gotten any more trackback spam since shortly after I installed the plugin, so I think it’s working (though there [...]

Yeah, ever since I designed that [tag]blogskin[/tag] for [tag]PC Mike[/tag] and he not only blogged me but allowed me the linkback, things have been nuts here. He got hit hard with [tag]Comment Spam[/tag] when he switched from [tag]TypePad[/tag] to [tag]WordPress[/tag], and being a TV Celeb and all, who is linked from both the NBC News [...]

The last couple years for me has been about getting my webskills up to par re xhtml and css. Though I can’t say I’m one of the experts, I’ve certainly developed more than enough competency to do whatever I need to do with [tag]xhtml/css[/tag] in a reasonable amount of time, sometimes from scratch, sometimes using [...]

I’ve finally been making headway in the fight to make [tag]source ordered negative margin layouts[/tag] work in [tag]WordPress 2.0[/tag] but it’s been an uphill battle. The problem seems to be in clearing. A LOT more clearing elements are needed in the [tag]css[/tag] to make layouts work in [tag]WordPress 2.0 themes[/tag] in Firefox that aren’t needed [...]