SimplePress is faster and better now with the 3.1.1 build. This release was mostly about optimization, and the crew at Yellow Swordfish did a great job with the back end. Still there are a few new features that make SP even better than before!

I’ll be shutting down during the upgrade. I’ve finished upgrading my other WordPress sites, and ran into minor problems with my server config that might mean display oddities in the forum, but stay tuned, we shall be beautiful again soon!

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I’m happy to present my first WordPress tutorial video. I must apologize for the quality and hope that will improve as time goes on.

This tutorial guides you through a basic 5-minute installation, and shows you exactly how to change the default prefix and user login of WordPress - a little extra protection against those who might wish your beautiful site harm! Enjoy!

Put Spring in your forum! That sounds corny, I know, but I live in crazy Oregon, who can’t make up her mind if it’s spring or not. Right now I am freezing my Georgia peach butt off and huddled inside. Lucky for you - because I made buttons!

These buttons are called Spring Green, made with CC and GPL icons and Photoshop. Included are two layered Photoshop files so you can make your own custom buttons or changes.

Spring Green Buttons downloaded 373 times.

I’ve been in a happy daze all week that’s only partly due to the Vicodin I got from the clinic on Monday, when I nearly broke my hand while wrestling with the dog. Since I discovered SimplePress™ by Andy at Yellow Swordfish, I’ve been on a mission, hunting down CC and GPL icons to use in the Garden’s forum skin. In the process I created a couple of GDKs to speed up the process for future buttons, and am offering them for download here, along with a finished set.

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I’ve upgraded the Gardens to the new versions of WordPress and bbPress. While WP 2.5 rocks my world, bbPress does not. I want a much tighter integration, so I’m pitching the hours I spent making this theme for bbPress, and retiring those forums. For now. I may change my mind later.

Onward and upward! I used SimplePress from Stuff at Yellow Swordfish. I’ve already installed it at BK2K Web Design and it’s quite nifty!

Soon to come - a new theme release, and tutorial movies! Stay tuned…