Comments on: Plugins used on Blogrodent http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/ Pentecostal Rumination and Review Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:24:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Rich Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:38:03 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/plugins-used/#comment-677 Hi, Marc, I have had very good experiences with my new, current host: midphase.com. I was initially attracted to the new host because they offered "unlimited bandwidth." (WHich, I'm sure, is conditional upon you not using much!) I had a few overage charges from my old host, and I was fed up with my previous hosts's lack of support. I did the research and looked at all the current top-recommended hosts, and midphase looked good. Plus, the datacenter is right here in Chicago, and when I call the support line I actually get a live person down by the lake. (The online support, I suspect, is in some european/post-russian country, but it's still effective.) I absolutely love wordpress. I use Sixapart's Moveable Type at the office (ChristianityToday.com) and I'm frankly not as impressed with it. The biggest complaint about wordpress is "code bloat" and the fact that it's sluggish at times, but I recently installed a caching plugin for this weblog and it really has sped up quite a bit. As for why you're getting no results on the homepage, I can think of three or four possibilities for that: Prior to my installing the wp-cache plugin last weekend, this site would frequently time-out because it took so long to deliver a page. That could be one reason. Also, twice in the past month, the server I was residing on became the target of a denial-of-service attack. The support techs at midphase just automatically moved me to a new server when that happened. But when they do that, DNS gets messed up, and pages break for a few hours. That happened for the second time this last Monday. Also, I recently upgraded to version 2.0 of Wordpress, which is the latest-and-greatest upgrade to the blogging software. But the official "stable" release isn't as stable as we would like. So, I found the nightly build website and installed the latest patches as well. As you know, upgrades and patches frequently break stuff. So, that could be causing problems as well. However, in my fit of upgrade-mania, I found and got listed on a service to monitor my blog's web page delivery, and the results were apalling. That's what led to my installation of the wp-cache plugin. Look at these graphs: <div align="center"><a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/pix/grabperf-05-days-avg-2006-01-12.png"><img src="http://tatumweb.com/blog/pix/grabperf-05-days-avg-2006-01-12-thumb.jpg" border="0"></a> <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/pix/grabperf-05-days-scatter-2006-01-12.png"><img src="http://tatumweb.com/blog/pix/grabperf-05-days-scatter-2006-01-12-thumb.jpg" border="0"></a></div> Hope this helps! Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/">BlogRodent</a> Hi, Marc,

I have had very good experiences with my new, current host: midphase.com. I was initially attracted to the new host because they offered “unlimited bandwidth.” (WHich, I’m sure, is conditional upon you not using much!) I had a few overage charges from my old host, and I was fed up with my previous hosts’s lack of support. I did the research and looked at all the current top-recommended hosts, and midphase looked good. Plus, the datacenter is right here in Chicago, and when I call the support line I actually get a live person down by the lake. (The online support, I suspect, is in some european/post-russian country, but it’s still effective.)

I absolutely love wordpress. I use Sixapart’s Moveable Type at the office (ChristianityToday.com) and I’m frankly not as impressed with it. The biggest complaint about wordpress is “code bloat” and the fact that it’s sluggish at times, but I recently installed a caching plugin for this weblog and it really has sped up quite a bit.

As for why you’re getting no results on the homepage, I can think of three or four possibilities for that: Prior to my installing the wp-cache plugin last weekend, this site would frequently time-out because it took so long to deliver a page. That could be one reason. Also, twice in the past month, the server I was residing on became the target of a denial-of-service attack. The support techs at midphase just automatically moved me to a new server when that happened. But when they do that, DNS gets messed up, and pages break for a few hours. That happened for the second time this last Monday.

Also, I recently upgraded to version 2.0 of Wordpress, which is the latest-and-greatest upgrade to the blogging software. But the official “stable” release isn’t as stable as we would like. So, I found the nightly build website and installed the latest patches as well.

As you know, upgrades and patches frequently break stuff. So, that could be causing problems as well.

However, in my fit of upgrade-mania, I found and got listed on a service to monitor my blog’s web page delivery, and the results were apalling. That’s what led to my installation of the wp-cache plugin. Look at these graphs:

Hope this helps!

Rich
BlogRodent

]]> By: Marc V http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/comment-page-1/#comment-673 Marc V Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:05:28 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/plugins-used/#comment-673 I'm thinking about taking the plunge to Wordpress and actually shelling out $$ for a domain name and hosting service, so I may try to get some free advice from you. I've noticed lately (last two weeks) that your main page does not show up sometimes. Do you think it is a problem with the hosting service, some glitches in a plug-in or other parts of your web page? I’m thinking about taking the plunge to Wordpress and actually shelling out $$ for a domain name and hosting service, so I may try to get some free advice from you.

I’ve noticed lately (last two weeks) that your main page does not show up sometimes. Do you think it is a problem with the hosting service, some glitches in a plug-in or other parts of your web page?

]]> By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/comment-page-1/#comment-669 Rich Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:50:34 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/plugins-used/#comment-669 Great! I've modified it to version 1.55 and reset my cache. I hope it fixes those odd occassions when it hyperlinks text that doesn't point to a verse. I love scripturizer, though. Good work on it. I'd suggest adding an option to define an optional style for the references and to optionally implement target="_blank" for the references. RIch. Great! I’ve modified it to version 1.55 and reset my cache. I hope it fixes those odd occassions when it hyperlinks text that doesn’t point to a verse.

I love scripturizer, though. Good work on it.

I’d suggest adding an option to define an optional style for the references and to optionally implement target=”_blank” for the references.

RIch.

]]> By: Glen Davis http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/comment-page-1/#comment-668 Glen Davis Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:59:23 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/plugins-used/#comment-668 Good list of plugins. You might want to take a look at the current revision of Scripturizer. We've upgraded it fairly significantly (as long as you're using Wordpress version 1.5 or above) http://dev.wp-plugins.org/file/scripturizer/trunk/scripturizer.php Good list of plugins. You might want to take a look at the current revision of Scripturizer. We’ve upgraded it fairly significantly (as long as you’re using Wordpress version 1.5 or above) http://dev.wp-plugins.org/file/scripturizer/trunk/scripturizer.php

]]> By: Rich http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Rich Tue, 10 Jan 2006 08:30:25 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/plugins-used/#comment-656 Thanks, Lindsey, for your kind words. I worry that I not seem contentious while being critical in the good sense. Unfortunately, I don't know if I have solutions for my critiques, which puts me in danger of being not much better than the average heckler. Hopefully, though, dialog is a start. Rich. <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/">BlogRodent</a> Thanks, Lindsey, for your kind words. I worry that I not seem contentious while being critical in the good sense. Unfortunately, I don’t know if I have solutions for my critiques, which puts me in danger of being not much better than the average heckler. Hopefully, though, dialog is a start.

Rich.
BlogRodent

]]> By: Lindsey Hawley http://tatumweb.com/blog/2006/01/09/plugins-used/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Lindsey Hawley Tue, 10 Jan 2006 06:24:12 +0000 http://tatumweb.com/blog/index.php/2006/01/09/plugins-used/#comment-648 Thanks for the info...I'm looking forward to trying the Amazon plugin. Appreciated your thoughts on church growth versus spiritual growth in the A/G, you graciously highlighted some potentially uncomfortable info in a way that calls us to action instead of complaint. Thanks for the info…I’m looking forward to trying the Amazon plugin.
Appreciated your thoughts on church growth versus spiritual growth in the A/G, you graciously highlighted some potentially uncomfortable info in a way that calls us to action instead of complaint.

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