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Upgrading WordPress Today (NOT!)

Dear Readers,

We are upgrading to the latest release of WordPress today. Hopefully nothing will explode but if it does we will get things working again as soon as possible. Usually there is no problem and we expect this upgrade to be similar.

Gene

Edit: If any of you visited in the three hours we . . . → Read More: Upgrading WordPress Today (NOT!)

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More Shopping Site Updates

I am slowly but surely getting content on our shopping site. I actually added some items for you Microsoft users today. A service item for Microsoft system recovery and an AVG Internet Security item. Granted, these are not fun items but they are necessary for many Microsoft users none the less. There are plenty of . . . → Read More: More Shopping Site Updates

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Moving to Drupal

Our main site and our shopping cart are moving to Drupal with Ubercart. We are going to continue using WordPress for our web log and will post information about the site move here. Those of you that are our customers who have used our shopping cart in the past may have to re-register when the . . . → Read More: Moving to Drupal

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Plugin “Add to Any” Installed

In the interest of self promotion and increasing user friendliness for our web log I installed the “Add to Any” plugin this morning. If one is using Firefox with NoScript then allow addtoany.com in NoScript for the plugin to work for you. Look for the Share/Save button at the bottom of pages and posts to . . . → Read More: Plugin “Add to Any” Installed

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WordPress Update Done

We just completed our WordPress update and everything appears to be working. However, the theme we are using no longer appears to render correctly with the updated WordPress. So, we will be changing themes. We are currently in the process of evaluating WordPress themes and should have a new one that does render correctly with . . . → Read More: WordPress Update Done

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WordPress Update Again

Another WordPress update is out and we are going to be applying it soon. If this “borks” the site we will get it fixed as soon as possible. We may have to change themes (again!) with this update so please bear with us while we do.

For all of you that read what is written . . . → Read More: WordPress Update Again

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Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1

I just upgraded our web log to WordPress 2.5.1 today. Everything appears “OK” to me but there may be problems that I did not see. If anyone notices a problem with the site please e-mail our web support desk using this Web Site Feedback form (opens in a new window or tab). Thank you!

. . . → Read More: Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1

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Google Sucks! (And Google Can Be Wrong)

I really loathe the fact that Google has decided to be Net Nanny for all of us. Go ahead and try this even if you dislike Google as much as I do. Go to the Google main page and type in, including the quotes, “blog.eracc.com” and click their [I'm Feeling Lucky] button. Did you see . . . → Read More: Google Sucks! (And Google Can Be Wrong)

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Trying “Blue Lines” WordPress Theme

Yet another theme change. Bear with me folks, I’ll find one that works for most of you yet. I do like this one a lot though.

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[No Longer] Trying “Hello Blogger” WordPress Theme

I have received complaints about the fixed width theme we have been using all of 24 hours now. So, I am trying the Hello Blogger theme today I downloaded from FreeWordPressThemes.com. This is a simple, semi-fluid width theme that should work ok for everyone (I pray!). Please post any comments about this theme here.

. . . → Read More: [No Longer] Trying “Hello Blogger” WordPress Theme

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