Flynn's Paws: My Thoughts, My Gripes

Tag: WordPress

  • A tip on syndication feeds…

    I just saw the following message on my dashboard. It reads as:

    “Tip: Your syndication feeds are set to show the most recent 60 posts. Change it to 10 or 15 posts to make your feed load faster.”

    —

    I guess I’d better set both blog pages and/or syndication fees to 15. But I’d like my “contents” section to fill up/match the left side/sidebars to the right.

    Dashboard| Settings > Reading settings

    • Blog pages show at most [enter number here] posts
    • Syndication feeds show the most recent [enter number here] items

  • 20111022-Trying Theme

    Tonight and for $55.00 (a double-digit numerical value), I purchased a Premium Theme! That’s right! I’ve got 30 days to try out my new WordPress theme.

    The layout of this theme is VERY simple. And this time I like reading SMALLER fonts. I noticed LARGER fonts make reading MUCH slower. More spaces in between lines/paragraphs and contents/sidebars tend to distract me.

    The meta data  underneath the post title: “Written on [datetime stamp] by [author]” section for the ONE and ONLY excerpt found on the “index/front/home” page, followed by links for Edit, Categories, Tags and Comments section for the “single view” page.

    The content is to the left of the sidebar widget. Five of my main/parent pages fit VERY nicely on the top navigation bar. But the “Site Title” feels too bulky for the small box on the upper right hand corner and on the lower left hand section of the footer. The “Search” form is located on the upper right hand corner.

    The footer has the “Tagline” and default fields for RSS Posts and RSS Comments. Credit for the theme designer is given as usual here.

    The most recent post entry is shown as an excerpt. The same goes for “Sticky Posts”. “Rate This” is shown on this excerpt.

    “Recent Entries” show only the Post title; the meta and comments. “Recent Entries” can be changed via the “Reading Settings” of the Dashboard. A maximum of five “Recent Comments” is shown as excerpts.

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  • Tagline quote…

    I’d thought I’d share/test this “Quote” I just discovered/borrowed/stolen on/from John Jr’s weblog site:

    “The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” ~Reverend Mother Superior Gaius Helen Mohiam

    I don’t know what this quote means but I’m ready for the next set of realities, if any. I’m bored.

  • Baby pillows…

    Behold! The completion of baby pillows – one over each ear at night! The embroidered covers were already done long ago. But there were no pillows, which have now been created by Maw from a jumbo sized pillow and encased in bleached white Muslin material.

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  • Fix Site Stats…

    Since the WordPress.com Support cannot be contacted until October 29: Can you please fix my site stats?

    • My other registered WordPress.com weblog (Private) has activities done on September and October 2011 while I’m still logged as admin.
    • Why are there 204 View from Today’s “Referrers”: WordPress.com?
    • Will NON-permalinks EVER be captured as part of the Site Stats?
    • Can you capture Site Stats to differentiate/include visits done via WordPress apps, such as Android, etc?

  • New Zemanta image settings…

    A few minutes ago, I noticed three things as I was trying to insert a Recommended Image from Zemanta. And I saw the following message:

    Hey! This is important. We changed the way images are inserted with Zemanta. Read more at our blog.

    • Images get inserted to blinking cursor position:
    • More than one image:
    • Image settings:

  • 20111020-Tweaking Again

    Yeah. I think I better stop editing my posts too often. I noticed my online reader showed the updates of my OLD post and that’s not good, especially when subscribers get a dump on their emails.

    So yesterday, I’ve set my Blog Site to “Private“; while I “Published” old posts that were temporarily set to “Private”, which I should have NOT done. Hopefully, this technique will allow for Bulk Actions of editing without the emails of my latest/updated blog entries emailed en masses.

    Instead of using all Three Footer Areas, I placed all my widgets into the Main Sidebar, which is only visible when viewing the “index/front/home” page of my most recent posts. Of course, when viewing in the “single view” post, the Twenty-Eleven theme doesn’t show the Main Sidebar widgets.

    So far, I have 26 posts set “Aside” and those appear as part of the “Ephemera” widget on the very top of the Main Sidebar; followed by the “static” widgets and then the “variable” widgets.

    Some of these posts were originally saves as “Pages”, which are now five pages — About, FAQ, Flynn, Contact, and Notice. Only the “About” page show a “Showcase Template” of Recent posts and sidebar widgets.

  • Assuming call to help (again)…

    Usually, I like to read feeds of bloggers if I have the time. But today, I Unsubscribed from blog sites via my online reader. So I’m down to a handful of the ones that appeal to my topics of interest: conspiracy and paranormal.

    Sometimes, I would view unfortunate blog entries. And my heart goes out to them. For example, I see two “Clicks” to a dedicated blogger in my Site Stats. This sort of activity could mean something. But I am not sure.

    Further as mentioned in my previous blog entry, the appearances of chemtrail-like clouds are but reminders/calling cards to people like me. But I do NOT understand the visual representations.

    Honestly, I still have no income and have no luck looking for a job. I am worried about paying next year’s income tax and I still have to repay the old farts because the fat bastard has leaders who refuse to do the right things.

    So I cannot help at this time. I think that is enough for now. Have a good evening!

  • En masse goofs…

    First, my apologise goes to my email subscribers.

    Second, I thank “genomega” for letting me know that around 600 emails were sent out.

    I “Published” previously “Private” Plinky.com posts.

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  • Talent good…

    Last night, we saw Cain singing from an old 1991 video. So while some politicians have the gift of gab or were born with a silver soon in their mouths, surely there are other skills, talent, and abilities a potential POTUS could possibly possess and inspire others to find their best assets.

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  • Watching debate…

    I’m watching the western republican presidential debate. Well, tonight I am hoping to learn from these potential POTUS. All of them are okay. I really don’t have any favorites, really. Everyone gets to serve.

    If you can touch my heart and bring tears to my eyes, then we resonate at some level. For example, during the MLK memorial on October 16, there was a song “We Can Overcome”. This evening on our local radio station, Mark R. Levin offered to help a dying guy. I was moved in both instances.

    Sharing reasonable facts and telling the truth would help me better understand this current reality and further meditate on the direction of our nation and the whole world.

    Good luck chumps, err, friends.

    Posted from WordPress for Android

  • 20111018-Bored Again

    Hallelujah! I’m bored again!

    High-altitude, armada of BABY wispy clouds were in the skies early this morning, just like yesterday. Then an old chemtrail cloud was directly over our house and seemed to have terminated somewhere past the Great Mall (in Milpitas, CA) at around 10:00am. The LONG popcorn cloud reminded me of a dude who won’t let up with his shenanigans. Call it his “call card” if you will.

    After walking, talking and eating lunch at Carl’s Jr where there was a cute white baby girl babbling intelligently enough for Maw to get up and take a look and compliment, I spent most of the afternoon blogging! That’s right! I found out that domain renewals are non-refundable! Blast! So I’ve moved my Plinky.com responses over to thebloggingpath site and then changed the status from “Private” to “Published”.

    Further, the Ephemera widget (from the Twenty-Eleven WordPress.com theme) are those posts which used to be my static pages! I like it better this way because this widget appears in both places: “Main Sidebar” and “Showcase Sidebar”. Again the “variable” widgets are in Footer Area One while the “fixed” widgets are in Footer Area Two. Footer Area Three is optional, too.