Coffee, support staff, and a lot of trial and error, but we are tagging the new and improved way. I think. This post is just a test..

What? I can test here! Sheesh!

tagged: blog blogging coffee tagging tag support crew   satisfied

daniel · early afternoon · 2 comments · ping it

I have been dreading changing my tagging setup. I have the current tagging software preferred by my CMS, but I am using it in the old way. Tonight I was going to do something about it, but instead did like 3 other blog things. 2 of which were all new plugins/extensions. I have been adding to and tweaking my code, copying and pasting stuff between templates to make sure it is all hunky dory on all my pages. I have a lot of pages. There’s here, the main site. Then there’s all the individual pages that make up the comments, tags, and individual entry pages. Then there’s the same pages for my holiday skin. Then there’s the podcast page and the vidcast page. Those thankfully use the main comment and individual pages. Then there’s the linkdump site, Link-tastic and all of it’s pages. BUT I totally did it. Go me!

I’m exhausticated. And no, I still haven’t addressed the tagging thing. I think this was my way of putting it off… I swear it’s the most complex thing I have come across for EE.

UPDATE: I tried that new tagging BS again, with more info than last time but now instead of nothing happening, I get error messages AND no tags. I am giving up, putting everything back how it was, and going to bed.

tagged: blogging ee tweaking cms tagging complicated software   exhausticated

daniel · terribly early · 1 comment · ping it

I was all set on this tagging thing. Really all set. I bought (bought) the module, read the docs… then got lost. I couldn’t get my head around it. Now I know I am a novice at best, and my understanding of EE as well as my own site (thanks Julie!) let’s me pass for a bit more experienced… but this one threw me for a loop!

At any rate, I have a coding ally in Miss Betty Nicole, and since we had a play date anyway, well she helped out. After an entire afternoon of tweaking, studying, and correcting (the docs *could* be better for the beginner level) we finally got it. And so I present my tag cloud! It will be more meaningful as time goes on. I am NOT going to tag my archives! Well, not ALL of them… but that is just one new feature here at dp.com. Also there has been the ‘Quick Props’. Are you a busy gal always on the go without a lot of time to comment? Now you can just check the box and I will know you thought my post was [fabulous!] via Marie B.

tagged: dp.com betty ee tagging tag   great

daniel · the wee hours · 1 comment · ping it