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Updating WordPress Themes Safely

Published by in CSS, WordPress on December 13th, 2011

Well, lesson learned, again! Last night I decided to update my WordPress Theme (iFeature by CyberChimps). It is a stable theme, works well, and has a useful settings panel. However, my WP Dashboard dutifully informed me that there is a new update to this theme. Danger, danger! Learning from past mistakes, before updating this theme, I did the following: I first made a copy of the ENTIRE theme folder. I placed this copy outside of the WP-Contents folder. I gave it a new name: iFeature-V-2.0.4., So, now that I backed up my existing theme, I am not quite ready to

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Dan Goldstein’s MS Word bloat reduction techniques

Published by in Technical Writing on June 14th, 2011

Here are some ideas for Word bloat reduction: Disable change tracking and use Accept All Changes. Add graphics only by using Insert>Picture>From File. Avoid directly pasted graphics. Make sure graphics are anchored, not floating. Avoid content pasted from HTML files. View hidden text. I’ve found a few surprises that way. Use table styles and Table AutoFormat. Avoid manual formatting. Use paragraph and character styles. Avoid inserted objects as much as you can. If you don’t need to revise them, convert to WMFs or other formats. Quoted From Dan Goldstein Techshoret Communicators Forum

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Five Leadership Myths

Published by in Management on March 23rd, 2011

I found the following very helpful. You may too. In the July 2010 issue of Business Week, Stephen Wiehe of SciQuest listed five Leadership Myths that need to be unlearned to become a genuine leader: Leadership is a process. Stephen writes that it is a behaviour not a process. True leaders lead by what they do, not by what they say. No PowerPoint presentation ever shows leadership. People observe leaders. Lack of action or wrong action cancels out all those carefully chosen talking points. Similarly, Jesus, who by all accounts was a successful leader, didn’t write a single word in

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Are You A Two-Spacer or a One-Spacer?

Published by in Technical Writing on January 19th, 2011

For years I have argued that only one space is needed after a period. Period. Yet, some people still hang on to that old two-space habit. Double-hitting the space bar seems for them the right thing to do. It is comfortable. That double-bang reassures them that all is in order in life. I would hate to undermine one’s sense of self by pointing out that the days of the double-space have long gone – gone with the manual typewriter.

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