This seems to be the week for tweaking my blog :) Two new plugins I found whilst browsing have now been installed. One of them is only viewable by the site admin (me) and changes the admin interface entirely. WP Tiger only works with CSS2 capable browsers and downgrades automatically for CSS challenged browsers such as IE 6. The other one is for the actual RSS feeds. … [Read more...] about More blog tweaks
Site targetting has arrived
Google has finally launched site targetting for adwords. In order to enable the site targetting option you need to go into your account settings after logging in and toggle the option. You then have the option of choosing between normal ads and targetted ones when you create a campaign. Unlike with the normal ads you then have to specify a CPM rate. So how do you choose … [Read more...] about Site targetting has arrived
Moving .. trauma?
We finally moved into our new offices yesterday afternoon. Moving is always traumatic :) I expect we'll bring order to the chaos at some stage over the next couple of days, but I'm not going to hold my breath. On the plus side my new desk is bigger and more comfortable. The telephone system is great, though I still haven't worked out how to use it properly - need to spend some … [Read more...] about Moving .. trauma?
Blog Enhancements
I decided to make a few enhancements to my blog this evening. I was meant to be doing something more productive, but I got sidetracked playing with Wordpress :) This site can be a bit sluggish at times due to the number of MySQL queries running (executing) at any given time, so Niall suggested that I should cache it.. I finally got round to doing so this evening. WP-Cache … [Read more...] about Blog Enhancements
Brussels to give Irish language (gaeilge) official status
The Irish language is to become the 21st official language of the EU in 2007. Good news for some, but probably not for all. Who gains? I suppose the usual suspects, Irish language activists, translators and minority language enthusiasts. Who looses? Not sure yet, but I'm not 100% sure about this... … [Read more...] about Brussels to give Irish language (gaeilge) official status