I had a hard time figuring out how to get the pretty url permalinks working for WordPress on WestHost, but I finally found the solution. It was weird at first because WordPress actually was writing to the .htaccess file correctly, but when I tried it out in a browser I was still getting 404′s. After a long extensive search on the WordPress website, I finally found that I had to add the following to my httpd.conf file: <Directory...

Well, it’s my second migration. First I built this blog on my own using php. Then I decided to venture out and stop re-inventing the wheel and use a real blogging software tool. I chose Mephisto at the time (about a year ago), but I eventually regretted that and am now completely content with WordPress. I doubt I will ever switch again. I have researched it well this time and talked to professional bloggers who have researched it...

I needed to add a checkbox to Drupal’s Contact Us form for a client of mine. The client requested that I add a way for those filling out the form to request a newsletter. I discovered it’s pretty easy to add a form field and get it added as part of the email that’s sent. You just need to hack into the module on your server (sorry, no GUI for this). Here’s what I did: First, find the module...