Evrt since Wordpress 2.3 was released, the (brilliant) plugin Ultimate Tag Warrier has not worked. To date there hasn’t been an update for this plugin, but I have managed to find a replacement that appears to work quite well.

It’s call Simple Tags. Check it out. There is plenty of info and even video tutorials that show you what it does and how to implement it on your existing website.

Long live the tag!

I don’t always use WYSIWYG web page editors (eg Frontpage, Dreamweaver etc) where everything you need is at your fingertips, so at times I need to know the HEX code for a particular colour. After being sick of Googling for this each time (I always forget to bookmark the page I end up finding), I decided to put a chart up on my webpage so it was readily accessible.

So here it is ………..

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Help your web page designing with a HEX colour code chart

There are heaps of blog directories out there. Some better than others, and I guess it also depends on the theme of your site.

Known as the ‘Directory of Blog Directories’, Blog Skinny is relatively new compared to the other blog directories on the net, but is quickly gaining in popularity and number of links.

I like the layout - mainly because it is a little bit different to all the others, and I do get a bit of traffic referred from them . I thought that that the traffic would die off after I first signed up and started getting the initial run of hits, but I regularly get traffic from them.

Your website gets rated by other ’skinny’ users, and you can look at your stats in real time. Best thing is that it’s free!

Check out the Directory of Blog Directories here.

I need to regularly backup my database on a forum that my wife runs. Why? Because if I lose the data, my wife will not understand why something like that can happen, and will have my balls for breakfast.

Note, this will not backup the actual software, only the SQL database. You can use a FTP program to easily backup your forum software.

Auto backup:
Here is a great site that will allow for auto backup of your SQL database. There is even an option to email it to you too.

Manual backup:
Here is a thread from the PHPBB site forums that explains how to do a manual backup, and well as a restore.

Note -

• If you are restoring big SQL databases (ie greater than 2M), get Big Dump.
• If your domain or script path has changed, get Auto Cookies Mod Script.