James Chamberlin

I’ve been trying to get this done for a while now, but I finally managed to export all of the TV-related content from this blog and have built another site for it.
TV-Reviewed was recently launched and contains most of my TV content. Some of it was deleted because I didn’t think it should [...]

One of the tools Google has developed for webmasters to obtain information on their visitors [where they're coming from, browser type, etc] is their Analytics program. I was impressed by its demo a long time ago and signed up for it immediately. It seemed to work well for a while, but I’ve been [...]

A few days ago, I was working with another WordPress installation which is for another project. When I downloaded the config file to update it, I noticed the formatting was screwed up. So I fixed it up so that it looked like it should, uploaded it to the server, and WordPress had a [...]

When I initially activated the WordPress plugin Akismet, I was a little apprehensive. I didn’t know if it would slow down the site or even catch the spam my little blog seems to attract. But after a few months of running, Akismet has caught over seven hundred spam comments and trackbacks… 711 to [...]

I’ve had nothing but trouble with the image uploader ever since 2.5 was released. For some reason, the developers felt it was necessary to use Flash to upload the images. I kept getting HTTP errors for some reason and judging by many of the other WordPress users, I’m not alone. I found [...]

Well it didn’t take long, just a few minutes, but I’ve managed to get my blog upgraded to WordPress v2.5. I knew the new version would be out any moment now, since WordPress displays news about development every time I log into WordPress.
The GUI for the administrator panel is quite a bit different. [...]

A while back I mentioned trying to choose which forum software to install on one of my fan sites. Well, I decided to go with MyBB for the time being. The interface is simple but it appears to have everything I need in a forum.
Installation went nicely. I didn’t find one hiccup [...]

The other day Ogre and I briefly chatted about bringing back some of our old sites. He’d like to bring more gaming info to his blog, but there’s no substitute for his old Through The Ages (TTA) fan site for Age of Empires.
The same is true for my fan site for RollerCoaster Tycoon, RCT [...]

For a little while, I played around with a new theme. I doubt anybody saw it, but I like the overall look of it. It took quite a lot of customizing. One of the problems is the site has a lot of pages (my OLD episode reviews), and those all showed up [...]

WordPress upgrades are always a pain in the ass. They don’t include a decent changelog in their pack as far as I can find, but there is one available on the web. I only just came across it. It’s going to be a big help in the future. Something I always [...]