Somegirlwitha.com

More geeky than girly.

hacks

  • So after my post on why you should change your WordPress admin username, my friend Brad asked me how to go about changing it. So here’s a brief run down. Log in to your WordPress admin area. In the Users menu, click on “add new”. Fill in the info for the new user account.  You’ll…

  • Here are some neat things regarding Google’s email I’ve found recently. They might not be new, but I think I need to jot them down here so I won’t forget these tips. These hacks could be helpful for fighting or tracing spam. The Dot Apparently, Gmail does not recognize the dot (or capitalization either) in…

  • Don’t sign up for spam when you sign up for things.

  • So I’ve been tweaking Movable Type a lot to customize it for my website. Actually, I had a lot of stuff done to the site before, but after I migrated to the new host, I couldn’t remember all the little changes I did. So I’m going to start posting to a new category dedicated to…

  • My own MT

    Finally I have my own version of MovableType. My host had it preinstalled, leaving me with little control. I deleted all the sql tables, did a fresh install, and imported everything back, templates and entries. Now I can fully customize this baby complete with plugins and hacks. I just can’t figure out why my archives…