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Happy New Year 2010! Guess what? I'm still here!

melodieshouse — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:31:11 +0000

Hey, I’ve been really busy and a lot of change has been happening in my household, so that’s why the postings have been so sparse for a while. Yes, my poor little blog has been sorely neglected, but not forgotten, so I’m taking a few moments to post something, mainly because I’m trying out yet another WordPress plugin that I hope will post my blog posts to Facebook INCLUDING a post to my feed. The plugin I’m trying out is called WordBook, which I think I tried before in place of WPBook, but a new version came out yesterday and I’m trying it again because WPBook puts blog posts in my Facebook Boxes but doesn’t post to my feed to give all my friends a heads-up.

Anyway, I’m so glad 2009 is gone, and I have faith that 2010 will be a year of great blessing and promise. So Happy New Year everyone and God bless!

Wordbook is out, WPBook is in

melodieshouse — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:39:05 +0000

Unfortunately Wordbook does NOT work in Facebook like I expected it to. It only posts a link to new posts to my wall and doesn’t display my feed in Boxes like the author said it’s supposed to. So I installed WPBook by John Eckman of Open Parenthesis instead. This plugin mirrors the most recent posts of my blog to Facebook and comments can be left from within FB and they also post to my blog site. This is just what I was looking for! WPBook by default shows the last 5 posts in their entirety and links the 10 most recent posts. I edited some of the plugin’s .php files to set my list of recent posts in WordPress to the max of 15. I wish this plugin could show 50+ items like FB’s Notes does but WPBook is much better because users within FB can see my posts in their entirety and comment within FB and it’s like commenting on www.melodieshouse.com. You can also link to related posts, even if they’re old, and WPBook shows them in FB. I give WPBook a hearty thumbs up.

However, there’s a couple of things I’d like to see WPBook do in future updates. 1st, I’d like to see it post an update to the home page and wall whenever a new post is added. 2nd, I’d like to see the ability to view blog posts from a tab within my profile. Mr. Eckman, did you get that?

WordPress to Facebook Test

melodieshouse — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:04:27 +0000

I decided to install a new plugin called Wordbook from Robert Tsai of Tsaiberspace to crosspost from Melodie’s House to Facebook, let’s see how it compares to just importing my feeds through FB’s Notes.

A New Look

melodieshouse — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:24:25 +0000

I changed the theme for my blog again. I hope you like it. If you use WordPress, this is the theme.

Why I hate web development

melodieshouse — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:56:05 +0000

I’ve been working earnestly on getting my main site ready for public consumption, but it’s been a witch! I’m using WordPress for the main site as well as for this blog, and getting a theme with a layout just like I want and widget-ready and will display my affiliate banners properly in the sidebar(s) has been a real trip. I think I settled on one that will do, though, and as soon as tonight you should see the link to my main site from this blog.