I like how Ken Smith continues to write about activism (Indiana legislature, lack of journalism influence, etc.), but what I don’t like is how he does not link to any resources of people who are in this fight (like this list of resources I put together and referenced here). Ken, please make an effort to add this type of material to future posts.
I have been working on developing a glossary plugin for Micro.blog, and that has been taking up my time the past few weeks. I plan to get back to MyStatusTool development, as well as some blogging.
I like reading Jack Baty’s stream of ideas writing, thought I would give it a try…
Glossary plugin now available for Micro.blog and Hugo sites
As a result of this thread, I have developed a glossary plugin for Micro.blog! Thanks to @JohnPhilpin for his review and testing. The plugin is available in the Plugins directory, and more info on using the plugin is at the Github repo. Enjoy, and let me know if there are any questions!
In addition, the shortcode and data file within the repo can be used for standalone Hugo sites, so Hugo users should take a look as well. Credits go to Brian Wisti at Random Geekery for basically developing the entire concept!
Blogging on a jet plane
I am on a trip, and the Wi-Fi on the plane is working well – so of course a blog post must be created!
Test post for cache tweak
Test post for RSS Cloud plugin tweak
Twitter API still seems to work
Today is February 23, 2023. Twitter announced that they would discontinue free access to the Twitter API on February 9, but my apps powering my Twitter river of news and Portland Protests river of news are still working. Oh well – I will keep using the API as long as I can!
Solved my problem with WordPress caching
For a long time, I have had problems with apparent caching of WordPress RSS feeds. In my recent work on WordPress support for rssCloud, I eventually was able to get a notification about a WordPress update from the RSS Cloud plugin, but the content of the feed did not update. I spent some time on this again this week, and decided to search for “wordpress caching issues bluehost” (since Bluehost is my hosting service). I found this post on ThemeSkills which described a feature within the Bluehost interface that controls caching on a site-by-site basis. After reading through the post, I was able to turn off caching on my test site for RSS Cloud. I then made a post on that site and saw the update within seconds on FeedLand and MyStatusTool, and saw the latest post display – at last!
Here are the steps:
- Log into Bluehost account
- Click on the My Sites link on the left navigation bar
- Scroll to the site to review and click the Manage button
- Click on the Performance tab
- In the Cache Settings area of the page, slide the slider all the way to the left. If it is already there, move it to the right to the Blog area, then back all the way to the left
- A pop-up will appear, click on the Disable Caching button
PS – Here is a Bluehost page on this topic as well
Had a great conversation today with Colin Walker on MyStatusTool development! Colin has added “reply” functionality in his tool – I need to catch up! This is all lots of fun – good to be working with someone….