I am going to be away for a few days over Easter so there won’t be any new posts until the middle of next week. I’ve got quite a few topics to cover over the next few weeks. I will be continuing my series on Webmaster and SEO tools where I will be aiming one [...]

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If you can see this post then you’ve landed on the new host for Technical Itch! Please feel free to look around. If you come across any bugs or have any suggestions about the web site then please feel free to use the contact form at the top of this page.

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I’ve taken the plunge and updated my blogs to WordPress 2.1. The whole process went pretty smoothly, and despite my reservations, all my plugins appear to be working correctly. The only thing I noticed was that the link category IDs had changed, so I had to modify my sidebar.php file to match the new category [...]

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This is my last post for 2006 as I take a break for Christmas. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading my posts over the last few months. I’ll start blogging again some time in January. Have a great holiday wherever you are

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Welcome to the new look Technical Itch web site. The site is still under construction and won’t be fully operational for a couple of weeks. I’ll be experimenting with a few themes before the site goes live. Feel free to look around and let me know what you think.

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WordPress are now offering users the chance to map their WordPress blog to another domain. My blog is currently technicalitch.wordpress.com. I have a separate technical-itch.co.uk domain registered elsewhere which currently redirects to technicalitch.wordpress.com. This is advance warning that I plan to map my blog to the technical-itch.co.uk domain later on today. If the move is [...]

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Following on from my post on how to boost your blog traffic I thought I would experiment with a different theme. The main criteria for a new theme was a simple looking design that wasn’t fixed width. Not sure if I’ll keep this new theme or not, I’ll see how it goes. Do you like [...]

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I’m currently experimenting with using WordPress widgets to add extra features to my blog. These include some cool features like live chat using Meebo. The layout on the right has changed. Not sure if I like it or not. I’ll give it a go for a while and see. It is more cluttered than before [...]

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