What Not to Do on Your Blog
Some suggestions from DailyBlogTips. I’m especially with #1-no auto music. I occasionally violate some of the others.
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Upgraded to WordPress 2.6
Thus far it looks seamless and straightforward. I simply followed the directions! I’ll be upgrading some more difficult installations where I’ll be trying out some of the picture handling, and I’ll post more if it seems useful.
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