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Hi! My name is Adrian Liem. I’m an online strategist and web specialist located in Vancouver, BC. I’m currently on a leave of absence from my job at UBC. Here’s what I’m up to in the meantime:

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Posts Tagged ‘WordPress’

WordPress Network Domain Mapping with Symlinks

First a warning: this post is about to get as deep into tech talk as I ever like to get. If you’re looking for anything even remotely resembling the kind of conversation you’d typically have with me over coffee, you’ll be thoroughly disappointed! But if you’re a fan of WordPress with geekward leanings, this might be of interest. Ok, so now onto the post.

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A June to Remember

It’s almost the end of June, and the last post I wrote was in May. Needless to say it’s been a whirlwind of a month, but as I head into month 3 of my 12 month leave, I figured I better get out an update.

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DruPress

This is a thought that has been mulling in the back of my mind for a while now. It first dated back to a time when I was involved in selecting a CMS platform for a friend’s project. As is often the case these days, two choices presented themselves: Drupal or WordPress. In the end, we opted to go with WordPress, but a thought lingered: what if there was a way to integrate the two?

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WordPress 3

Big news: WordPress 3 was released today! Why mince words, watch this video to get the rundown for yourself!

Pop Computing and Generativity – My thoughts on the Future and Solution to an Open Web

About six years ago I wrapped up what I would consider to be my first full year of doing web work. Six years ago was also the inaugural year of Northern Voice, Canada’s first weblogging conference. And even though this year’s NV was the first I’ve attended, it almost feels as if I’ve been along for the ride through the years as the conference, and the web, has matured in this short time.

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Drupal or WordPress: Why not both?

There’s been some growing chatter lately about what’s in store with Drupal 7. Curious to learn more, I was reading up on the Drupal 7 User Experience Project and as I scanned through the pages, I noticed something: the Drupal 7 User Experience Project site is using WordPress! This may seem innocuous at first, but it signals something that is becoming a growing trend, a move away from earlier days when developers in different corners of the open source community would duke it out and take jabs at one another – we’re starting to see decisions made based on the sound judgement of common sense. And when it comes to selecting an open source tool, for example deciding between Drupal and WordPress, we’re seeing that you don’t always have to draw a hard line in the sand.
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