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PossibleOscar.com Updated to Latest WordPress

Possible Oscar — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:21:14 +0000

I was planning to upgrade this site to the latest version of WordPress for ages, but I never seemed to get around to it. I figured I would have some issues with the plugins I’m using since a few of them are customized, so upgrading wasn’t a task I relished undertaking. I did manage to do a test upgrade on my development system, and it seemed to take with no major issues, but still, I didn’t pull the trigger on the live site.

Well, the urgency to upgrade intensified yesterday when older versions of WordPress started getting hacked. The time to act was now… so I did.

True to the test I did, the upgrade went smoothly. There are a few minor bugs I need to work out — chief among them the fact that song titles no longer appear in the music player — but nothing appears to be broken. If you see something that looks wonky, please contact me so I can address it.

I know some of you are also running WordPress-based sites. Please take the time to upgrade as soon as possible; version 2.8.4 is proving to be safe against this current exploit.

Follow Us on Twitter

Possible Oscar — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:13:28 +0000

Your pals in Possible Oscar are technology sheep, so while we wait for our wool to be shorn and spun into sweaters for third-world children, you can follow Bud Sharpe and Marshall Stanton on Twitter.

Help Spread Our Music

Possible Oscar — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:57:02 +0000

We have added a new feature to the site that will allow you to embed your favorite Possible Oscar song in your web site, blog, LiveJournal post, or anywhere else that Flash content is permitted. All you need to do to partake of this marvel of technology is click on the embed icon () next to your song choice on the audio page, copy the code that magically appears, and paste that code into your desired destination. Your efforts will yield the following nugget of delight:

It’s as simple as that. Now go on, let the world know you are a fan of the Possible Oscar!

We Are Open For Business

Possible Oscar — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:43:30 +0000

After months and months (and months) of development, tweaking and general apathy, we are happy to announce that the brand new official web site for Possible Oscar is now here! The new site features a host of new PO content including lyrics, videos, music and even some wacky downloads. Please stop by at your earliest convenience and let us know what you think of the new digs.

Great, Another Thing to Update

Possible Oscar — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 05:22:18 +0000

I went and made a fan page on Facebook for Possible Oscar because, well, it was there. Stop on by and be our fan because that’s what true Americans do! Not an American? We don’t care! We love all people of the world, especially the ladies of the world. (That was a weak Flight of the Conchords reference, people. Go buy the DVD already!)

Plug It In, Plug It In

Possible Oscar — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:47:22 +0000

I just discovered a great plugin for WordPress that I want to pass along to my music-making friends who are using WP for their web sites. It’s called GigPress, and it’s purpose is to make it extremely easy to maintain a list of performances on a WordPress page.

So far I love it. It’s so much easier than manually maintaining an HTML list, and it can easily be styled to match your site’s theme.

Now if I just had more gigs to list…

Looking For Web Hosting

Possible Oscar — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:48:57 +0000

I’m getting closer to launching the Possible Oscar web site, so I’m beginning the search for hosting. The domain name is registered through Go Daddy, and I’m tempted to go with them for hosting as well, simply for the convenience of it all.

Does anyone have suggestions for reasonable hosts or horror stories about Go Daddy hosting? I don’t want to spend a fortune.

Web Site Development Update

Possible Oscar — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:49:43 +0000

I’ve been working on a real honest-to-goodness web site for Possible Oscar (MySpace, for now) for a couple of weeks now. It’s been a long time coming, but I really held out for a good visual idea before I started the work. Since I’ve had the idea, progress has been swift.

The site is a culmination of a variety of web skills I’ve picked up or honed over the last year. I’ve been able to apply the WordPress and CSS knowledge I learned developing The Scope web site, and I am using the PHP skills I get to dabble with on my day job. The trick has been to use WordPress as a content management system while making the presentation feel more like a standard web site than a blog. So far it’s going very well.

When will the site be unveiled? I’m shooting to have it ready before Con on the Cob in November, but there’s a good chance that date will slip. I have a ton of new content planned for the site. If there is anything specific you would like to see, let me know.