Print My Blog Transparency Report – September 2019

6 minute read This month the display of YouTube videos in printouts was significantly improved, the printout header content was made more customizable, fatal-error protection for PHP 5.2 sites was added, and policies about free support were added.

How Print My Blog Makes YouTube Videos Look Good When Printed, and You Can Too

4 minute read Print My Blog 1.12.0 makes posts printed with embedded YouTube videos look much better than in standard printouts. In this post I’ll describe the problem with printing videos, how the WordPress Plugin Print My Blog solves it, and how you can replicate it in your posts.

Print My Blog Transparency Report – August 2019

5 minute read This month donations were doubled, dotEPUB integration was majorly improved, you can now optionally exclude private/password-protected posts, and I made some SEO tweaks to the plugin’s WordPress.org description.

Quickly Turn your Entire WordPress Blog into an eBook with Print My Blog and dotEPUB

5 minute read In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Print My Blog plugin and dotEPUB browser extension to convert an entire WordPress blog or website into an eBook. Why would I want an eBook of My Blog? Blogs are great, but eBooks can be read offline keep track of your progress allow you to highlight […]

Print My Blog Transparency Report – July 2019

4 minute read This is the 4th monthly transparency report for Print My Blog WordPress plugin. Mostly I’ve been responding to support requests and making corresponding small tweaks. There were no major releases this month, but 5 minor ones. What Happened in July 2019 Open CollectiveOpen Collective Stats Hours: 22.25 (+3.75) support 28.25 (+2.25) copy writing 62 (+8.5) […]

WordCamp Vancouver 2019 Session Proposals

2 minute read The following are some WordCamp presentation proposals I sent in for WordCamp Vancouver 2019. They thought the second one, “Zombie plugins,” would be good. But unfortunately, once it got accepted, Amanda and I decided the timing isn’t great for me to attend WordCamp this year. Our youngest is only 6 months, and we will have […]

Print My Blog Transparency Report – June 2019

4 minute read This is my 3rd monthly transparency report for Print My Blog WordPress plugin. What Happened in June 2019 Open CollectiveOpen Collective Stats Hours: 18.5 (+3.5) support 26 (+3.5) copy writing 53.5 (+7) development 6.5 (+0) management Expenses: $3588.91 (+470.40) Donations: $40 (+0) Plugin Plugin Stats Downloads: 5, 771 (+1177) Active Installs: ~500 (+100) Languages: 3 […]

Print My Blog WordPress Plugin Transparency Report – May 2019

8 minute read This is my second monthly transparency report regarding development of Print My Blog WordPress plugin. For me, the most exciting developments this month has been hearing how folks are using Print My Blog. If you use it, please let me know on Twitter, through my contact page, or through a review on WordPress.org. What Happened […]

How I Moved from WordPress.com Without Paying for the Redirect

3 minute read In this post I show I avoided WordPress.com’s charges for forwarding users onto my new self-hosted WordPress site.

Me: Self Hosted!

1 minute read I finally made the move from WordPress.com to becoming self-hosted. I was able to bring all my old posts, pages, categories and tags, images and other media, and even subscribers. So if you were subscribed to my .com blog before, you’re now automatically subscribed to this new self-hosted one. I have yet to pretty it […]