Archive for the 'Administrative' Category

Switched Hosts From 1&1 to Dreamhost

So, if you've been trying to visit Nerdica.com (ahhh, old posts) for the past couple hours, you'll notice that it's been down. I've currently just switched to Dreamhost, and I'm liking it so far. The main reason I switched is because my previous host, 1&1, was slow. Some of my friends never had problems with 1&1, but my site would take almost 10 seconds to appear most of the time. Sometimes even 2-3 minutes, and that was just ridiculous. Immediately after I switched, Nerdica loaded in 2-3 seconds. And after a little Wordpress tweaking, the site loads ... [Read more]

New Feature: Forums

After browsing the web to find other people looking in random places for help, I've decided to add a forums feature to the site. If you ever have trouble, or would like to discuss Nerdica.com, feel free to do so on the brand new forums at http://nerdica.com/forums.

New Site Features

I've currently been tweaking Nerdica.com, and I've added a few features to make it easier to share material found here. The first would be a "Print this Article" option at the bottom of every article. Once that is clicked, a simple, printer-friendly edition is given to you. Second, would be the "Digg It!" button at the bottom of every post. If you like the material, help share it by voting for on Digg.com. And third, the site now uses FeedBurner for syndication. You can find the feeds on the right side of the homepage.

If you have any more ... [Read more]

Hello world!

Got WordPress up on 1&1, finally...