WordPress and Joomla MySQL Problems

Almost since I started using php and MySQL based website development tools I have been having a recurring problem.  When editing posts or content lists of items would fail to appear.

In Joomla Content Management System the lists of articles, sections, categories and users would fail to appear, but not in any consistent manner.

In WordPress the categories and [...]

A test of the spiffy Shashin plugin integrating Picasa images into WordPress

See how it displays a selected album from Picasa:

Moremi – December 2008 A drive through Moremi National Park with the kids during rainy season, with some concrete action thrown in.

What can you see? (Look the other way, in the bushes.)

What can you see? (In the bushes.)

Typical housekeeping.

Is he coming this way?

Elephant strolling past Moremi, South [...]

Entry into the blogosphere

After a few months working on Joomla and starting up a few websites I thought it was time to broaden my horizons and try WordPress.

Rather than rolling it out on a commercial site and having to ride the learning curve whilst keeping a client happy I have decided to use it for my own blog.  [...]