lesterchan.net v5.0
My previous design, version 4.0, was over seven years old. With COVID keeping me home and bored, I revamped the site to version 5.0, trimming old pages and plugins, and rebuilt it using Tailwind CSS and Tailwind UI.
WordPress
WordPress the platform, from version releases and the lesterchan.net revamps to community events.
lesterchan.net v4.4
A recap of lesterchan.net's evolution: now on HTTPS, running nginx, PHP-FPM, MariaDB, and HHVM, with search powered by Algolia. The v4.4 update lands alongside the WordPress 4.4 release, the last major WordPress release of 2015.
lesterchan.net v4.3
About ten months on from v4.2, lesterchan.net v4.3 brings mostly cosmetic and backend changes. The biggest addition is Roost's web push notifications: visit the site more than twice on Safari and you'll get an opt-in prompt.
Featured on WordPress Weekly (WPWeekly) Episode 164
I was interviewed by Jeff Chandler and Marcus Couch of WordPress Tavern for WordPress Weekly Episode 164. In it, Marcus and I chat from Singapore about my work, where my 23 plugins in the directory have amassed 12,241,325 downloads.
WordPress 4.0 Released
WordPress 4.0 has been released, named 'Benny' after jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman. Led by Helen Hou-Sandi with many contributors, this release set a new record with 275 credited contributors. Highlights include a beautiful, endless media grid for managing uploads.
Matt Mullenweg Live In Singapore
Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress and founder of Automattic, stopped by Singapore on 4th June 2014 as part of his Summer Tour spanning cities like Seoul, Jakarta, Tokyo, and Sydney. I'd known Matt since b2 days but finally met him.
lesterchan.net v4.2
Another six months on, it's time for another lesterchan.net update, v4.2. The biggest new feature is Site Analytics, powered by Google Analytics, pulling data through the Google Analytics API and rendering it with the HighCharts JavaScript charting library.
lesterchan.net v4.1
It's been almost nine months since my last upgrade, so here's a site update. Most of it focuses on optimising the site to perform faster, now scoring 90 out of 100 on Pingdom's Website Speed Test.
CDN Serving Dynamic PHP Pages
Mark Jaquith's presentation, Confident Commits, Delightful Deploys, raised something I hadn't considered: a CDN can proxy everything, including dynamic PHP pages. He pointed to cdn.wpengine.com, cdn.page.ly, and cdn.zippykid.com, each serving the same content as their non-CDN counterparts.
WordPress 10th Anniversary T-Shirt
I saw the WordPress 10th Anniversary T-Shirt on WordPress.org and knew I had to have it. The sale price was just US$10 with free US shipping until 27th May 2013, but Singapore shipping cost US$14.65, bringing my total to US$24.65.
lesterchan.net v4.0
I launched lesterchan.net v3.0 on 5th June 2008, and four years on, it's time for a fresh design. Welcome to v4.0, built with Bootstrap and Fatcow icons, with a new logo by Li Xiang. I've returned to a light theme.
WordPress 3.0 Released
WordPress 3.0, named Thelonious, has been released. The thirteenth major release and the result of half a year of work by 218 contributors, it's available to download or upgrade in-dashboard, headlined by a sleek new default theme, Twenty Ten.
All About lesterchan.net
This site runs on what's effectively a dedicated server, hosting only 30 other domains belonging to friends and family of Michael and me. It sits at M1 Connect, formerly Qala, with 1Mbps guaranteed and 10Mbps burstable bandwidth.
Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins June 2009 Update
Here's my June 2009 update for all 16 of my WordPress plugins. They should work on WordPress 2.8, though I haven't tested older versions. The plugins now use jQuery for AJAX instead of TW-Sack.
WordPress For Dummies 2nd Edition
I ordered WordPress For Dummies, 2nd Edition by Lisa from Amazon on 5th April 2009. Amazon estimated delivery by 12th May, but they vastly overestimated, as it landed in my letterbox today, 16th April, far ahead of schedule.
BlogOut! 2009
BlogOut 2009 runs on 6th and 7th March, 10.30am to 5.30pm, at 8Q, Singapore Art Museum, 8 Queen Street. There are two tracks: the Corporate Track on both days, at S$90, and the Open Track on the 7th.
WordPress Olive Green T-Shirt
I ordered my olive green WordPress t-shirt from the WordPress Shop, run by Indigo Clothing. Placed on 6th February 2009, it arrived yesterday, the 14th, by airmail, about twelve days later. It cost GBP £16.50, roughly S$35.80 including postage.
Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins December 2008 Update
Here's my December 2008 update covering all 15 of my WordPress plugins plus one new one. They should work on WordPress 2.7, though I haven't tested older versions. The new plugin, WP-CommentNavi, paginates your comments for easier browsing.
lesterchan.net + WordPress 2.7
I've upgraded lesterchan.net to WordPress 2.7 along with all my updated plugins. Please let me know of any bugs by email or in the comments, thanks! The update went smoothly, taking only about 30 minutes with few compatibility issues.
WordPress 2.7 Released
WordPress 2.7 has been released, a week late. Per the announcement, you'll notice new features sprinkled subtly through the interface, including a new dashboard you can rearrange by drag and drop to surface the things that matter most.
Lester Chan’s WordPress Plugins July 2008 Update
Here's my July 2008 update covering all 15 of my WordPress plugins. They should work on both WordPress 2.5 and 2.6, but aren't tested below that. Most changes are bug fixes, and should keep working a while.
WordPress 2.6 Released
WordPress 2.6 has been released. New features include post revisions with wiki-like edit tracking, Press This for posting from anywhere on the web, a turbo mode to speed up blogging, theme previews, a word count and captions under your images.
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