Archive for 2008

Merry Christmas, It’s Plugin Review time again at WLTC

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December 25th, 2008
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Let me take this opportunity of wishing all the readers of Weblog Tools Collection a merry merry Christmas and happy holidays! Our long time readers would remember two months in 2007 when we reviewed one WordPress plugin a day. The last 18 months has seen a lot of changes in the world of WordPress. We’ve had several version updates including few really major upgrades since then as well as the introduction of the WordPress Plugin Repository. With several new plugins being released everyday and several more updated regularly, we’ve decided it’s time once again for a plugin review. However, this time instead of a daily review, we’ll be focusing on the reviewing a plugin a week. So, every Sunday, from next year, starting 4th of January, we will pick a plugin to feature. So, how do we pick? Just like we did the last time; through recommendations and requests. Are [...]

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WordCamp Columbus Is On!

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December 25th, 2008
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Thankfully, WordCamp Columbus is being held in Ohio rather than any of the other states that have a city named Columbus. In all honesty, I didn’t know this event was going to be in Ohio until I checked out their advertising graphics. If you are going to host a WordCamp event, please be sure to include city and state on the About page so that people know exactly where the event will take place. Or you’ll end up clueless like me. With that said, I’m happy to see that a date has been nailed down for WordCamp Columbus, that being May 16th, 2009. I hope the event lasts during the entire weekend and not just on a Friday. The event looks to be taking place at Columbus State Community College. Unfortunately, due to WordCamp Mid-Atlantic occurring during the same weekend, Matt will only be doing a keynote session at the [...]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/24

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December 24th, 2008
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New Plugins WordPress Download Counter A counter that you can add in your sidebar to show off the number of official WordPress downloads Media Library Gallery Automatically creates a gallery with every images posts have in attachment. (a) Slideshow This is plugin based on (a)Slideshow jQuery Plugin Sapo OpenID Header This plugins had the needed code to the header of your blog, to detect your OpenID account at http://openid.sapo.pt Explore pages Explorer-like plugin for walking through the pages Kavychker It’s normal typography plugin for WordPress Get My Tweets Simple plugin to return a user defined number of tweets from Twitter. Updated Plugins Sliding Posts A plugin for wordpress which shows latest 10 posts with carousel sliding effect which is SEO friendly. User can set the height, width, and the time duration of the slide show. Post will be shown with the link by clicking on it user can view particular [...]

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WordPress Forum User Guide

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December 24th, 2008
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A recent discussion has popped up on the WordPress Testers mailing list revolving around using the list as an area to receive support. Over the past few weeks, users have been publishing support questions which in many aspects, would be better served in the WordPress.org support forums. The problem with that is, the testers list is maintained and operated by people who have a knowledgeable background with the WordPress software, there are less users, and receiving answers is typically a speedier process. With this in mind, I’ve decided to whip up a guide on how to maximize the use of the WordPress.org forum. It’s not exactly as cut and dry as you would think. This list of steps was comprised mostly by Michael E. Hancock with additional tips provided by Otto and myself. 1. A new user may want to read the Forum Rules 2. Report inappropriate posts/threads by adding [...]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 12/23

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Teel Teel theme is a clean, classy web 2.0 style WordPress theme. It features dynamic page navigation and a widgetized sidebar with fancy rollover effects and an overall clean appearance that will work perfect for blogs of all kinds. Technology Society Two column, white and blue, tag, gravatar and widget ready theme. Make Money Online Blue Make Money Online Blue is a Clean and simple aqua blue theme with both the sidebar and footer widgetized.   And, if you are using the Journalized theme, you can download the X’Mas skin for it.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/22

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December 22nd, 2008
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New Plugins PHPInclude Allows including any files php can access included and executed if it’s php. Include tag will be replaced with content or output of php code. Provides security measures to limit which posters have access to functionality. No bugs or flaws found. Menu Maker The Menu Maker plugin helps in creating a menu for your site. Usually this can be used for creating a navigation menu. Advanced Blogroll Advanced Blogroll Widget displays your bookmarks as you want. You can customize your blogroll. Easy2hide Put your words needed to hide , between”[cookie]” and “[/cookie]” for those who haven’t reply to any posts. WordPress Filter WordPress Filter is a comprehensive post filtering & template system. WP Post Styling Allows you to define custom styles for any specific post or page on your WordPress site. List pages Retrieve pages, and children, in a more sophisticated way and add the correct class [...]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/21

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December 21st, 2008
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New Plugins Blog Copyright Blog Copyright injects a copyright notice into the blog footer. Art Direction Plugin This plugin allows you to have global archive and single page per-post styles. Admin Menu Editor Manually edit the Dashboard menu. You can reorder the menus, show/hide specific items, change access rights, and more. Vimeo Quicktags Enable administrator to embed vimeo video into blog. Options available are the same as provided by vimeo. Picapp The plugin makes it easier to insert free, quality photos into a blog post by integrating all these into your WordPress interface. Updated Plugins Author Avatars This plugin provides a widget and a shortcode which allow you to show avatars of blog users. Open Picture Window Opens a new browser window containing the image specified using JavaScript. You have the option to choose the features as well as choose if you want it to be centered. Add to Feed [...]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 12/20

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Leviathan Leviathan is a child theme available under the Hybrid theme framework. Two column, widget ready, gravatar ready with threaded comments support. deCoder Fixed width, 2 columns, right sidebar, widget ready with threaded comments and avatars. WP-Christmas Three columns, Widget ready, Adsense ready, Left and Right Sidebar, Fixed width theme WP-Dodson Two columns, Widget ready, Adsense ready, Right Sidebar, Fixed width theme Emplode A clean and simple two-column, fixed width theme supporting widgets.   Are you a theme author? Read how you can submit your themes to us.

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WordPress Gone Social – BuddyPress

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December 20th, 2008
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First off, BuddyPress is looking real good these days. Secondly, I’d like to thank Andy Peatling, head honcho for the BuddyPress project for stopping by and lending us an hour of his time to explain exactly what BuddyPress is and does. On December 15th, 2008 Andy released the first beta version of the project. So what exactly is BuddyPress? BuddyPress is essentially a set of WordPress MU specific plugins. Each plugin component adds a distinct feature to BuddyPress and only handles functionality for that specific component (for example, private messaging). BuddyPress also has a core plugin that all other plugins require, it contains shared functions and performs the basic modifications to the WordPress MU interface. Tune into the show to hear Andy delve into the feature set of the project as well as taking questions from the audience. By the way, if you don’t have the ability to install WordPress [...]

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