Archive for May, 2008
Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done: Just like it sounds, LifeHacker lists the top 10 tools, according to them, to get the job of blogging done. If you have ever been to a WordCamp and heard Lorelle speak, she has some of the best power blogging tips that I have ever come across. JohnP has some pretty effective tips on power blogging as well.
[Continue Reading...]Google Maps The Google Maps plugin allows you to easily insert Google maps into your blog, making use of the new shortCode system in WordPress 2.5. The maps can be configured to offer directions to or from the location, show or hide the zoom/pan controls, show/hide map type, activate zoom using mouse wheel. This plugin requires a API key from Google Maps. TW-Asides Tw-asides is an asides widget for WordPress. It lets you publish short posts that appear in your sidebar rather than in the main content column. Asides posts won’t appear in your main content stream, whether it’s on the front page of your blog or when navigating via the next/previous post links. WP-Crontrol WP-Crontrol is a plugin that lets you manage the WP-Cron system and see what’s going on there. This includes adding/editing/deleting cron entries, as well as cron schedules. Random Featured Post The Random Featured Post plugin […]
[Continue Reading...]Farms 100 Big Ones Theme Pack: Download this 100 WordPress themes zip file (17MB) and upload them to your blog to have 100 themes to play around with. Many of these themes are older but they are all widgetized, have a bunch of bug fixes, are internationalized, work on both WordPress and WordPress Mu and they have been time tested on Edublogs. I normally would not suggest that users download themes from sources other than the original theme authors’ site, but this is offered from a trusted source and the convenience of a single zip file added to the additional testing and bug fixing performed by Edublogs, is the icing on the cake. [EDIT] James provided a preview of all 100 themes here.
[Continue Reading...]While Matt Mullenweg attended the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco just a few weeks ago, he previewed a new theme which looks like might be the perfect WordPress theme for photographers called Monotone. Monotone was developed by Noel Jackson and is a very unique theme in that, the color scheme changes based on the photograph being displayed. Here are two screenshots showcasing the theme in action with two different photographs. Monotone takes the first image attached to a post and samples colors from it for use in the surrounding layout. Each post needs to contain one image, and optionally, any text you want. The theme does the rest, pulling colors out of and resizing the images for use in the design. You can use the visual or the HTML editor in wordpress to input your image and supporting text. One of the only problems I’ve seen with the Monotone […]
[Continue Reading...]One Column Themes Simple Gray Simple Gray is a one column theme which features dark tones of gray and mauve. The theme does not have any sidebars but does sport a extended footer. Two Column Themes Just Lucid Just Lucid is a simplistic two column theme. The menu for the theme is shown to the left hand side of the page instead of the top. The sidebar and footer area are both widget ready. The theme contains stylesheets for 800px and 1024px width. Three Column Themes Written Written is a 3 column widget-ready theme featuring a personal photo, full-width footer in black, white and blue/green. Zoxengen Zoxengen is a 3 column widget-ready theme with theme options. The theme uses a bright color and has a section for feature articles and 6 spots for adding 125*125 banners. Four Column Themes LivingOS TAU LivingOS TAU is a four column widget-ready theme. […]
[Continue Reading...]For the past few weeks I’ve been working on a WordPress plugin. One of my goals was to have fancy and relevant error messages. I contemplated writing my own error manager, and even began a very basic one. I experienced hurdle after hurdle, and finally I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t WordPress have its own error manager also?” So I did a quick source-code search and came across the WP_Error class. One of the hurdles I ran into in creating my own error manager was error localization. The WP_Error class makes localizing error messages extremely simple. Adding Error Messages To add an error message, the first thing you’ll want to do is instantiate your own instance of WP_Error. $myErrors = new WP_Error(); The next step is to add in your error messages. $myErrors->add('access_denied', __('You do not have permission to do that.',$myLocalizationName)); There are a few things to notice here. There is […]
[Continue Reading...]Two Column Themes Statement Statement is a clean and professional looking WordPress theme meant for intellectual blogs like education, science, culture, books etc. The theme is WordPress 2.5 ready with gallery functions enabled. GreyBox GreyBox is a two column widget ready theme with space for advertising 125×125 banners right at the top of the page. The theme is simple and has a thick black border surrounding the main content. Three Column Themes Revolution Revolution Blog is a 3-column Widget-ready theme created with clean and elegant look. The theme is largely made up of blue colors and has 2 sidebars to the right of the content. Peacemaker Peacemaker is a three column, widget-ready WordPress theme. The theme sports a header from B-36 Peacemaker which was a strategic bomber. The theme makes use of sober colors which includes gray and white. WhiteDust WhiteDust is a fluid three column outfit, plain white background […]
[Continue Reading...]Here at WeblogToolsCollection.com, we have already discussed how you can change the color scheme in the WordPress 2.5 administration panel from Classic to Fresh. We have also highlighted an awesome plugin that was written by Kaspars which gives users up to 8 different color schemes to choose from. However, what if you want to create your own color scheme? Thanks to a plugin written by James Dimick called Easy Admin Color Schemes, users can now create their own flavor of the WordPress 2.5 back end. After downloading and installing the plugin, you can access it by browsing to SETTINGS-COLOR SCHEMES. There are three color schemes to start you off, Classic, Fresh and Washedout. The plugin does not allow you to delete nor edit the Classic and Fresh color schemes. This makes sense as you wouldn’t want to screw up a default skin only to have to reinstall WordPress to fix […]
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Opt In To Subscribing
While reading Lorelle’s awesome post over at the blog herald entitled WordPress Wednesday I noticed a blip she mentioned about Mark Jaquith’s Subscribe To Comments plugin. Apparently, Mark has changed the way in which subscriptions are dealt with by default. In earlier versions, Subscribe To Comments would leave the Subscribe Box check marked by default, causing anyone who commented to automatically be subscribed to that blog post. This in turn created an opt-out way of thinking which has been and continues to be a bad practice. Mark has changed this around and now leaves the subscribe box blank by default, leaving it up to the end users to decide on whether they would like to subscribe to the post or not. A much needed and welcomed change. Mark even set the plugin up so that even those who want to be subscribed to every post they comment on can do […]
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