Archive for 2008

WP Themes Directory: Matt & Joseph Discussion

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Matt Mullenweg & Joseph Scott Discuss The WordPress Themes Directory: Ian Stewart from ThemeShaper interviews Matt Mullenweg and Joseph Scott about the new WordPress Themes Directory. There are some insightful answers to questions about the new directory and the direction it is being taken. Quote from Matt (and agreed upon by Joseph) that is worthy of note:  . . . there are a ton of features coming soon that will be my favorite.

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/13

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SodaHead Polls Create a free poll for your blog with images and a fully customized look in seconds. Advanced Tagline Advanced Tagline gives the option to have multiple taglines for your blog and display them at random or sequentially with each page view. I created it mainly to learn how to write WordPress plugins and also to familiarize myself a bit with MooTools. ISIS Ad Management ISIS is a widget for wordpress, you can use it to Display 125*125 Ads in your sidebar. wp-syntax-rettke Out of the box, WP-Syntax colors code using the default GeSHi colors. Per the authors advice in the ‘Advanced Customization’ section of Other Notes, you can configure GeSHi yourself by handling the wp_syntax_init_geshi hook and configuring it programmatically. A generic plugin for folks who wanted to configure GeSHi following this approach. Disqus Plugin The Disqus WordPress plugin integrates Disqus into your blog. Disqus is a powerful […]

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New DISQUS WordPress Plugin 2.0

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New DISQUS WordPress Plugin 2.0: DISQUS, the external commenting system has introduced a new version of their WordPress plugin that will allow bloggers to import their old comments into DISQUS and will allow for moderation of comments from within the WordPress administration area. New features introduced with this version of DISQUS include: Comments are indexable by search engines (SEO-friendly) Export and import of comments (Can WordPress import comments if you choose to get rid of DISQUS?) Automatic synchronization between Disqus.com and your WordPress comments Uses the new Disqus API Moderate/administer your blog right from the WordPress admin LaughingSquid and Mashable both have reviews of the new DISQUS. Is this going to help you switch comments? It appears that the plugin is only compatible upto WordPress 2.3 Thanks to Otto in the comments for the heads up.

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WordPress Theme Releases for 08/12

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WP Coda WP Coda is a single column theme designed to mimics the functionality of the very popular Coda website 4Marilyns A 2 column fixed-width, free WordPress theme, with righthand sidebar, enabled for widgets. Influkantur A simple and clean two column WordPress theme Star Press Star Press is a three column, red and white, widget and gravatar ready, fixed width theme Atahualpa Fluid width, 2 or 3 columns, rotating or static header image(s), options page, Gravatars, highlighted author comments. Flexi Blue Fixed width, widget ready, right sidebar, three column, gravatar ready theme

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Charity Event: WordPress Scavenger Hunt 2008

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August 11th, 2008
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WordCamp SF 2008 is getting closer, many users may have already signed up for the event, for those who have yet to do so, you can purchase your ticket by visiting the sales page. If you are visiting the WordCamp there is another exciting event planned for charity, the WordPress Scavenger Hunt 2008 will be held the day after WordCamp SF on August 17th. The WordPress Charity Scavenger Hunt will have teams of four running amok in San Francisco for two hours, unravelling clues, finding weird stuff and completing tasks for points. The winning team with the most points will get the grand prize: lots of WordPress schwag, plus special surprises! Team registration fee is $40 for a team of 4 people, all proceeds will be donated to 826 Valencia, a local non-profit that helps kids refine their reading and writing skills. If you are looking to have a bit […]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 08/11

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Open Web Analytics A full featured web analytics framework that provides detailed analysis of site users, click behavior, traffic sources, feed subscriptions and content consumption. Cross References Insert cross-references between posts or pages with [cref postID], such as [cref 1], or optionally with [cref post-slug], for example [cref hello-world], and get all backward references automatically at the end of each post or page. WP Microsummary Comment Track Using Firefox 2+ Microsummaries, this plugin only displays the amount of * Approved * Pending * Spam comments that you have on your WordPress blog. Slayer’s Ad Integration Plugin Integrate ads in your posts. It doesn’t matter what ad you want to ad: Google Adsense, Bidvertiser, or just a link to an image this plugin can handle it, and just as every plugin it comes with a cool options panel. RSSLess RSSless is a WordPress plugin which allows you to hide specific post […]

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If, Then, Else

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August 9th, 2008
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Ever become brave enough to look inside of a WordPress php file? Specifically, a php file from a theme? If you have, you may have noticed that they are filled with If, Then, and Else statements. If you have no idea what these mean, this post is for you. Php has always been a pain for me to understand, but if you think about it in a logical manner, it begins to make sense. If, then and else statements are used as a means of making decisions, similar to the way you and I make decisions in the real world. Here is an example of how this logic works in WordPress. < ?php if (have_posts()) : ?> The if statement within that php function is asking if there are posts. If the blog has posts, WordPress begins processing what is known as “The Loop“. <? php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); […]

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WordPress Theme Releases for 08/09

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Connections Reloaded Connections Reloaded is a complete reload of the highly popular and extremely beautiful Connections theme by Patricia Muller. Connections Reloaded 2.0.1 is a two column, widget and Gravatar ready theme. Includes few inbuilt widgets as well as many page templates. Ginseng Coffee Ginseng Coffee is a three column, brown, widget and Gravatar and tag ready theme. Floral Day 2 columns, widget ready, right side bar, with Ajax picture viewer enable Simplest A simple two-column WordPress theme with a small splash of color. While on the topic of themes, you might like to take a look at Building with WordPress: From sketch to prototype to company website in 5 hours and Collapsing WordPress Widget-Ready Areas & Sidebars and Show latest comment(s) for each post on main page.

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WordPress 2.7 Plugin Uninstall Methods

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WordPress 2.7 Plugin Uninstall Methods: A tutorial from Jacob Santos on the WordPress 2.7 Plugin Uninstall functionality and how to use it to make the uninstall process easy and seamless. Jacob adds a note to all plugin authors that I believe is worth mentioning: Special care then should be taken when using this method to ensure that your plugin isn’t doing anything it shouldn’t when uninstalling. In other words, please be careful and do not break other plugins and/or the core.

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