Archive for 2008

WordPress Theme Release for 4/16

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Two Column Themes Inverted Headline Inverted Headline is a dark theme with white and gray text. The theme has 4 widgetized areas in the sidebars which you can customize. Three Column Themes Multiplayer Tech Blog Multiplayer Tech Blog is a three column WordPress theme for technology blogs with blue and yellow colors. The sidebar is placed at each side of the content. MilaMira – Two authors blog MilaMira is a unique concept in a theme where the theme allows users to show separate sections for different authors. The theme is targeted at blogs which have two authors. Please read the customization options to set up the theme to show content from different authors. You can setup one author to use the left side of the page and the second one to use the right side of the page. Ad Clerum 3.0 Ad Clerum is a three column theme which includes […]

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10 Security Plugins For WP

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Speckyboy has created a list of the top 10 security plugins to use with WordPress. The plugins range from AskApache Password Protect to WP Security scan. When asked about security at WordCamp Dallas, Matt Mullenweg responded by saying “The best thing you could do to make sure your blog is secure is to stay up to date with the latest stable versions of WordPress.” Using strong passwords for your administrator account along with not using the default admin account that is created during a WordPress install are also good practices. For more information in regards to securing your WordPress installation, be sure to check out the Hardening WordPress article on the Codex.

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How-To: Use WordPress 2.5 Tooltips

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April 15th, 2008
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How-To: Use WordPress 2.5 Tooltips Ozh has done it again! Have you noticed the cool little hover over tooltips on the WordPress 2.5 admin interface? Ozh’s small tutorial (with example code) shows us how to add your own tooltips to your cool WordPress plugins.

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WordPress Plugin Release For 4/14

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April 14th, 2008
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WP Page Numbers WP Page Numbers uses numbers which makes it easier for users to choose what page to go to instead of the regular Next and Previous links. There are five themes to choose from and an option to create your own themes to display the page numbers. WP Simple Sitemap WP Simple Sitemap is a WordPress plugin that automatically lists all your posts with a page number navigation. Dashboard last news Allows you to display the last items of several feeds in your dashboard. Aggregates as much feeds you want and displays the last items from it. DivvaFlip A plugin based on the WP2.5 media gallery DivvaFlip allows you to flip your pages using AJAX. It works in harmony with your native media WordPress galleries or with your Nextgen gallery. SmartAds SmartAds is a plugin that let’s you automatically, yet intelligently place Adsense ads into your posts. Some […]

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Absolute Comments – Plugin Video Review

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April 14th, 2008
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If you cannot see, the video, please visit this link: Absolute Comments – Video Plugin Review Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Absolute Comments by PlanetOzh. Video Summary: Absolute Comments is a major improvement over the WordPress 2.5 Comments Panel. The plugin allows you to reply to comments easily without having to visit a post. The plugin also allows you to view all comments for a particular post. An immense timesaver. Pros: Major improvement over the existing WordPress 2.5 comments panel. The plugin makes it easy to reply to comments. Cons: None, although it would be nice if there was a way to change the default reply text (or have several options) in the admin-panel without having to edit the plugin’s code. If you think your WordPress plugin will merit itself to a video review, please get in contact with me via e-mail (ronalfy+wltc @ gmail dot com). Please […]

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How to Only Retrieve Posts With Custom Fields

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One question I come across a lot regarding custom fields is how to only retrieve posts based on a custom field. For example, if a post has a custom field of “MyData”, someone might want to only retrieve that particular post. The WordPress Codex has a technique for retrieving posts based on custom fields, which consists of writing your own query and going through the results. The technique in the Codex is good, but I’ve found a re-usable way one can retrieve only posts with certain custom fields. The technique I use makes use of two custom functions placed in a theme’s “functions.php” and a custom WordPress Loop. Let’s get started — The “functions.php” file First, let’s place the two custom functions in the “functions.php” file. This file should be in your theme directory, but if it isn’t there, you can create one using any text editor. Here are the […]

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New Viddler Plugin

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April 13th, 2008
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The people over at Viddler have released a new plugin compatible with WordPress 2.5. The plugin is at version 1.1 Beta 1 and is still undergoing testing. Here are a few things you can expect from this new plugin: Dashboard widget You can now watch, and help promote, our daily featured videos right from within the WordPress administration dashboard. There is a preference in the options panel to turn this off. Viddler videos in Add Media pop-up One of WordPress 2.5’s flagship features is the new “Add media” pop-up window when writing posts and pages. Now, you can add Viddler videos in several ways. Featured videos Like on the dashboard widget, you are now able to embed featured videos quickly. Your videos One quick search for your username, and you can page through every public video you have on Viddler and embed them in your posts. SearchThe search features lets […]

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Define Your Own WordPress Loop Using WP_Query

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April 13th, 2008
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We all know what the WordPress Loop is right? If not, there are many great tutorials around the web that explain the WordPress Loop. One of the easiest ways to navigate and manipulate the loop is to use the function called query_posts. Nathan Rice calls it a WordPress developers best friend. When you use query_posts, however, you risk the following: Potential to interfere with plugins which make use of the Loop. Potential to invalidate WordPress conditional tags. Having to deal with resetting, rewinding, offsetting… I say skip query_posts. In a way you’ll still be using it, but the better (and sometimes easier) technique is to instantiate your own WP_Query object and create your own loop. Creating Your Own Loop With WP_Query The first step is to instantiate your own variable using the WP_Query class. What we’ll be doing in this example is creating a common feature on blogs, which is […]

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Shortcode Generator

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Julien of Webinventif has created a shortcode generator for WordPress. Shortcode is like BBcode in that it provides the ability to use shortcuts to execute a block of code, rather than having to write out the block of code time and time again. Julien has made use of the new API calls within WordPress and with his shortcode generator, makes it easy as 1,2,3 to create your own custom shortcode. Although everything has been written in French, this generator looks promising. If anyone could translate this generator into English, I think there would be many WordPresser’s who would be grateful. Here is a screencast showcasing the generator in action. Shortcode generator from WebInventif.fr on Vimeo

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