I received a ping from Anil on their newly released beta product TypePad AntiSpam while I was on vacation. I told Anil that I would look into it and write a balanced article on it when I got back. I procrastinated on writing the post for quite a while but that also gave me the chance to think about the product quite a bit, have some conversations with Anil and others about the product and ruminate on the merits, usefulness and finally the viability of the service. It came as no surprise to me that Six Apart would come up with such a product and the choices made for the product are even lesser of a surprise. I had some initial thoughts on branding and the nature of the product that I communicated to Anil privately but the rest of the review of the technology and the service is my […]
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‘WordPress Plugins’ Category
The WordPress Plugin Competition is in full swing. A lot of people have expressed interest in participating in the competition and some prizes have already been committed. As in the years past, the plugin competition prizes will be listed on the prize page. But here is a short list of what is in store for the winners. Weblog Tools Collection is offering up $1000 of prize money for the winners James and Andrew from Incsub have offered up $250 for a plugin that is WPMU compatible. They add that WPMU plugins are not that dissimilar to regular plugins, but need to run automatically and efficiently via wp-content/mu-plugins and require users to make no hard code changes (just edits in Settings) and for global administration to be possible via the Site Admin menu. Geof F. Morris has generously offered $100 towards the competition WindowsObserver.com has provided a copy of Tom Clancy’s […]
[Continue Reading...]When Jeff wrote about plugin deactivation breaking your blog, Aaron and I wrote in the comments of a few solutions to prevent plugin issues with themes. Within this post I will present several techniques plugin and theme authors can take in order to prevent deactivation issues. Method 1: function_exists In this example, let’s assume we have a function named related_posts. When in a theme, we could use this code to call the function if only it exists. <?php if (function_exists("related_posts")) { related_posts(); } ?> The PHP function_exists checks for the existence of the function, and if it does exist, it calls the function. Method 2: function_exists and Actions Using the same function name, the theme author could add some code into their functions.php file and use an action and function_exists combination. if (function_exists('related_posts')) { add_action('my_related_posts', 'related_posts'); } In the above example, we create a new action called my_related_posts. The end […]
[Continue Reading...]We’re one month into the plugin competition, so I thought I should write in and ask you how plugin development is going on? Are you ready with a plugin? If so, then it is time to create an entry on the Plugin Competition Blog. If you do not have author access then create an account and contact us to upgrade your account. Don’t forget to mention the plugin page on your site. Are you still hunting for ideas? Take a look at a post I made a while back. Need some questions answered? Ask away 🙂 Looking to sponsor the competition or donate some prize money? Please contact us. Donating money is easy and quick and it helps out the WordPress community. Remember we have just another month to go before the end of the plugin competition.
[Continue Reading...]is_human() is_human() is the simplest yet most extensive human verification system available on the WordPress market. Users can choose one of three verification types, or have the script show one at random on each page-load. WP Comment Remix WP Comment Remix allows you to reply and quote links for commentators and also provides a full upgrade to the edit comments pages in the admin panel. WP-Help WP Help is a plugin that allows you to create a simple help or instructional page in the WordPress Admin that will display customized information of your choosing. Image Upload HTTP Error Fix Fixes the media uploader HTTP Error that some WordPress (2.5+) configurations suffer from. Photo Galleria Photo Galleria is a simple, yet elegant, plugin for photographers, designers and WordPress 2.5 users alike who want to beautify their WordPress photo galleries using the jquery framework. WP Movie Ratings WP Movie Ratings is a […]
[Continue Reading...]Google AJAX Libraries API Plugin The Google Ajax Libraries API Plugin is designed to make it easy to use the Google hosted libraries without the need to mess with your theme and plugin code. Get The Image This plugin will allow you to have full control over images displayed, or it takes the power of WordPress and uses its image cropping methods. MW Adminimize This plugin pares down the page-topping links interface that shows up on every WordPress administration page. MW Latest Tweet This one does what you’d probably guess: shows the latest tweet. Be sure to check out the release page as it offers more than just displaying the latest tweet. BT Active Discussions This is a recent comments plugin that displays customizable number of blog posts with recently updated comments. The output is very similar to phpBB’s View Active Topics and vBulletin’s Today’s Posts functions. User Rank Plugin […]
[Continue Reading...]Reader Vivien writes in: Is there a way to prevent WordPress from inserting the width and the height for images in the new 2.5 media manager? In short, yes, but it requires you to insert some code into your theme’s functions.php file. Fortunately, there is a WordPress filter we can use called image_downsize, which takes in three arguments (a boolean, an attachment ID, and a size string). add_filter('image_downsize', 'my_image_downsize',1,3); All I’m doing in the above filter is setting the filter name, the function to call (my_image_downsize), what priority I want the filter, and how many arguments the function takes. From there, I mimic the function image_downsize in the ‘wp-includes/media.php’ file, but do not return a width or a height. As a result, when the image is sent to the editor, no width or height is present. function my_image_downsize($value = false,$id = 0, $size = "medium") { if ( !wp_attachment_is_image($id) ) […]
[Continue Reading...]akWpLightbox akWpLightbox is a plugin that helps you create a simple lightbox to be used with the images on the post. You can add your images as you do now and the plugin will take care of rest of the things. Related Posts Related Posts is a plugin that provides multiple options to show the via tags related posts of a post. It contains a sidebar widget that is only visible when viewing a single post and displays a list of posts that are related with the current post via the tags. Better Tags Manager Better Tags Manager (BTM) allows you to edit tags from the manage post section without having to visit the post itself. You can add and edit tags for multiple post at once from within the admin manage panel itself without ever leaving the manage page. Disclaimer: This plugin has been written by me. Enhanced Links […]
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- Mark Ghosh
An avid fan of business, education, technology and finance. I lead a lean, highly focussed and capable team of Java Back End developers and Front End developers through a maze of complex software wizardry to fulfill the web maintenance needs of a large chemical manufacturer. As per Myers-Briggs Personality Types, I am an ESTJ. I pride in a project completed on time and according to plan. My hobbies include all kinds of technology, anything that I can taste and anything that goes fast or flies in the air. I like to read business books and comics in my spare time.
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Ajax Edit Comments Part Deux
Ajax Edit Comments, the Digg like comment editor written by Ronald Huereca has undergone a significant rewrite. For those that are familiar with the older versions, you’re going to be in for quite the surprise as Ronald has rewritten the plugin from the ground up. The new version contains an updated interface, numerous backend improvements and a redesigned configuration page. One of the biggest changes I noticed with the new version is that you no longer can double click on the comment text to edit it inline. Instead, you click on an Edit link. After clicking the edit link, you’re presented with a screen similar to this one: Another visual change are the buttons/links that appear underneath every comment. The buttons give you access to edit the comment, moderate the comment, mark the comment as spam or deleting the comment. That comment interface looks little like this: In my opinion, […]
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