New Plugins Buy Sell Ads WordPress Plugin Easily integrate your Buy Sell Ads zones and includes anti-AdBlock meaures to help prevent AdBlock (and similar software) from blocking Buy Sell Ads advertisements. Track MyBlogLog This plugin identifies and tracks MyBlogLog readers on your website. The plugin will store the user avatar, location, website, twitter, technorati, etc.. along with the last visit dates. Supple Forms Supple Forms is a CMS plugin for WordPress that lets you easily add a custom write panel or meta box to the Write Post/Write Page screen. It differs from other custom write panel plugins in that you can store your data in either WordPress Custom Fields or your own custom table that the plugin will create for you. Additionally, it provides a powerful HTML snippet tool that lets you format and insert your data into pages and posts with shortcodes, and without tweaking templates. SEO No Duplicate […]

So for some reason that I can no longer remember, I had to log into FeedBurner to do something. I was greeted with an odd message that appeared to say that FeedBurner would cease to exist and I would have to migrate my account to Google. I have become wary of attaching my Google account to my other important services after their recent gaffe and was about to click “No Thanks” when I realized that the page was telling me that if I did not do it manually, they would be moved for me anyways. Since I had no choice, I went through the paces to move my FeedBurner services to Google. The move was mostly uneventful and I was told that while my feeds were being transferred, I could close the browser window and know that they would be safely transferred. There are some reported incidents of missing feeds […]

Compositio [removed, premium theme sponsored] Compositio is a two column theme, made to for those who want to put their content at the front with a unique light blue design. Random square shapes are the defining graphics of this theme. They are used throughout the background, bringing a special rhythm to the theme. I Can Watch Movies Single column, widget ready theme with SIFR for main title and headings. Sheep in a Field Three-column design, featuring a few sheep, some birds, and a little springtime to cheer you up from the Winter blues. You don’t have to be part of the flock to use this theme. Theme developer? Come submit your themes to us.

Mastering WordPress Shortcodes.: Smashing Magazine had a nice instructional writeup on mastering WordPress shortcodes and creating new ones to make one’s blogging life easier. Shortcodes are small peices of pre-determined code (viewable in the HTML version of a post) that are later expanded by WordPress when a post is published and subsequently displayed. Shortcodes are already used by WordPress for many internal functions such as albums. This tutorial goes into details of the shortcode API in WordPress and into some detail of creating advanced shortcodes to accomplish tasks such as Send to Twitter (or consequently, send to Techmeme via Twitter) Create an RSS feed link Insert Adsense into a post Insert an RSS reader into a post Add shortcodes to sidebars Please let us know if you have used any of these or know of/have created others that might be useful.

I posted earlier that 2.7.1 RC1 was released for testing and now the final version of WordPress 2.7.1 is available for download / upgrade. 2.7.1 fixes 68 tickets and so is a recommended upgrade. If you already have WordPress 2.7 or 2.7.1 RC1 installed, you’ll receive an update notification that will allow you to upgrade WordPress from within WP-Admin itself. Or you can upgrade to the latest version by visiting Tools > Upgrade in WP-Admin. This will upgrade the files and the database as well in one step. If you’re using 2.6.x or below you will need to manually download and upgrade your installation of WordPress. Download WordPress 2.7.1 or check out the full set of changes between 2.7 and 2.7.1

New Plugins Tune Library This plugin is used to import an XML iTunes Music Library file into your WordPress database. Once imported, you can display a complete listing of your music collection on a page of your WordPress site. Absolute Privacy Turns your blog into the ultimate private blog: user moderation, blog lock-down, users can chose their own password and must enter their name when registering. Ezy Nav Menu This is a simple plugin that adds a template tag ‘show_nav()’ which generates a website navigation menu. The navigation links are managed using the existing ‘Manage Links’ functionality in WordPress. MyAnimeList MAL for WordPress displays your recently watched anime in your WordPress blog. Advanced Custom Field Widget The Advanced Custom Field Widget is an extension of the Custom Field Widget by Scott Wallick, and displays values of custom field keys. Gwolle-GB Gwolle-GB is the WordPress guestbook you’ve just been looking for. […]

Blu Mag Blu Mag is a three column, blue theme, with sliding menus, featured posts and sliding tabs. It is a Search Engine friendly theme, with widgetized sidebars and footers. Blu Mag is easily customizable and you get the maximum control over the theme’s layout. The Footers, Featured Posts section and Thumbnails can be easily disabled or enable through the Theme Options Page. Nouice Two column simple theme designed for blogs / sites which do not expect any comments Simpl3 Two column theme ready for social bookmarking and advertisements with a widgetized sidebar and rotating headers Glassy Evolution Glassy Evolution is a glassy looking WordPress theme which has five difference colors black, green, blue, red and gold, that allow user to switch from one to another based on their needs. The theme has two columns, fixed width and right sidebar.   Are you a Theme developer? Read how you can […]

While WordPress comes inbuilt with the power of RSS, which allows users to subscribe to new posts and view them in their feed readers. For those who prefer the traditional method of receiving updates via email, you have Feedburner or Feedblitz that enable you to do this. But, what if you want to send a newsletter out to interested readers. One option is to get hold of a remote newsletter solution. However, this can cost you a good amount of money if you have many subscribers. Another option is to install a mailing list software on your server. Yet another is to rely on good old email clients like Outlook or Thunderbird. Then again you can use MailPress. Description With this plugin you will be able to send beautiful and styled html and plain text mails based on dedicated themes and templates for any e-mail notification issued for comments subscribers, […]