Archive for April, 2008

For those who have updated to Admin Drop Down Menu v2.1 yesterday, if you happen to also use Fluency, please re-download my plugin. I fixed compatibility between them, everything should be fine now.[...] → Read more

I've updated two of my plugins today: Absolute Comments to version 2.2 and Admin Drop Down Menu to version 2.1. So, what's new ? Absolute Comments 2.2 brings its own administration page within the admin area and fixes the "View All" links (to view all comments for a particular post) which were broken for pages […][...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 19

Hu? I didn't know there was a Google Bookmarks service (apparently it's been around since June 2006). It's a bit like del.icio.us, without the social dimension, without the usable interface. Sort of sucks.[...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 17

Leszek from Free Geography Tools left a comment that really made my day: Who Sees Ads is one of a very small handful of plugins I consider essential to my site. I tend to be a bit lazy about making donations for plugins I use. I’ve made a donation for Who Sees Ads. Twice. And […][...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 15

Go to your blog admin area, head to the "Write" page, move your mouse over the "Add media" tiny icons: you probably had noticed it already, WordPress 2.5 comes with a neat tooltip function. Using it in your own plugins is so easy that a hamster could do it. First, in the HTML output of […][...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 14

If you are experiencing problems with Absolute Comments, it's mostly because of a conflicting plugin. I've put this troubleshooting guide to help you identify it. I've also improved a few things on Absolute Comments, regarding error handling and reporting. Now, instead of a silly javascript alert box telling that something went moo, you can actually […][...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 11

One of the mostest ubercoolest feature in WordPress is its ability to warn you about an outdated plugin you might be running on your blog, so you can upgrade in a snap and as soon as a new version gets off the press (assuming this plugin is hosted on wp.org/plugins) The thing is: it's cool… […][...] → Read more

Adding javascript into an admin page is a critical part of plugin coding. Critical, because it is both trivial and probably reason #1 why it will conflict with other plugins if not done properly. When their plugin needs javascript, Good Plugin Coders™ have to make sure of the following points: add javascript only once: if […][...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 07

Yet another plugin of mine that gets a revamp: Who Sees Ads, your all time favorite ultimate ad management plugin, is now WordPress 2.5 ready. For those who don't know it, let me quickly describe this baby : Easy ad management: inline or in PHP templates, inserting your ads is now a handy one-liner. Advanced […][...] → Read more

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Posted On: 2008 / 04 / 07

Sometimes, you stumble upon a cool Flickr photo and only know its static URL (something like 14488551_4945c8ea17_b.jpg). You'd like to go to the photo Flickr page (ie this), to know more about the author, and discover other pictures of the same kind? Bookmark this bookmarklet: Flickr Photo Page Quick explanation: Flickr image filenames in static […][...] → Read more