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WordPress 2008/04/06 1 min read

Absolute Comments 2.0 — Comment Manager with Instant Reply

What a productive week-end! I'm delighted to announce the availability of a new version of Absolute Comments, the plugin that lets you reply to comments from the one and only "Manage Comments" page. This update, stamped "version 2.0", is obviously to make the plugin work with WordPress 2.5 and (hopefully) above. This is a mandatory download for anyone with a…

WordPress 2008/04/06 1 min read

Admin Drop Down Menu and WordPress Mu

Rejoice, community and blog network admins: next version of my Admin Drop Down Menus will support WordPress Mu (the thing that powers wordpress.com) By default, the top dark bar of the admin UI in MU is replaced with a list of the blogs you're currently running (or at least have some privileges in): My plugin will fill this space with…

WordPress 2008/04/03 1 min read

Admin Drop Down Menu 2.0.3

Updated: version 2.0.3 fixes the media uploader bug mentionned by kind commenters. Sorry for the inconvenience! After nearly 33.000 downloads of my Admin Drop Down Menus (woweee!) I finally took some time to fix a bug that has been present since the very begining: incorrect links in sub menus below top level links added by plugins. Version 2.0.3 is waiting…

Images 2008/04/03 2 min read

The Lightbox Clones Matrix: Compare 30+ Lightbox Scripts

Early 2006, a cool guy named Lokesh Dhakar introduced Lightbox, a unobtrusive script used to display large images using modal dialogs over a black faded background. A great script, really. Since, every once in a while, someone comes up with their own take at this concept, using this or that javascript library (jQuery, Prototype, Mootools, YUI, you name it) and…

Pretty Comments is a tiny (1kb) jQuery plugin that makes textareas grow as content goes in. This should make a pretty cool addition to any jQuerified comment form. I think I'll add this here to my own theme when I have some time to do some coding in order to get rid of Prototype.

2008/04/03 6h48 #

WordPress 2008/03/28 3 min read

WordPress 2.5 ShortCodes API Overview

WordPress 2.5 comes with a very handy API that plugin authors should love: shortcodes, ie. BBcode-like tags, that are parsed when found in post contents. The API is very easy to use, and well done enough that it's relatively foolproof. Shortcode types The API allows for all the possible combinations and forms you'd think of: selfclosing or open tags, attributes…

One of the most impressive and interesting changes in WP 2.5 is the built-in gallery. A page on the Codex gives some insight on how to use it: Using the Gallery shortcode.

2008/03/27 9h33 #

Cool news: WordPress Custom Admin Branding supports my Admin Drop Down Menu!

2008/03/25 9h05 #

Great news: next version of Fluency will support my Admin Drop Down Menu!

2008/03/24 20h32 #

My Life 2008/03/15 1 min read

Going Down The Slopes

Expect some spam going through and comments stay unanswered, I'll be AFK for a little more than a week, skiing in the Alps instead of updating my plugins for 2.5 ;)