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WordPress 2008/03/14 2 min read

Per User Custom Stylesheet in WordPress 2.5

WordPress 2.5 introduces a neat option: per user Admin Color Scheme. This means that each user can select a stylesheet they like best for the whole admin area. Now onto the fun stuff: adding a per-user selectable custom stylesheet for your blog. Concept The new function behind this feature is wp_admin_css_color(), which is used as following: < View plain text…

WordPress 2008/03/14 4 min read

Five New Things In WordPress 2.5

In a few days, the next blue thing will land: WordPress 2.5 should come to a download link near you. Being a fairly old WordPress user (I've started looking into it when it was version 0.72 and this very blog was first online on version 1.02) I can remember every major release and the new features they introduced. No doubt,…

WordPress 2008/03/11 1 min read

WordPress 2.5 Delayed

WordPress 2.5, initially due today, has been delayed by a week. There a number of people complaining about this, and I really don't get why. I am personally much happier with a more stable release than with something that ships with bugs because someone pushed the "Go gold!" button too fast. Official release date of WordPress 2.5 is 03/17/08, but…

WordPress 2008/03/11 1 min read

About WordPress 2.5 and my Plugins

WordPress 2.5 basically breaking every plugin that was messing with the admin area, I have a number of plugin to update. My favorite one, Admin Drop Down Menu, is now fully compatible with the next blue thing (aka WP 2.5), but the other ones are still to be updated: A fix for Absolute Comments is under way (but boy, I…

WordPress 2008/03/10 1 min read

Admin Drop Down Menu Grows Older

With WordPress 2.5 and its completely revamped admin interface coming out, the mother of all the Admin menus needed a lifting. So it got one! Version 2.0 of my popular Admin Drop Down Menu, for WordPress 2.5+ only, has been completely reworked. It now features vertical dropdown menus, which should be easier to click and which should behave more nicely…

Heh: The first rule of Wikipedia is exactly what you're thinking if you have the slightest movie culture. Found via a funny Google query about first rules. Ho, by the way, the first rule of planetOzh is: You talk about planetOzh to everybody you know:)

2008/03/09 23h03 #

I just found out something that some will find obvious: from the trunk page of the WordPress SVN repository (or WordPress Mu, or anything that uses Trac really) there's a link at the very bottom of the page that will send you a fresh build in a zip archive. Handy for when you don't have an SVN install to play with.

2008/03/03 22h35 #

WordPress 2008/02/25 1 min read

WordPress Snippet: add_meta_box()

To add custom content to the "Write" admin pages (where you write posts, pages or links), WordPress 2.5 introduces a new function set: add_meta_box() Simple plugin example : < View plain text > php <?php /* Plugin Name: Example: Add Meta Box Plugin URI: # Description: Simple example showing how to add a "meta box" in WP 2.5 Version: 0.0…

WordPress 2008/02/16 1 min read

Migrating from WordPress 2.3 to 2.5

Migrating Plugins from 2.3 to 2.5. WordPress coders, get prepared for the upcoming 2.5 (to be released on March 10th). Themes shouldn't be affected by the new features and code, but plugins messing with the admin area will probably need a rework.

iPod 2008/02/14 1 min read

Reboot Crashed iPod Nano

I finally got an iPod Nano 3G (after much pondering) and it's, well, ok. Stunning device with awesome usability, but pathetic software and missing some key features. Every time I listen to music, I love my iPod. Every time I manage my MP3 collection, I hate it (even after I got rid of the hapless iTunes and installed Floola instead,…