Archive for the "WordPress" Tag

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 / 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One of the mostest ubercoolest feature in WordPress is its ability to warn you about an outdated plugin you might be running on your blog, so you can upgrade in a snap and as soon as a new version gets off the press (assuming this plugin is hosted on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 / 06

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 […][...] → Read more

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 […][...] → Read more

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 […][...] → Read more