Posts Tagged ‘WordPress’

Where Have All The WordPress Plugin Lists Gone?

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

When I recently finished the LocalCurrency plugin, I tried adding it to the various WordPress plugin lists that exist and found that several are gone!

I’m not talking about individual lists on people’s blogs listing which WordPress plugins they use.  There are many of these! I’m talking about complete lists or repositories of all WordPress plugins in existence (or as close as possible).

In this post I look at a several WordPress plugin lists which have been removed, are down, or don’t seem to have any people running them. (more…)

WordPress 2.3 Breaks Articles Plugin - Solution

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

After my recent upgrade to WordPress 2.3.1, the Articles plugin by Alex King started showing my Articles under the wrong Categories. Fortunately, there is a solution posted on the WordPress Support site. (more…)

WordPress 2.3.1 Upgrade Completed

Monday, November 19th, 2007

I’ve been upgrading the site to WordPress 2.3.1 over the last 24 hours, so you may have noticed some strange things - beyond the normal content. :) (more…)

Feed Autodiscovery Guide

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Most modern browsers can automatically detect feeds offered by websites with feed autodiscovery enabled. This makes it easier to subscribe to these sites. If your blog doesn’t have feed autodiscovery enabled already, you need to set it up. Why make it harder for people to subscribe to your site? (more…)

WordPress - Colour Selector For Text Boxes in Posts

Monday, June 25th, 2007

In recent posts, I outlined how to create both simple and rounded text boxes within a post. I’ve now created a Colour Selector for both types of text boxes, which allows you to select colours you want, see a preview of the text box, then gives you the code for it. (more…)

WordPress - Taming The Advanced Editor

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Adding simple HTML code to a post should be easy, but it can lead to major frustrations. Why? Because the Advanced Editor cleans your code for you. Unfortunately, it often changes your code so that it no longer works! (more…)

WordPress - Rounded Text Boxes in Posts

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

In my previous article I explained how to create simple text boxes, using CSS, to highlight certain text in your posts. While this is easy and effective, what I really wanted was to create text boxes with rounded corners. This article covers one technique that allows you to do this. (more…)

WordPress - Simple CSS Text Boxes In Posts

Friday, June 8th, 2007

In this article, I outline how to create simple text boxes using both inline and external CSS and how to set up a quicktag button so you can use them with the minimum of effort. You’ll be surprised at how easy it is to do! (more…)

WordPress Permalink Customisation - Caution For Beginners

Friday, June 1st, 2007

This is only my second post since launching www.scratch99.com and I’ve already changed the Permalink structure! In this article, I examine why my original structure:

        /%category%/%postname%/

doesn’t work for me. (more…)

This is just a link to a project for my students. Please ignore.

WordPress Plugins by Stephen Cronin
DualFeeds: Offer both full text & summary feeds. Let your readers choose!
IFrameWidgets: Stop slow javascript widgets breaking your page layout!
FeedEntryHeader: Add a copyright statement to the TOP of your feed!
LocalCurrency: Show currency values to readers in their own currency!
KeywordLuv: Reward your commentators with keyword rich anchor text!