I’ve just published version 2.5b15 of the post plugins: Similar Posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, and Recent Comments. Thank you to all who have found bugs and especially for those who have tested and re-tested when I couldn’t reproduce the bug myself. There have been particular problems with the installation of Similar Posts on some …
Yearly Archives: 2008
How to Give Your Plugin Settings a Submenu
While rebuilding the posts plugins for WordPress 2.5 I became frustrated by the excessive length of their settings pages and more than a little envious of other plugins which managed to split their settings into subpages accessible from a submenu. I pored through more opaque code than is comfortable and eventually decided I should try …
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Novice Notes on the Official WordPress Plugin Directory
As I’ve said I’ve been wrestling with the plugin directory and, as I suspected, the trouble is down to my lack of smarts. Two things to be aware of if you are wanting to host your plugins at the official site: When they say that you should name your tags/releases using only numbers and periods …
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Once
I saw the film ‘Once‘ tonight. Very moving. Here’s a clip with the Oscar-winning song. Glen Hansard – Falling Slowly I don’t know you But I want you All the more for that Words fall through me And always fool me And I can’t react And games that never amount To more than they’re meant …
Still Fighting the Official Plugins Directory…
I haven’t got a response from the official WordPress plugin directory to work out why the proper instructions are not displaying and meanwhile I am getting a lot of folks wondering what on earth is going on and why the post plugins are no longer working. Here are some emergency directions for the interim… First …
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WordPress 2.5 and Automatic Plugin Updates
Update: Check out this post for some extra instructions. Well I’m wrestling with the new ability of WordPress 2.5 to notify when a fresh version of a plugin is available on the official directory. Up until now I haven’t used the directory but today I tried to get my post plugins up and running over …
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Site Outage…
Apologies for the mess the site has been in for the last 18 hours. A mangled .htaccess file (who knows how?) made the site inaccessible and then to compound problems I was locked out of ftp so I couldn’t put things right.
WordPress Plugins Updated: Similar Posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, and Recent Comments
Finally! I have posted the updated (2.5) versions of my post plugins and they are full of enhancements and even the odd fix… Check them out from the plugins page but please take note: They are still beta releases and, given the number of modifications I have made, I am sure I will have a …
I Have a New Boss
The Society of Jesus has a new General Superior, Fr Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish-born but for many years living in Japan.
Thinking Faith
Peter Scally, SJ and Jesuit Media Initiatives have just unveiled another venture. After pray-as-you-go comes ThinkingFaith — the online journal of the British Jesuits — a mix of articles, book and film reviews. It’s been online for just 3 hours right now — give it a look.