Shiny Things » Wordpress http://www.andrewgrant.org Andrew Grant Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:37:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Testing… http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/07/22/testing.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/07/22/testing.html#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:03 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/07/22/testing.html Just a quick test post using the new iPhone wordpress client. It seems to be a little bare-bones at the moment.

The interface is a bit confusing, particularly the keyboard handling in the editor. (the location of done/save should really be switched).

Here’s a picture I took in palm springs on Saturday, though images don’t appear to be shown inlined.

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]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2008/07/22/testing.html/feed 0 Post Queue Wordpress Plugin http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/20/post-queue-wordpress-plugin.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/20/post-queue-wordpress-plugin.html#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 04:49:51 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/20/post-queue-wordpress-plugin.html One of the things I’ve discovered about blogging is that on some days I have the time/thought-train/willpower to write a couple of posts, and at other times I’ll go for weeks without having a chance to write anything.

What I thought would be neat is if there was a way I could store some of the posts from my more productive days and have them published when a certain amount of time’s elapsed since my most recent entry.

Wordpress can already schedule posts for publication on a future date but this requires you to know when you want to post, and thus far more organization that I’m generally capable of.

So… I decided to write a Plugin that would do it all for me!

Post Queue allows you to write posts and have them queued for future use. Choose how long you want to wait since your most recent post and after that time has elapsed Post Queue will pick one of your queued posts and publish it.

If you want to create a few posts for those dry spells, or stockpile entries and have them posted on a regular schedule, Post Queue should be just what you’re looking for. Check it out here!

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/20/post-queue-wordpress-plugin.html/feed 2 Well that was quick! http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/04/well-that-was-quick.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/04/well-that-was-quick.html#comments Sun, 04 Nov 2007 20:11:48 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/04/well-that-was-quick.html Upgrading to Wordpress 2.3 and migrating Keyword Tags over to the new built-in Wordpress sytem only took around 30 minutes, 20 of which were writing an import module to convert my existing tags to the new system.

For other users of Keyword Tags I’ve provided the import module on the Keyword Tags page. Sadly Keyword Tags is now consigned to history :(

The combination of Wordpress 2.3 and Windows Live Writer is slicker than ever, infact I’d have upgraded long ago if I’d known how well they work together now.

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/11/04/well-that-was-quick.html/feed 0 Keyword Tags v0.85 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/06/02/keyword-tags-v085.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/06/02/keyword-tags-v085.html#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:55:32 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/06/02/keyword-tags-v085.html I’ve just uploaded a new version of the Keyword Tags for Wordpress plugin that has a few minor changes.

  • Removed Windows Live Writer Beta 1 workaround for posts that used the <!–more–> tag.
  • Added a workaround for a bug in Windows Live Writer Beta 2 that prevents posts with multiple <pre>, <script> or <style> tags being viewed or edited.
  • Cleaned up the options page a bit.
  • Improved the ability to edit Wordpress pages in Windows Live Writer
  • Fixed incorrect version number (thanks Walter).
  • Fixed tags not being displayed in RSS summaries (thanks ‘Snakefoot‘)

The last change is that from version 0.85 Keyword Tags requires Wordpress version 2.1 or higher.

The new files are available on the Keyword Tags page.

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/06/02/keyword-tags-v085.html/feed 1 Keyword Tags updated for Wordpress 2.1 http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/05/01/keyword-tags-updated-for-wordpress-21.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/05/01/keyword-tags-updated-for-wordpress-21.html#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 21:12:59 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/05/01/keyword-tags-updated-for-wordpress-21.html I’ve uploaded a new version of Keyword Tags that fixes a problem when run under Wordpress 2.1.x. Due to a change in how 2.1 works, tags could vanish from posts that were being commented on.

Thanks to Simon Dann for pointing out the problem. Like a lot of people I’ve been sticking with the stable 2.0.x version of Wordpress so hadn’t seen the problem :(

On the subject of Keyword Tags, a version 1.0 final release is still coming. There are a few requested features (tag clouds, local tag links) but the biggest change will be improved documentation for users, and guides for people incorporating Keyword Tags into their own themes.

Download Keyword Tags 0.81

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/05/01/keyword-tags-updated-for-wordpress-21.html/feed 0 Get Post Image plugin for Wordpress http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/04/19/get-post-image-plugin-for-wordpress.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/04/19/get-post-image-plugin-for-wordpress.html#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:11:27 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/04/19/get-post-image-plugin-for-wordpress.html Get Post Image is a Wordpress plugin I wrote a while back to create the “distractions” section on my front page. Once installed the plugin offers a simple way to retrieve images contained in posts, allowing them to be displayed elsewhere in your theme.

In the case of my “distractions” section I retrieve the six most most recent posts from the distraction category, then use Get Post Image to retreive the first image that they each contain. These images are then displayed on my front page as a 3×2 row of thumbnail links to the actual posts themselves.

It’s a useful little plugin so I’ve cleaned it up, added some documentation and examples, and put it up for download.

You can find the examples and the download at its new home here

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2007/04/19/get-post-image-plugin-for-wordpress.html/feed 3 Technorati’s tag for Wordpress is broken.. http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/18/technoratis-tag-for-wordpress-is-broken.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/18/technoratis-tag-for-wordpress-is-broken.html#comments Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:43:42 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/18/technoratis-tag-for-wordpress-is-broken.html Since late last night the Technorati search feed I use for Wordpress news has been filling up with hundreds of posts from sites. The vast majority of these posts have nothing to do with Wordpress, and most don’t even include Technorati tags!

For example this is the site that’s currently at the top of the search feed; http://www.aggiegeeks.com/wordpress/?p=57

It seems clear something has become broken with the method Technorati uses to catalogue sites. This is backed up by the Technorati Graph that displays the number of posts that are tagged with Wordpress. There’s a spike that begins on the 17th and has increased today.

Wordpress post chart

I wonder if Technorati is attempting to catalogue posts based on their content, and as a result pulling in all sites that contain a “powered by Wordpress” comment. Whatever the problem, it’s very annoying and my finger is hovering over the unsubscribe button :(

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/18/technoratis-tag-for-wordpress-is-broken.html/feed 3 Keyword Tags for Wordpress updated http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/04/keyword-tags-for-wordpress-updated.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/04/keyword-tags-for-wordpress-updated.html#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:50:29 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/04/keyword-tags-for-wordpress-updated.html I’ve updated the latest version of Keyword Tags for Wordpress to 0.80. The biggest two changes are that it’s now possible for users to specify their own format for tags and the tag group (previously it was only possible to select from several predefined formats and change the begin/end tags). Unfortunately there was no real way to migrate previous settings to the new format, anyone who modified these values will need to reapply their changes. I think you’ll find the benefits worth it though.

Another change is the addition of compatibility options for two other tagging packages. This was possible in previous versions via the advanced settings, but you would have needed to know the specifics to set them up. The final changes are a rewrite of the options menu to be a little more flexible, and a function names kwt_get_keyword_string that returns the formatted keyword string rather than displaying it.

The download is on the Keyword Tags page.

As someone pointed out to me the latest version of Windows Live Writer now has native support for tagging posts. I think this is a great feature for a lot of people, particularly those who’s blogs are not self-hosted, but for a lot of users I don’t see it replacing Keyword Tags or any of the other packages out there. My preference is to have tags stored as meta data that can be later processed, and while I’m a big fan of Windows Live Writer I don’t post exclusively from it. Having a tagging interface that works both from both client applications and the Wordpress GUI is important to me.

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/10/04/keyword-tags-for-wordpress-updated.html/feed 1 New version of Keyword Tags for Wordpress http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/10/new-version-of-keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/10/new-version-of-keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html#comments Sun, 10 Sep 2006 21:03:39 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/10/new-version-of-keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html After feedback from a few people, and more time using Windows Live Writer with Wordpress, I’ve uploaded a new version of the Keyword Tags for Wordpress plugin that features several changes;

  • Static Wordpress pages (e.g. ‘About’) can now be edited within Windows Live Writer and Ecto.
  • Added a fix that stops Windows Live Writer from truncating posts that use the <!–more–> tag
  • Added option that will always display drafts above normal posts when viewing a list of posts within Windows Live Writer/Ecto
  • Added an option that will set the date and time of a post to the current date/time when a post is published after previously being saved as a draft via XMLRPC. By default there’s a bug in Wordpress where posts are given the date/time they were first saved as a draft if edited via a tool such as Windows Live Writer/Ecto.

Get it here; Feedback welcome!

Update 

I’ve just uploaded a new version (0.75) that has has an option to turn tags into a meta-keyword statement in the header of single posts or pages. I’d had this functionality in my custom theme for a while, but thought I’d make it a global option :)

]]> http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/10/new-version-of-keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html/feed 0 Keyword Tags for Wordpress, with Windows Live Writer/Ecto support http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/01/keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/01/keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 22:51:05 +0000 Andrew http://www.andrewgrant.org/2006/09/01/keyword-tags-for-wordpress.html I’ve just posted my first Wordpress plugin, Keyword Tags, which adds keyword/tagging capabilities to Wordpress. While many such plugins already exist as far as I’m aware this is the first to support the MetaWeblog API – meaning blogging tools such as Windows Live Writer or Ecto can publish keywords with no need to manually edit tags. 

The plugin also offers the ability to automatically append keywords to posts for services such as Technorati or Wordpress so there is no need to edit theme files. If custom behaviour is required the user may use the simple API to control the output and formatting of tags within their theme.

Read more and download it here: Keyword Tags for Wordpress

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