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Easier internal links for WordPress
Last week I got into a conversation with my friend Fletcher about linking to internal pages in WordPress. To wit, it could be a lot easier. Wiki-style links would be better than nothing, but personally I hate having to remember…
Howdy, stranger.
I know, it’s been ages! How are you? You look thinner. Have you done something different with your hair?
Me? Well, I was sick for a while there. No, not hamthrax. Not even a virus, really; turns out the stuff…
Keynote ruckus at HighEdWeb
If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I spent the week attending the HighEdWeb conference. I’ve been a presenter and a member of the programming committee for the last few years. I adore this conference because…
Sundry updates
ArmadilloCon was delightful (except for the migraine and the insomnia, but those were my issues, not theirs). If you are a fan of Scott Lynch, keep your ears open this week for an announcement that is, as they…
New WordPress plugin: Random Posts from Category
(last one for a while!)
This widget will list random posts from a chosen category. You can choose how many posts to display, and whether to show the excerpt or the full content in addition to the post title. You…
Another WordPress plugin: Dashboard Notepad (and some backstory)
Let me pause here and say that this blog is not going to become all WordPress, all the time. I don’t really plan on writing five plugins in a single month ever again (this is #4; there’s another being uploaded…
New WordPress plugin: Import HTML Pages
This plugin will import a directory of files as either pages or posts, according to configurable settings. You may specify the HTML tag containing the content you want to import (e.g. <body>, <div id=”content”> or <td width=”732″>) or the…
New WordPress plugin: Recent Posts with Excerpts widget
I’ve written a widget that lists your most recent posts with excerpts, optionally limited to a category. The number of posts and excerpts is configurable; for example, you could show five posts but include the excerpt for only…
Word Unmunger (HTML cleanup) Automator script updated
For years, I used Luke Francl’s Word Unmunger to strip the gunk out of Word-generated HTML files (an occupational hazard when you work in higher ed). I fell out of the habit when I started working more on application…
New WordPress plugin; new WordPress site
My new Next Page plugin provides shortcodes and template tags for previous, next, and parent navigation in pages. It’s a feature I’ve wanted for a while, and a post in the support forum finally made me figure…
Fix Outlook
Email design is one of the most annoying aspects of my profession because design standards implemented by most web browsers in 1996 are still not supported in email clients. In Office 2000, Outlook actually did pretty…
When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…
…but you can log in at wordpress.com itself, and you’re using Firefox…
…you probably need to go to your cookie preferences and check “Accept third-party cookies,” because the stats are loaded in an iframe, and Firefox is trying…
HighEdWeb 2009 call for proposals
Hey, higher-ed web peeps: now would be a great time to submit a proposal for a talk at HighEdWeb this year. This year, the programming committee (including yours truly) would especially like to expand the offerings in design,…
Improving IndieBound
Earlier this week there was a post on The Written Nerd about IndieBound (formerly BookSense), inviting booksellers and bloggers to share ideas on how it could better serve independent bookstores. I’m writing to the marketing person,…
Amazon Search plugin
The Amazon Search plugin for WordPress now includes the editor buttons I created for one of my Seekrit Projects (which is, alas, still in progress). Thanks, Andy!
