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WordPress: New Version 0.5 of LinkList plugin

For a long time there was no update of my Linklist plugin because it simply worked, no need for a change. The other day I got a request to expand the functionality and I agreed to the proposal.

Version 0.5 now contains the option to include/exclude individual posts or pages from displaying the linklist:

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The plugin still assumes that you want to add the linklist ater each post or page because that’s why you installed the plugin after all. Nevertheless you can disable the list by de-selecting the provided checkbox.

If you want to change the display for an existing post/page you not need to go to the posts edit page but can easily do it using the Quick edit feature:

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I decided to use a drop down menu instead of a check box because WordPress renders the edit screen in a wilful manner and it can’t be manipulated (Can it? Drop me a mail!).

To change the display of the linklist for a large amount of posts/pages you do not need to edit every single post/page individually but can use the Bulk Edit feature:

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(If you don’t know how to use Quick or Bulk Edit you can learn it on wordpress.tv.)

You can update your installation by using WordPress’ own update feature or by downloading it from the repository.




WordPress – You’ve got updates!

On March, 11th an update of the popular plugin “WordPress SEO” was published because the previous version contains serious security vulnerabilities (CSRF and blind SQL injection).
During the day some people noted that Yoast didn’t use all possible channels to call attention to the situation.

I personally couldn’t understand the problem because I already had installed the new version before noon. How could this be? Continue reading WordPress – You’ve got updates!

New version of Linklist (v0.4) WordPress plugin

A user of my WordPress plugin Linklist wanted to use it in conjunction with a Like/Unlike plugin.

Unfortunately Linklist also listed the like/unlike links of the plugin and put the list behind the Like icon:

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This is not the way it’s supposed to be. So I added two more options:

  1. You can define several class names of DIVs that will be excluded from being searched by Linklist. This option will also deal with incomplete DIVs (<div> without any closing div).
  2. You can set the priority of the plugin. This will enable Linklist to collect the links and add the list in the post before other plugins are adding their own content to the post.

In the above example the result will look like this:

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… and yes, Linklist is compatible with WordPress 3.8.

Minor update to pagebar plugin (v2.65)

The last update to the pagebar plugin has been made over a year ago. Since all new ideas will be included in version 3 and the plugin was working fine with every new update of WordPress there was no need for an update.

The other day Borisa Djuraskovic of “Webhosting Hub” wrote me an email that he has created a Serbian language file. This was a good opportunity to introduce a small feature that was spinning in my head for some time:
Continue reading Minor update to pagebar plugin (v2.65)

It’s a real Casio!

IMG_2153-1Watches do have a a common problem: the good one’s are quite expensive and you don’t want to scratch them during daily handicrafts. The cheap one’s are kaputt after such a short time that buying them isn’t worth it.

This week a big German chain store offered a Casio F91-W for 9,99€. I couldn’t say no to this offer. This type of watch exists since 1991 and that cannot be a coincidence. If the watch is operable for on year I am happy but I hope that it will last longer. Let’s see what happens…

Show your desktop

I know loads of WordPress developers by name and have an idea how they look. What I also find interesting is the way people work. Do they use a laptop, how many monitors do they use and other stuf). Here’s my desktop (I’ve tidied it up before taking the image :-)):

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The machine is an “ASRock Z77 Extreme” with an i5 3,4 GHz processor, 8 GB of RAM and a Radeon HD7770 graphics card.
I’ve got two 24″ Benq monitors and yes, that’s a TV on the left side. The keyboard is a good old “Windows Natural Pro” and the mouse an IntelliMouse.

Ramon Fincken (@ramonfincken) kidded me that I have only two monitors and sent me a picture of his setup:

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What a desktop! To cite him “if it’s worth doing .. it’s worth overdoing”.

(Update: Ramon tweeted his PC spces: 16GB RAM, AMD FX 8350 8core, 2x 256MB dual output asus video cards)

What does your desktop look like? Take a picture and blog about it!

New ideas for pagebar v3 – Part 2: Customization by Drag’n Drop

Though pagebar is quite customizable you can’t define the overall look. “Previous page” is always on the most left, followed by “First” and so on but maybe you want the elements in a different order. I’m not aware that any of the paging plugins provide this feature, pagebar hopefully will do so in the next major version. Continue reading New ideas for pagebar v3 – Part 2: Customization by Drag’n Drop

Ideas for pagebar v3 – Part 1: Direct page access

It’s time to think about version 3 of pagebar. In this series I try to explain what I am planning for this new major version and invite you to discuss my plans.

Part 1: Direct page access

I always wanted to add a fast and direct page selection. The easiest way would be to add a selection box containing all page numbers. This might work if you’re having about 10 pages but if your blog is really, really large, say about 300 pages, a select box with 300 numbers would be quite clumsy: Continue reading Ideas for pagebar v3 – Part 1: Direct page access