UC2 » WP stuff http://keithneilson.co.uk I see it, do you see too? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:08:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Wordpress 2.5 Should Improve Embed Handling http://keithneilson.co.uk/wordpress-25-should-improve-embed-handling/ http://keithneilson.co.uk/wordpress-25-should-improve-embed-handling/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:34:25 +0000 mandrill http://keithneilson.co.uk/wordpress-25-should-improve-embed-handling/ This peice of news comes as a relief to me; as of next week, once WP2.5  is released, the problems with the layout of this post should be a thing of the past. An excerpt from the Blog Herald’s WordPress Wednesday post detailing some of the improvements follows the jump.

From The Blog Herald:

New Features in WordPress 2.5 I’ve been alerting you to many new features in WordPress 2.5 like the new Media Library, automatic upgrades and improved tag features, and here are some more goodies to look forward to with next week’s release:

  • Search Improved: The long requested improvements to the WordPress built-in search functions have been implemented and search now includes Pages as well as posts. Those using Plugins or search add-ons might want to try it out and compare which does the best job for your search efforts, though some search Plugins might not work with the new improvements.
  • Avatars Built-in: Ryan Boren makes it official, avatars using the Gravatar Plugin is now incorporated into WordPress. Weblog Tools Collection wrote up the information on the new get_avatar() function to help WordPress Theme developers update their Themes and those who want to write Plugins based on the new avatar function.
  • Upload More Than One Image: The new Media Library will finally return back to pre-WordPress 1.5 days with multiple file uploading (the crows goes wild!).
  • New Image Size Options: With the addition of a “medium” size, WordPress bloggers will now have thumbnail, medial, and full size options to resize their images on the go.
  • WordPress Plugins Installer: Developers are working overtime to add an easy to use Plugin Installer, which should also include alerts and announcements of updates or advisories about the Plugin on the WordPress Administration Panels.
  • Improved Embedding and Searching: WordPress 2.5 offers improved embedding without the need for Plugins to handle images, audio, video, and more from various off-site services and self-hosted. The Media Library also will feature searching, so you don’t have to flip through the numerous pages and pages of thumbnails to find the image you want to reuse.
  • No More ALIGN: WordPress Theme designers are required now to include CSS classes to accommodate the new alignment options for images and video: align-left, align-right, and align-center. They also need to include padding around image and video files so the text doesn’t squish against them, and users don’t come using to the Support Forums asking how to fix this.
  • Don’t Touch! I’m Editing Here: A problem many multiple bloggers blogs have had with WordPress is the inability to tell when two people are working on the same post at the same time. They’ve just added a new feature that tests for “post edit collisions” and notifies you if someone is working on the same post as you are.
  • Plugin and Theme Authors Get More Hooks: A serious attempt to totally “hook up” WordPress has been underway in the last few versions, with even more in this version. Adam Brown has put together WordPress Hooks Database in an attempt to track all of the new and deprecated hooks. If you are a WordPress Plugin or Theme author, it’s time to get up close and personal with WordPress Hooks.

]]> http://keithneilson.co.uk/wordpress-25-should-improve-embed-handling/feed/ CSS, Template Tags, and loss of hair… http://keithneilson.co.uk/css-template-tags-and-loss-of-hair/ http://keithneilson.co.uk/css-template-tags-and-loss-of-hair/#comments Sat, 24 Feb 2007 15:18:48 +0000 mandrill cssjavascriptstylethemeWordpress http://keithneilson.co.uk/2007/02/24/css-template-tags-and-loss-of-hair/ You may have noticed some disruption to the site over the last couple of days as I’ve been trying to build a theme from scratch, easier said than done let me tell you. I’ve planned out my layout, I’ve set up the template files I need, with the requisite template tags, and am now at the stage of messing about with the style.

Getting things where I want them is proving to be a pain in the ass. The following image should give you an idea of where I’m at so far. Note: the colours are not the final ones, I’m currently using them to give me an idea of where the divs are, the colour scheme should be much as it is now with a couple of tweaks.

CSS problems 24/02/07

If anyone has any advice to offer, feel free. Especially regarding the sidebar. I know it can be done with Javascript but am unsure about how well it would work with a dynamic list.

(Link 1: Ajax accordian)

]]> http://keithneilson.co.uk/css-template-tags-and-loss-of-hair/feed/ Now to business… http://keithneilson.co.uk/now-to-business/ http://keithneilson.co.uk/now-to-business/#comments Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:00:00 +0000 mandrill analyticsantispambreadcrumblinkspluginstagsWordpress http://keithneilson.co.uk/2006/09/17/now-to-business/ Right, I’m putting out this appeal. If anyone has a link to me on their page let me know in the comments and I’ll sort out linking back. I lost my links in the transition.
Work on the site proceeds apace. you probably haven’t noticed any changes but its all happening in the background. Plugins currently running are as follows:

  • Autometa - Generates tags/keywords based on text of posts, quite handy but requires manual revision of generated tags.
  • Anti Spam Image (website is a 404 sorry) - Usual drill, one of the many anti spam image plugins available. I just picked the first one on the list.
  • Breadcrumb - Simple breadcrumb navigation plugin (not yet implemented) adds ‘Home >> Category >> Post’ style navigation to your WP blog.
  • Del.icio.us Bookmark This - adds a link for bookmarking pages/posts on del.icio.us to posts/pages.
  • Google Analytics - Allows the tracking of pages in your blog with Google Analytics.
  • Identify External Links - Identifys links to places beyond the blog and adds a class to their tag so you can add an image or specify styling.
  • Jerome’s Keywords - Tagging plugin, allows creation of internal tag system and generation of tagclouds. Compatible with Technorati.
  • Google Sitemap - Generates a googlebot readable sitemap in XML. Makes it easier for the crawler to navigate dynamic sites.

I’ve still a couple of things to do, pages to add, plugins to find and adsense to place but the site you see before you is pretty much as it is going to be from now on. I’ll start writing about real stuff pretty soon and be finished with faffing about with stuff.

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