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Opera Web Standards Curriculum
Opera Web Standards Curriculum is something that the Web worker community has been in need for a long time. Thank you, Opera.
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Tabbed Widgets Plugin for WordPress
This plugin is also a participant of the WordPress Plugin Competition. If you like it, please go and vote for it.
With Tabbed Widgets plugin one can easily create tab and accordion type blocks of content without writing a single line of code. Simply select the widgets you want to appear as tabs, specify their tab titles and a new tabbed widget is created automatically which you can then place in any of the widgetized areas. Read more »
Getting PHP Speedy Plugin to Work with WordPress 2.6
WordPress 2.6 significantly improves the way JavaScript and CSS files can be added to the HTML <head>, and because of these changes the methods of WP_Scripts class have been altered a lot.
Therefore PHP Speedy — my favourit plugin which I think should be incorporated into the WordPress core — requires the following changes to work with WordPress 2.6. Read more »
Running and Debugging WordPress 2.6 Beta
I am using WordPress 2.6 (currently beta 2) now, and here are the issues/problems discovered so far: (1) PHP Speedy WP doesn’t work any more because of the changes in WP_scripts class. Read more »
Fixing «PostPost» and «Ozh’ Absolute Comments» Plugins
I use a modified version of the simple PostPost plugin created by Douglas Karr to display one sentence affiliate advertising in my RSS feed for entries that contain more than 700 letters.
Today I installed the very useful Ozh’ Absolute Comments plugin that makes the process of replying to comments a lot easier. However, when trying out the inline (and ajaxy) comment reply feature within the ‘Manage Comments’ section of WordPress admin for the first time, I got the following error message: Read more »
Is Linux the New Black, the New Red?
Debian, Ubuntu, Slackware, Fedora, Gentoo, Knoppix, Mandriva, openSUSE, …
issuu — simple and intuitive document viewer
issuu is a really simple, intuitive and easy to use document viewer for your offline publications or portfolios. And there is so much great stuff to read already.
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Baltic Amber 1.32 — removed .youare section from your WordPress Dashboard
Version 1.31 1.32 applies display:none; to .youare <div> on the dashboard. The reasoning behind this move is the extensive user testing I conducted on myself — I had never touched that ‘Change Theme’ button since updating to 2.5., and the version of WordPress is visible in the footer of every administration section.
However, if you want to keep it, simply use Baltic Amber Themes & Schemes 1.3. If you would like to see this as an option (rather than by default), please leave a comment.
OpenID SeatBelt plugin for Firefox
With OpenID SeatBelt plugin (developed by VeriSign) you can now manage your OpenID identities and delegations right inside Firefox. This plugin automatically fills-in OpenID input fields on websites and blogs that support OpenID authentication. It also enables fast identity provider (IdP) switching and protects against OpenID phishing attempts.
In one of the future posts I will explain how to add a SeatBelt configuration file to phpMyID single indentity provider software so that it can be used with your privately installed OpenID.
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In the World of Open Source
“In a world without walls and fences, who needs windows and jobs?”
A little modified version of Linux Owns slogan.
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Baltic Amber Themes in the Wild
Are you using Baltic Amber Themes & Schemes and have customized the colour pallet to your own preferences?
If so, let’s spread the word and make the developer (me) smile — please take a screenshot of the ‘Write Post’ section of your WordPress dashboard and send it to screenshots@konstruktors.com or upload it somewhere online and send only the link (or leave it in comments). As soon as the first screenshot comes in I will create a gallery at the end of this post.
It would be really great if you could include also the colour hex values and your blog or homepage URL which I could link to from the caption of your screenshot. Thank you so much!
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Baltic Amber Admin Themes & Schemes Now With a Colour Picker
Latest version of Baltic Amber Themes & Schemes plugin now includes a very simple and easy to use colour picker so that you never have to search for those hexadecimal values again. In the ‘Baltic Amber Colour Settings’ page simply click on the color input field and a color wheel will pop up offering you the whole spectrum of colours to choose from.
If you are upgrading from one of the previous versions of this plugin, please don’t forget to clear your browser cache by simply refreshing the settings page.
The new feature for selecting scheme colours is based on the amazing work of Steven Wittens who built Farbtastic color picker as a plugin for jQuery javascript library.
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How to Be Your Own OpenID Provider and Use Your blog’s URL for Identification
If you have a self-hosted blog, meaning that you have the access to the files on the server, then implementing OpenID might be the greatest way to help your readers and yourself.
If you haven’t heard about the OpenID before, then in a nutshell it is your universal login name, which you can use to authenticate yourself on other blogs and websites without ever filling out those registration forms again. Read more »
Baltic Amber Themes & Schemes for Your WordPress 2.5 Administration Panel
Update: now you have the possibility to specify your own admin colour scheme leaving the layout exactly like it is in WordPress 2.5 by default.
Matt Mullenweg recently asked if anybody has taken advantage of the new admin colour scheme switcher in WordPress 2.5, and the short answer is yes and no. There is the Fluency theme by Dean J. Robinson, which is more like a complete redesign of the administration panel.
Therefore I made the Baltic Amber Admin Themes & Schemes, which allow you:
- to create your own colour scheme by specifying only two base colours,
- to have the theme colours change randomly every time you reload the page, or at any time interval you choose,
- to use one of the administration themes which slightly alter/improve the positioning of different administration panel elements, like the main navigation, dashboard information and the plugin listing. There are eight basic colour options available or you can specify your own base colours by choosing ‘My Colour Theme’, or use the random colour generator.
- to place Tag and Category selection in two columns right after the text editor in the ‘Write Post’ panel. This option can be enabled for every admin theme, including the default ones.
Baltic Amber admin themes also improve the scanability of the Plugin Management screen by replacing the darker background colour for the activated plugins with a green ribbon on the side. Read more »
Sounds of typing
On Web Worker Daily I found this little article about CushyCMS. Watch the introductory screencast and listen to those keystrokes, especially enter. Aside from that, I actually think that CushyCMS is very useful for the work its meant to do (and its free).
Eclipse PHP Development Tools (PDT) Video Tutorials
The authors of PHPDeveloperBlog.com (currently unavailable) have put up two introductory screencasts on how to get started with Eclipse PDT: Part 1 and Part 2. (via pup.lv)
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Simple Fullscreen Text Editors for Students, Bloggers, Journalists and Writers
Do you ever catch yourself changing the typeface, line spacing or the color of the text instead of actually writing? You might want to try one of these: Q10 — Finish that first draft. Now. (Windows only, no frameworks required); JDarkRoom — A simple full-screen text editor. (requires Java 1.4 or greater); Dark Room — Dark Room is a full screen, distraction free, writing environment. (requires .NET Framework 2.0).
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Solving the Authentication and Plugin Errors After an Upgrade to WordPress 2.5
The upgrade process to WordPress 2.5 was as smooth as it can possibly be — simple, fast and without a single error message. However, there were a few problems that became apparent only after the upgrade. This article will explain those issues in detail and show how to solve them. Here is a short list of problems solved:
- When trying to log-in after the upgrade, the following error message is displayed: “You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.”
- Yet Another Related Posts plugin returns “Fatal error: Call to undefined function merge_filters() in … includes.php on line 73”.
- Popularity Contest plugin returns “Plugin could not be activated because it triggered a fatal error” when reactivated.
Hello, WordPress 2.5
Upgraded to WordPress 2.5 RC-2 and then 5 hours later to WP 2.5 final. Had a few problems which I will explain and show how to solve in a follow up post.
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WordPress Plugin of the Year: PHP Speedy
Although we are not even close to the middle of 2008, I can honestly say that PHP Speedy (designed and developed by Leon Chevalier) is the plugin which the WordPress community has been waiting for since the very first day.
Download it, install it and watch your blog load faster than you have ever imagined (even with that huge chunk of other plugins you have installed). Fantastic job, Leon!
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