Tag: wordpress

  • Activating BuddyPress for PHPUnit WordPress-tests

    I have found myself writing PHPUnit tests for WordPress plugins lately (using wordpress-tests) and the code that I’m working with has a dependency on BuddyPress.  Enabling BuddyPress for WordPress unit testing requires a bit of hoop jumping because you can’t use the wp_tests_options global variable as you would any other plugin in your local bootstrap…

  • Plugin: Sexy Comments v1.4 Released!

    [[innerindex]] Introduction This has been a long time coming and I am happy to announce the release of Sexy Comments v1.4! With this version comes a lot of changes…so be sure to read the installation section! Along with simple optimizations and general restructure, the following features are now available: Feature List Ajax comment preview (new…

  • WordCamp 2007: Day 1: Blogs vs. Journalism

    Speakers: John C. Dvorak and Om Malik This discussion touches on the similarity and differences of blogging and journalism. The talk spread over a number of topics, touching on: journalism’s view on blogging; comment moderation; libel suits and how to avoid them; layouts and perception. Overall, a great session. Some interesting nuggets that the speakers…

  • WordCamp 2007: Day 1: Podcasting

    Speaker: Dan Kuykendall of MightySeek.com. Dan. Podcaster. Developer. The session? Primarily an introduction to the excellent podPress WordPress plugin that started as a simple podcasting-geared tool and has morphed into a full featured media management plugin. As I haven’t dived into the wonderful world of podcasting, the plugin looks pretty sexy. The statistics provided by…

  • Off To WordCamp

    I’m heading off to WordCamp – a WordPress blogging conference – with Zach tomorrow (Friday). This will be my first WordCamp conference as well as my first time flying with JetBlue so I’m pretty excited all the way around. Once in San Francisco, we’ll be hooking up with Casey, a veteran camper who has conveniently…

  • WordPress Plugin: Sexy Comments

    Unhappy with my theme’s comment display, I recently re-coded a sexier comment display as a plugin so others can sexify their comments as well. Download the plugin. Features Forum-thread-like comment layout: User information to the left, comment to the right. Author post highlighting Altered Trackback/Pingback Display Formating Avatars Either display/hide avatars Select your avatar service…

  • MyComic WordPress Plugin v0.5 Released!

    Last night I went into plugin fixing mode and have updated and released the latest version of the MyComic WordPress Plugin (download it here)! This new version is compatible with the latest version of WordPress (2.1.2) and it fixes/adds/changes a few things: Bug Fixes: Error on plugin activation is fixed Fixed some inefficiencies with the…

  • MasterWish WordPress Plugin v1.5 Released!

    MasterWish is happy to announce that there is a new version of the MasterWish WordPress Plugin available for download! Get it here. Bug Fixes: Images now display in lists Currency symbols now match what the list owner chooses in MasterWish New Features/General Updates: Works in WordPress v2.1.2 Plugin now uses MasterWish List XML rather than…

  • New Version Of Bsuite…w00t!

    I was thrilled when Casey over at MaisonBisson posted about the release of Bsuite b2v6. After much prodding by me, Casey has separated tags from posts into their own tables. He and I sat down one evening and fleshed out the overall goal for the tagging structure…we butted heads on a few things but the…

  • Syntax Highlighting in WordPress

    Some of my most recent posts involving code have displayed the wonderful blocks of login in all its syntax highlighted glory. A week ago I stumbled on the sweet syntax highlighting plugin – iG:Syntax Highligher (here’s the link to the actual plugin). The highlighter uses GeSHi for the highlighting engine then wraps a bunch of…

  • MasterWish WordPress Plugin

    I am pleased to announce the arrival of the MasterWish WordPress plugin! Anyone that has an account on MasterWish and runs a WordPress blog can aggregate their publicly viewable lists. For an example of how I have it set up, check here. Get the MasterWish WordPress plugin v1.1! Setup Instructions: Installing the Plugin: 1. Download…