October 4, 2007

Cloaking URLs, edit.php?page=2 is broken

filed under site development by thedorkygirl @ 11:20 am

When you cloak your WordPress URL in the latest few updates, the page two on the manage posts area is going to give you the wrong URL and show up a 404 page. The only thing to do is manually edit your link to get to the next page.

Wish I’d known that before I went through and deleted every post of Karmacon, looking for a buggy post! Next time, I’ll just google the URL giving me trouble.

Time to look for some quick layouts to use as placeholders while I figure out the new tagging system.

October 1, 2007

important update lesson: have the time

filed under lj to wordpress, site development by thedorkygirl @ 8:20 pm

I just ran into a big problem when I updated to WordPress version 2.3 — they’ve now integrated tags into their core, and I don’t have the time available tonight to edit my theme to include the WP default codes and investigate how import from the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin.

What’s that mean? My tags don’t work. The two tagging systems are battling for supremacy, & WP is winning, but UTW is already coded into the theme. Lesson learned: always do upgrades when you’ve got the time. :-D

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June 24, 2007

real cut text control

filed under lj to wordpress, site development by thedorkygirl @ 10:33 pm

!DOES NOT WORK WITH LATEST WORD PRESS UPDATES!

I’ve found a plugin which seems to do everything I would want from an “lj-cut” plugin and much, much more.

It’s called Hide or Cute Post Text. I’m going to quote extensively from the plugin page — prepare to drool.

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June 15, 2007

presses i’ll never need

filed under site development by thedorkygirl @ 8:36 pm

Gallery
I might actually use this if I ever find a stable screen cap program. It’d be fun!

BBpress
This would be fantastic to use for the family if they weren’t all already on MyFamily.com.

MediaWiki
Sudden thought — could be used as a genealogy site. No, really, imagine. Everything anybody knows about a member of the family. And resources all listed there at the bottom.

how to design your own themes

filed under lj to wordpress, site development by thedorkygirl @ 5:50 pm

jonathanworld.com
The best one from a once-over. Start by coding a page entirely in CSS+HTML, then begin your theme from there. It looks fantastic, and I’ll probably use it one of these days.

wordpress.org
Wordpress pages are always very good for the beginning and final say on their software.

anenkostudios.com
Looks like a good complement to the others.

plugins i’ll need

filed under lj to wordpress, site development by thedorkygirl @ 5:31 pm

Gravatar (avatars)
Gravatar + LJ userpics (different)
Everybody wants what LJ has — userpics with posts! I think there’s a variation that allows commenters to have a userpic as well. Question: would that be a version of the favicon (must. install. my own) plugin?

paged + threaded comment
Probably going to delete Brian’s Threaded Comments & use this supplementary version of that.

subscribe to comments
+ stats
Like thumbtacking threads on LJ. Awesome.

livejournal crossposter
Necessary, but ultimately it should be a complementary tool that’s almost unneeded.

lj user
Plugin instead of a hack for lj users. Doesn’t support LJ-cuts, which the hack does.

SEO Title Tags
Because Wordpress uses the post title as the title tags.

Clipmarks (Firefox plugin)
AWESOME! Found on AutismVox, and I must say that I WANT! Haven’t installed the plugin yet, so I don’t know how great it’ll work, but I can see how reccing fics or discussing posts would benefit greatly from this plugin.

spoiler tags like TWoP
If a spoiler’s too small for an LJ cut. Besides, I like the highlight feature.

post ’series’ maker
good for ep reviews?
Also good for fic. And back & forth discussions. Can it be used in “response” posts?

anonymous comments
on specific posts & pages
for the inevitable memes that could pop up — but will it read IP addresses still?

comments preview
Something that annoyed me in LJ was the extra click to preview.

excerpt editor
will be used in RSS feeds/can be automatic or not.