A few weeks ago I wrote instructions on putting a plugin attribution in the footer of your plugin’s Admin/Settings screen. It’s a good technique, and I’ve already seen a few plugins using it. I’ve noticed somewhat of an issue recently. This is nothing Earth-shaking, nor will it break anybody’s blog; it’s really [...]
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Hmmm… “1 Theme of Choice from Blogalized.com“. Not too bad. I’ve been thinking about maybe sprucing the place up a bit….
In a recent post I showed how to put an attribution in the footer of your plugin’s admin screen. In the example I gave, I used a format of:
MyWidget plugin | Version 1.0
I have seen a few plugins already updated and using this methodology, but for the most part authors are adding a third [...]
The page for my Virtual Multiblog system has grown to contain over 200 comments, which, while gratifying, makes for a long load time and a lot of scrolling. Yesterday, I noticed on Ozh’s web site that he has paged comments, which means the page only shows some of the comments at a time, with [...]
In the last couple weeks I have been working on a significant update to Andy Skelton’s Quiz plugin for WordPress. Andy gave me some feedback, which led to further fixes, and I think it’s working pretty well.
As of this morning I have turned off the Spam Karma plugin, which has been protecting this blog [...]
In a previous post I discussed the idea of locating your plugin’s Settings screen where it made sense within the Admin menus — giving an example of my own pull-quotes plugin’s Settings going under the Design menu. I briefly touched on a further aspect of this, when I suggested that authors not make their [...]
I’ve recently come across repeated discussions (especially on the wp-hackers mailing list) debating where plugin authors should place their custom admin pages. I discussed that question directly in my previous post, and basically stated that the plugin’s admin page can go any number of places, depending on what the plugin does. Some people [...]
A frequent question on the wp-hackers list (a mailing list for people who write both WordPress core code and plugins) is where plugin authors should place the Admin screens for their plugins. A majority seems to say they go under the Settings menu; while a not-insignificant number insist that they should all be under [...]
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Paged Comments for WordPress “Sandbox” Theme
The page for my Virtual Multiblog system has grown to contain over 200 comments, which, while gratifying, makes for a long load time and a lot of scrolling. Yesterday, I noticed on Ozh’s web site that he has paged comments, which means the page only shows some of the comments at a time, with [...]