May
21st
2008
Although WordPress 2.6 is still in the early alpha stages (as of this writing), you can still check out the unofficial WordPress 2.6 Demo Site and give some of the new features a whirl.
May
19th
2008
If you’re about to make a modification to your theme files that you aren’t sure about, it’s a good idea to backup your theme, especially if your theme is custom-made (i.e. you can’t just re-download it if something goes wrong), or if you have many other theme modifications you want to preserve.
Here are two ways to do it:
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May
19th
2008
Weblog Tools Collection is running a WordPress Plugin Competition! I have several plugins I’m working on that I’m planning to submit. Stay tuned for more info on their releases.
May
12th
2008
Every blogger, whether a WordPress user or not, will probably come up against a problem many bloggers face: writers’ block.
Skribit promises to alleviate that by providing widget code that you can add to Blogger, TypePad, self-hosted WordPress, or any other HTML webpage. This widget allows your readers to suggest new topics or ask for advice. The suggested topics can even be voted on social-media style.
This setup is a win-win, since the readers get to suggest and vote on content, while the blogger has an ideas list tailored to his or her blog.
As of this writing, you can find the Skribit widget on this blog’s sidebar — check out what it looks like, and feel free to leave a topic suggestion or two. 
[via Easy WordPress]
By John Lamansky
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Posted in Widgets
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May
7th
2008
Cool WordPress-as-a-CMS tip: If your WordPress-powered site includes a blog as a component, rather than the main function, you can opt to put blog posts and archives (category/tag/date/author) into their own subdirectory (such as “blog”).
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May
5th
2008
Say you have a list like this:
…And you want it to look like this:
When you have lists that contain a lot of text, spacing out the items can improve readability.
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May
2nd
2008
Here’s a list of 5 features that have gone missing in WordPress 2.5:
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Updates
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May
1st
2008
WPCandy recently posted an interesting article called 30+ Things That Should Be Changed in WordPress 2.6. It’s essentially a big ideas list spanning the administration, the comment system, and more.
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Updates
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Apr
29th
2008
Version 1.0 of the WordPress Tweaks plugin has been released!
With this update, the version number has been moved from 0.1.2 to 1.0. This does not indicate a major update, but rather is a reflection that the plugin is tested and stable.
The 1.0 version focuses on WordPress 2.5 compatibility. The plugin should now work with the plugin auto-updater in WordPress 2.5. In addition, the WordPress 2.3-specific tweaks are now clearly marked as such.
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