Apr
18th
2008
In this post I’ll review the Contact Form ][ plugin that I use on WordPress Expert at the time of this writing. (And yes, the plugin's name has two square brackets ][ instead of two letter I's).
Here's an overview of the plugin's pros and cons:
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Plugins
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Apr
10th
2008
Lead WordPress developer Matt Mullenweg discussed WordPress’s mobile future at the WordCamp Dallas event on March 29. He said something very interesting which I’ve transcribed from the video of his presentation:
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in News
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Apr
8th
2008
Just because the developers of WordPress itself put such attention onto XHTML standards compliance doesn’t necessarily mean plugin authors do the same. Even if the author of the theme you use put substantial effort into total compliance, your installed plugins nevertheless have the potential to mess things up.
To raise awareness that there are some plugins out there neglect to follow these established coding practices (”programming grammar,” if you will), I’m publishing a list of plugins that I know of that produce invalid XHTML. (We still like you plugin authors, just fix them please!)
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Plugins
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Mar
31st
2008
Although WordPress and WordPress MU share somewhere around 95% of the same code, there are many more differences between the two than just multi-blog support. Here’s a thorough analysis:
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Mar
29th
2008
WordPress 2.5 has been officially released! (You can download it here.)
A major upgrade, WordPress 2.5 packs a boatload of new features. Here are many that were listed in the official announcement at the WordPress Development Blog:
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Updates
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Mar
24th
2008
Here are 7 useful tips related to WordPress’s “Write Post” page.
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Tips
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Mar
18th
2008
This morning, the WordPress Development blog published a WordPress 2.5 sneak-peak that highlights some new features and changes in WordPress’s administration back-end (specifically, with regards to the Dashboard, admin navigation, the Write pages, and the Manage pages).
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Updates
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Mar
10th
2008
This potential problem is applicable to those using the following, which is probably quite a few people:
As part of its functionality, Adblock inserts a 
tab next to Flash objects, etc. to make blocking that object as easy as a couple clicks.
The problem is, Adblock will insert the HTML code for this tab into the visual editor for a WordPress post that includes Flash.
And who wants code like this in their posts?
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Mar
6th
2008
If you’ve ever tried to insert code into a WordPress post, one of the following has probably happened to you:
- Your HTML code was rendered as such.
- WordPress stripped the code from the post entirely.
- WordPress turned "straight quotes" into “curly quotes” — not good if you want your users copying/pasting code from your blog!
Here’s how to get around these annoying problem and make the code show as-is:
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Tips
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Mar
6th
2008
Don’t like WordPress’s visual editor? Turn it off:
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By John Lamansky
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Posted in Tips
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