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Alliso(n) Barrett’s Color Boxes – revisited

Written by jonathansoroko on March 11, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Plugins, Styling

In Aliso(n) Barrett’s new ColorBoxes plugin for WordPress, I failed to point out two virtues of the plugin: First, in the New Post panel, Aliso(n) has provided code samples for the code-challlenged (people like me Second, while I carped about the requirement that the color boxes occur at the beginning of the post, it didn’t [...]

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quote rotator plugin: “Quotes-Collection” by Srini G.

Written by jonathansoroko on March 7, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Plugins

Quotes Collection, an outstanding WordPress plugin by Srini G. is easy to configure, has no problem with multiline quotes, html within entries, and, for those who aren’t afraid of a little code – has even more options. (We apologize for not correctly displaying the code – the “code” function (“Writing Code In Your Posts” in [...]

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Vladimir Prelovac: How to do a full WordPress backup and restore

Written by jonathansoroko on February 23, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Blog Maintenance, Plugins, WordPress tutorials and wisdom

Straightforward, simple instructions for a critical task: How to do a Full WordPress Backup and Restore. Vladimir Prelovac, on his blog, Prelovac.com, does things which seem to fall into two categories. The first is providing concise and clear instructions on important subjects which, despite their importance, don’t inspire people to write oustanding tutorials (or perhaps [...]

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Aliso(n) Barrett’s new ColorBoxes plugin for WordPress

Written by jonathansoroko on February 15, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Plugins, Post Editors

Alison Garrett is the author of the new WP plugin ColorBoxes – and the proprietor of Aliso The Geek ((We think there’s a clever play on words or anagram or something there – or she just forgot the “n.” But since she’s done all this top-flight work, we prefer to think there’s something mysterious happening.)). [...]

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Easy Admin Color Scheme

Written by jonathansoroko on February 9, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Plugins

If you’re running more than one blog, and work in more than one browser tab, it’s easy to get confused. Easy for me, anyway. I switched monitors – found that I was having some trouble reading some portions of the WordPress dashboard, and quickly found Easy Admin Color Schemes, a WP plugin by James Dimick. [...]

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“Insert Callout” plugin

Written by jonathansoroko on November 21, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Plugins

[callout title=Callout generated by plugin.]Download “Insert Callout” plugin here. From the plugin’s description: Adding a callout box (like a sidebar within a post) is a cumbersome process if you try to do it by hand. You could code a stylesheet to handle this, but this won’t work for people who use feed readers to read [...]

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callout test 1

Written by jonathansoroko on November 5, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Plugins

[callout title=A demo callout.]Callout content here.[/callout]

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David Lambert’s new “Insert Callout” plugin

Written by jonathansoroko on October 27, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Layout and Styling, Plugins

David Lambert, as far as I can figure is one serious software and systems designer,  recently wrote Callouts: I need a WordPress plugin on his blog Component Oriented. Then he went out and wrote the plugin. It’s called “Insert Callout,” and the preceding link is to its page on the WordPress Plugin Repository. Here’s Lambert [...]

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Thomas Hofter/Lunatic Studios

Written by jonathansoroko on October 17, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Images, Plugins

From Thomas Hofter of Lunatic Studios: some interesting  WordPress plugins, two WordPress themes, and some brilliant macro photography: Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) Related posts on lunatic studios WP Robot 1.2 – Better Than Ever wp robot – is it the ultimate autoblog plug-in? blogging tips – 5 ways to improve your adsense earnings

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CMS plugins for WordPress | WPThemesPlugin.com

Written by admin on August 27, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Plugins, WordPress as CMS

CMS plugins for WordPress at wpthemesplugin.com – some of these are new to me – but not only do they seem well-suited for WordPress-as-CMS use, some seem well-suited for any blog with more than one author. From the post: More Fields. This allows you to add extra fields on the write/edit page, and can be [...]

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  • Quote Rotator Plugin Comparison

    I wanted to install a quote rotator on the site I'm building for my friend, the military historian Alan Cate. So, below, in this sidebar, you'll (eventually) see all of these in action: Flexi Quote Rotator by Aidan Curran & Luke Howell
    Shantz Wordpress QOTD by Shantanu Goel (blog); tech site here. Stray Random Quotes by ico@italyisfalling.com

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  • Srini G’s Quotes

    The average life is full of near misses and absolute hits. Of great love and small disasters. It’s made up of banana milkshakes, loft insulation and random shoes. It’s dead ordinary and truly, truly amazing. What you’ve got to realize is, it’s all here, now. So breathe deep and swallow it whole. Because take it from me: life just whizzes by, and then, all of a sudden, it’s— — Jacquetta May, Torchwood – Wikiquotes from episode 1.9, “Random Shoes”

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