Tag: plugins

  • WordPress will be much better with your help

    As WordPress users, we can contribute to its development in many ways. But, if you do not involve actively in the development, you can get involved by participating in a survey. This survey will help WordPress developers to determine which features should be on the top priority for WordPress 2.8 (and/or 2.9 and beyond) .…

  • New design for this blog

    I have been very busy in the last few weeks, many things to do. I needed to recharge my energy. And this is the result: a new design for my blog. I created this theme for fun, at least to keep my mood in balance, to bring my mood back to the other design work.…

  • WordPress 2.7, Upgrade, Plugins and Some Other Notes

    I just upgrade my blog to WordPres 2.7 stable release, code name “Coltrane”. Since I have been using WordPress 2.7 branch — I only upgraded from WordPress 2.7-RC2 released yesterday. And, the built-in core updater is VERY useful. I took only less than 10 seconds to upgrade. Nice! So, if you’re using WordPress for your…

  • Videoblogging, anyone?

    I decided to start a videoblogging now. When I am with my camera digital, sometime I capture videos and photos. So, why not bring the videos online? I know it is probably not popular — especially in Indonesia. But, why not? After doing comparison steps among some video hosting providers like Vimeo, YouTube, blip.tv, Yahoo!…

  • WordPress 2.7 Admin Color Scheme

    WordPress 2.5 already provide two types of color schemes for dashboard. They are “Classic” and “Fresh“. By default, you will have the “Fresh” color scheme. It’s light shades of blue. If you like the darker blue, you can switch to it by choosing the “Classic” style. If you haven’t touch this area, this setting can…

  • WordPress Troubleshooting: WordPress Admin Area (Dashboard) Redirect Loop

    Yesterday, I helped one of my clients with her WordPress-powered blogs. When I tried to find the solution — using search engines — I could not find any exact solution. Problem overview Okey, here’s the problem: When I tried to login to WordPress dashboard — not WordPress.com, but self-hosted — I always got these errors:…

  • Plugin Installation in WordPress 2.7

    In the coming WordPress 2.7, it’s not getting easier for users, but also for developers. There will be a page called “Install Plugins” (the name might change). Here, we have a page displaying many related sub-menus about plugins like: Search Plugins, Upload a Plugin, Featured Plugins, Popular Plugins, Newest Plugins, Recently Updated Plugins.

  • WordPress 2.6 Upgrades

    Today, WordPress 2.6 is available with code name “Tyner”. You can read what features shipped in this version at WordPress Development blog. I have been following WordPress 2.6 since the beta release from Sub Version, and it looks good. So, I upgraded my WordPress install right away. The upgrade process — from WP 2.5.1 —…

  • WordPress 2.6 Features

    The coming WordPress 2.6 (scheduled to be released on August 7th, 2008, or July 7th, 2008) will have more features. Most of you probably heard that about the probably-most-well-known Post Revisions feature. But, there are some other features that should be highlighted. Here are some of them I find (using WordPress from SVN, revision 8094):…

  • WordPress Upgrade: 1.5.2 to 2.5.1

    Yesterday, I helped my client to upgrade some of her WordPress-powered blogs. When I ugpraded WordPress — mine, friends’ or clients’, I found it very easy; and the process run smoothly. The only difference — when I updated my client’s — was that it was a big-jump upgrades: from WordPress 1.5.2 to 2.5.1. I used…

  • 'cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode' error on WP-DownloadManager

    I am currently working on a WordPress-powered site. One of its features is a download section. After comparing some WordPress plugins, I decided to use Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan‘s WP-DownloadManager. When I use that plugin on WordPress 2.5.1, I got an error. It’s something like this: Warning: cannot yet handle MBCS in html_entity_decode()! in /home/…/wp-downloadmanager.php on…

  • Pimp your WordPress 2.5 Dashboard

    One of the gret improvements offered by WordPress 2.5 is on the dashboard interface. Collaborating with Happy Cog studio, WordPress offers some great improvements. One of them is about managable widgets for dashboard. It means, we can manage what kind of ‘widgets’ should be presented on the dashboard.

  • Google Launched Google Ad Manager

    Last year April 2007, Google acquired Doubleclick for for $3.1 billion. This week, Google introduced another service — still in beta — called Google Ad Manager. What is Google Ad Manager, anyway?

  • FAlbum and Flickr Photo Album plugins for WordPress

    When I started to my other blog powered by WordPress, I wanted to have a section to display my Flickr photos. I decided to use FAlbum plugin.