What kind of WP Themes are you most interested in?
Building a WordPress Framework
I’m currently developing a framework of my own to build sites using WordPress with ease. I would like you to tell me what to add as an extra feature that would be good to have built in.
I have added three above for you to choose but if there is another plugin you would like me to build into the framework, you can type one in yourself.
Details about the framework will be available once my new site design is up along with a whole load of content for you all to drawl on.
WordPress Online Installer
Most bloggers on the net love using WordPress i know i do and that is why I have been developing a tool to make it easier for people to install WordPress on there servers without having to download WordPress them selves, extract the content and upload it by FTP.
Now I need to make sure that this tool works and even though I have tested it on my own server, I won’t know if it will work outside but I hoping it will. So i am looking for volunteers to test it out and reply back to tell me how it went.
Simply go to my http://www.wponline.sebs-studio.com/ and read the instructions given on the page.
Hope it goes well.
UPDATE 12-08-2010
Got a little feedback from others testing. Currently improving the system by adding FTP connection. FTP connection is working but everything else is stuck at the moment.
Service will be down until I get it 100% working. The concept and the process works just got to get the function to work. Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you.
My YouTube Videos
Created another new plugin that I wanted for myself for my new site design but could’t find any that worked for me so this is my version. It is another feed plugin that collects your latest YouTube uploads from your account and displays them as a you like. It can display a video thumbnail and link directly to your videos in HD quality if you enable it.
To add it to your site or blog insert this shortcode on a new page or post [ my_youtube_videos ]
Additional features will be added in each update.
Version 1.0 Download My YouTube Videos File size of download: 116 KB
Latest Apple Movie Trailers
Created a new plugin just for fun. It displays the latest movie trailers from http://trailers.apple.com/ along with poster and description.
To add it to your site or blog insert this shortcode on a new page or post [ apple_trailers ]
Version 1.0 Download Latest Apple Movie Trailers File size of download: 326 KB
UPDATE 01/08/2010
I added a plugin settings page to allow the user to display how many they want and the size of the poster.
Share links for Facebook and Twitter have also been added after the movie description.
Version 1.1 Download Latest Apple Movie Trailers File size of download: 326 KB
UPDATE 01/08/2010
This plugin has now been accepted at WordPress.org. Mirror Link below.
Theme Update Counter like Plugins
Recently WordPress had updated there new default Theme 2010 to version 1.1 and as most WordPress users who are using that Theme you would go and update and download the new Theme version.
One thing got me thinking about how when a user gets notified on a plugin, there is a counter displaying how many plugins need updating. So why not have the Themes menu act the same way.
I did a little digging in the ‘wp-admin’ folder and searched for the ‘menu.php’ file and located where the Plugin menu was. I then copied the same function for the Themes menu and was able to get a counter for any Themes that need updating.
When I first looked at the change in my control panel, it was unable to fit fully. So now that we got the function to work we need to get the counter to fit properly with the label of the menu.
I altered the word ‘Appearance’ and changed it to ‘Themes’ and that was it. Now we can be notified just on how many Themes need updating.
Copy and Paste the code below in the appropriate location to replace in the ‘menu.php’ file under ‘wp-admin’ and save.
$update_themes = get_site_transient( 'update_themes' );
$update_count = 0;
if ( !empty($update_themes->response) )
$update_count = count( $update_themes->response );
if ( current_user_can( 'switch_themes') ) {
$menu[60] = array( sprintf( __('Themes %s'), "<span class='update-plugins count-$update_count'><span class='update-count'>" . number_format_i18n($update_count) . "</span></span>" ), 'switch_themes', 'themes.php', '', 'menu-top menu-icon-appearance', 'menu-appearance', 'div' );
$submenu['themes.php'][5] = array(__('Themes'), 'switch_themes', 'themes.php');
if ( current_theme_supports( 'menus' ) || current_theme_supports( 'widgets' ) )
$submenu['themes.php'][10] = array(__('Menus'), 'edit_theme_options', 'nav-menus.php');
} else {
$menu[60] = array( sprintf( __('Themes %s'), "<span class='update-plugins count-$update_count'><span class='update-count'>" . number_format_i18n($update_count) . "</span></span>" ), 'edit_theme_options', 'themes.php', '', 'menu-top menu-icon-appearance', 'menu-appearance', 'div' );
$submenu['themes.php'][5] = array(__('Themes'), 'edit_theme_options', 'themes.php');
if ( current_theme_supports( 'menus' ) || current_theme_supports( 'widgets' ) )
$submenu['themes.php'][10] = array(__('Menus'), 'edit_theme_options', 'nav-menus.php' );
}
Upload the altered file to your server in the ‘wp-admin’ folder and your done. Enjoy!
If you have any comments about this please leave them below. Any one is welcome to try and convert it to a plugin or ask Matt Mullenweg to make this change in an upcoming WordPress update.
Removing Default Robots in WordPress
For those who use WordPress as their CMS for their Portfolio like me and have in their theme header the meta tags customised, robot values are more than likely to be one of them.
But there is a little problem with that. Even though you have manually written your robot meta tag, WordPress will still automatically load the default header action.
So when you look in your source code, you will find that there are 2 meta tags for robots whether you have your site visible to search engines or not. This is a problem for search engines because it will not know which one to acknowledge.
I have found a solution to that problem. After searching through the WordPress files, I found all the ‘add_action’ functions for the header.
One of them is bound to be for the meta tag, robot and this is what I found out. Many of the ‘add_action’ functions have additional array at the end with a number 1.
So to remove that action, would have to be the exact opposite leaving the number as it is. So to remove WordPress automatic robot tag simple add this to your theme functions.php file.
remove_action('wp_head', 'noindex', 1);That’s it. Now you only have your customised manual meta tags. I have found this function to be very usefull.
In any theme created a user can now add their custom meta tag for robots in the header.php file something like this.
<?php if(is_archive()){ ?><meta name="robots" content="noindex, noarchive"> <?php }else{ ?><meta name="robots" content="all,index,follow" /> <?php } ?> WP Profile Link Renamed and Relinked
Just found some old code that I did for a client who needed an online store. This is something I did to help identify the control panel link for the buyer (subscriber). I just tidied it up a little and thought I share it with you.
If a subscriber is logged in then link to users profile is renamed to a more friendly text and the link is redirected to there profile page. Continue reading
WP E-Commerce RightNow v0.3
I noticed that a subscriber would be able to see the dashboard widget so this is just a quick update to stop it from showing the webmaster’s current sales. Continue reading
WP E-Commerce RightNow v0.2
I know it’s been a long time since I said there will be an update but I have been kind of busy. I have made sure that it works for WordPress version 3.0 and corrected a link. Removed some other bits just to keep the plugin light and simple. I don’t think there will be any other improvements for this plugin for a while but you are welcome to adapt it if you want. Continue reading
