So what started out as just a $500 prize from Jack of All Blogs, now includes 2nd and 3rd prizes, a year of hosting and erotic art (I know, you’re thinking about sandbagging to get the third place prize). This contest should not be confused with the other contest which has prizes including the top prize,a 60GB video ipod. So fire up Photoshop and your favorite text editor, and commence to themeing.
A solution for those that are unhappy with the link category order options in WordPress. Requires modifying core files, so a backup and note reminding yourself they’ve changed incase of upgrades is needed.
Rachel puts forth a great tutorial on displaying trackbacks in your WordPress blog. While your there, check out her informative article on styling comments for blogs that recieve a high volume of comments, as well as the first part of her series on designing your own theme.
The popular plugin that helps incorporate your flickr gallery has been updated to to fix a couple of bugs, as well as added a few feature requests.
A plugin that allows for better customization and choices with the WYSIWYG editor in 2.0.
A fun, 3 column theme, with excellent use of graphics, and another excellent example of porting a static design to WordPress. Light blue and orange make up the primary color scheme. Well worth a look.
An elightning article for those who are still stepping outside the template tags of WordPress and into the more, PHP based coding possible in your templates. Definitely not for the beginner, and I’d love to see more of these type of posts.
As the popularity of the various online-social bookmarking sites grows, blogger’s are looking to make it easier for their readers to add their post as a bookmark, as well as take advantage of the social aspect, and possibly gain viewership from being in such a service. Maxpower has released a plugin that will make it just that much easier to do so, a “one-stop shopping” type of plugin that covers some of the major social bookmarking sites.
Fairvue Central >> Bloggies >> Sixth Annual Weblog Awards
Only 3 days left to vote. Be sure to go over and vote for your favorite application for a weblog, WordPress’s first opportunity to be included. While you’re there, be sure to vote for Geeksmakemehot as Jennifer’s up for “best tag line.”.
I’m also voting for
If nothing else, they’re a great opportunity to see what’s going on in the “blogsphere” and find some new reading.
It’s been quite tough to keep up with all the new releases of plugins, themes, and general WP news, but this is one plugin that I’ve used on a project in the past, and was quite happy with. So I’m even more excited to see it upgraded to 3.0. Even with a finicky host, the plugin was not too difficult to get a gallery set up, which allows for a viewer to simply mouse over a thumbnail for a larger image. Many improvements announced by the author, and you can be sure I’ll be quick to check them out. You should too.