Monthly Archives: June 2006

Catching Up, and WP Station News

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Well, well. I’ve been busy busy with offline work and life, but I’ve been steady working on some fun stuff for WP Station. I’m currently working with gaining a sponsor for a Contest that will be theme related, but with a twist over past WP related theme contests, and am also working on a review of a high profile company’s foray into WP. Along with that, I did find time over the past week to collect a few annoucements, so you’ll see those roll out this evening/weekend. But definitely stay tuned for the contest announcement, as I think it should really be a fun and exciting event. Also a thank you to those who’ve contacted me about releases, I promise to get those in with this next batch of posts, keep them coming!

iCal for WordPress

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Thoughts and Code

One of the most often sought plugins from my experience, after a photo gallery type one, is a coming events/calendar type plugin. This one offers another option. Though it doesn’t seem to link into the calendar specifically, it allows you to create a special category for coming events, and list them in your sidebar.
The twist to this plugin is that it converts that category feed into an ical type feed that then allows people to subscribe to it in any calendar application that supports the ical protocol, which includes google calendar. That I think is a very nifty feature, and one that I believe many will find useful for WP powered sites that are used for projects, communities, and the like.

WordPress how-to: Theme Options

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The undersigned

A short, very informative tutorial on how to add an options page to your custom theme. I just had the need to include a functions.php file for the first time, so this tutorial, and the included template for the options page is exactly what I was looking for in taking theme design to the next level. Undersigned has provided several great tutorials lately, including this post on SEO and WordPress. In his *spare* time, he’s also updating the ever popular theme viewer. Just another example why the WP community is one of the best.

WordPress Updated and bugfix Plugin

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A lot of people have already posted, but in case you missed it WP has been bumped up to 2.0.3. Mostly a security and bug fix release, it did turn out it comes with a few new bugs as well. Rather than patch some files, the talented Mark Jaquith has created a plugin specifically for 2.0.3 to fix the bugs. So while updating, go over to his site and grab the plugin, and avoid any hassles down the road.
The next release (assuming nothing is else is broken in 2.0.3) will 2.1, and is shaping up to be an interesting release. I’m really looking forward to in the new way bookmarks are handled (including importing an OPML file as your bookmarks), as well as the ability to stick a page to the front, and designate another as your “blog” page. Several other “under the hood” concepts have been added, which should open up even more for plugin authors.