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Better Feeds Plugin for WordPress

Pixelwit — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:44:08 +0000

When I talked about customizing the length of your WordPress feed I mentioned that I was using the More Feed Excerpt plugin in an effort to force WordPress to split RSS feeds at the "more" tag. After talking to the developer of the More Feed Excerpt plugin, George Notaras, I decided to take his advice and give version 1.99 of Ozh' Better Feed plugin a try.

At that time it would be fair to say the Better Feed plugin was quite rough or "unpolished" at the very least. All of the features worked but the lack of an administrative interface forced you to dig deep into the PHP code to edit variables and template text. The plugin included a function to put related Categories in the RSS feed's footer but I had to cobble together my own function to display a list of related Tags.

BUT... fortunately for you version 2.0 of the Better Feed plugin has just been released and it provides a great new admin interface and a Related Tags feature...

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Going Mobile

Pixelwit — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:08:54 +0000

Believe it or not, I'm a fairly low-tech guy who doesn't even own a laptop or a cell phone, but I'm looking to change all of that and I need your help. I'd like to get some new portable electronic equipment so I can access the web while on the road.

So far, I think I need:

A cell phone.
A laptop.
A GPS.
Maybe a camera for decent still images.
Any combination of the above.

Do you love your laptop? Are you silly for your cell phone? Gaga for your GPS? Crazy for your camera? If you have some recommendations for this Traveling-Tech-Neophyte I'd appreciate any advice you could give. No insight too small. Thanks.

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Ajax Edit Comments, New Features Added

Pixelwit — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:02:16 +0000

A few days ago I reviewed Ajax Edit Comments for WordPress and I really liked what I saw. Since that time the plugin developer Ronald Huereca has stopped by, listened to what people had to say, left a comment explaining his choices, and then promptly released his next version for evaluation. The new Ajax Edit Comments 2.1 Pre-Release Candidate is out and ready to be tested.

If you're a WordPress blogger, I highly recommend installing this plugin to ease and simplify comment editing for both site administrators and site visitors. Plus if you try AEC RC 2.1 right now, there's a pretty good chance that your reasonable feature request will make it into the next version of the plugin.

Give it a try, I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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Ajax Edit Comments, WordPress Plugin Review

Pixelwit — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:13:40 +0000

I recently installed the WordPress Ajax Edit Comments plugin and I have to tell you that I'm quite impressed with Ronald Huereca's work. The Ajax Edit Comments (AEC) plugin makes editing comments super simple for site visitors and administrators.

Setting up the AEC plugin is a breeze thanks to a clean administration interface featuring a wide variety of well explained options. Once installed, WordPress administrators who log into the Comments Administration section will see a new "Edit" link next to every comment (red highlight added for emphasis):

Pressing the "Edit" link brings up an Ajax window like the one below:...

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FlexBuilder 3: The First Thing You See

Pixelwit — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:58:44 +0000

After experiencing some minor FlexBuilder 3 installation troubles (my fault) I finally got a little time to fire-up FlexBuilder and check it out.

My first impression was that it looked pretty slick, the layout seemed coherent and I wasn't seeing loads of useless screen space. That's good. I poked around a little, plopped some components on the stage, toggled between Design and Code view to see how one affected the other, and generally clicked on any tab or panel I could find. Neato.

After letting my mouse roam all over FlexBuilder 3 like a teenager's hands on a prom date I decided to try a slightly more refined approach to getting acquainted...

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