Since I got all my Delicious bookmarks imported, I needed a theme that more or less mimicked the Delicious functionality. For my installation, I've added scribu's Query Multiple Taxonomies plugin, which provides a great Tag Drilldown widget to go with the rudimentary tag filter I … [Read more...] about Twenty Links, a Delicious-inspired Twenty Ten child theme
Import Delicious bookmarks as WordPress links or posts
So, a while back, I was working on a Delicious importer for WordPress. It's an update of Guillermo Moreno's plugin, which imports bookmarks as posts. I added an option to bring them in as links, which made more sense to me, but there's a big problem: since the WordPress link … [Read more...] about Import Delicious bookmarks as WordPress links or posts
Like criminals
"Psychologists have found out a little bit about the personalities of writers. They are individualists, skeptics, taboo-breakers, mockers, loners; they are undependable, likely to be behind on their rent; they keep irregular hours and have strange friends. Professional writers, … [Read more...] about Like criminals
Paradise Lost? Calling all Viable Paradise alumni…
If you've attended the Viable Paradise writer's workshop, Sean Kelley and I would like to know whether you're interested in some kind of weekend reunion, workshop, or retreat. Let us know! … [Read more...] about Paradise Lost? Calling all Viable Paradise alumni…
Content Audit 1.2: automatically mark things as outdated and send email notifications
The Content Audit plugin has been updated to version 1.2. It now has options to automatically mark things outdated after a configurable time period — 3 months, a year, whatever. You can then email the assigned content owner or the original author a list of all their outdated … [Read more...] about Content Audit 1.2: automatically mark things as outdated and send email notifications
Don’t be that guy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9fc-crEFDw … [Read more...] about Don’t be that guy.
Critiquing: Make it Work
We're done! Or almost done, as the case may be. For many of us, after revisions, there will be workshops and group critiques. Tim Gunn's design critiques are a great model for all sorts of criticism. … [Read more...] about Critiquing: Make it Work
New plugin: Gallery2 to WordPress importer
This plugin allows you to import albums, images (with captions), and comments from a Gallery2 installation into your WordPress site. Albums will be saved as pages containing the [gallery] shortcode, and images will be saved as attachments. The album hierarchy will be preserved in … [Read more...] about New plugin: Gallery2 to WordPress importer
The thud is our reward
Last day! We're done! And when we're done, it's thud time. Now, I’m in the final throes of that process. I’m revising. I’m reworking. I’m trudging once again through every page, every word, and someday soon, I will be, finally, done with it. And then? I’m going to kill it. I’m … [Read more...] about The thud is our reward
Letter to a young writer on surviving the first draft
Delia Sherman has some lovely (and very timely) advice to a young relative on surviving the first draft. Whatever you do (and I'm sure there are other things I've never tried or thought of), get that shitty first draft done. You can't fix something that doesn't exist. You … [Read more...] about Letter to a young writer on surviving the first draft
