Packaging for Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes products — close-ups from one of the graphic designers. … [Read more...] about Packaging for Weasleys Wizarding Wheezes products
The Blair Witch Panel
The Blair Witch Panel — I think this tops the TorCon 3 panel during which Erin whispered to me, "I will chew my leg off if we don't leave now." The internet being what it is, the song is now on YouTube. … [Read more...] about The Blair Witch Panel
Sharing notes among users
Dashboard Notepad is the simplest way to share notes on your Dashboard. The widget is configurable, so you can choose the minimum role that can edit the notes and the minimum role to be able to read them. … [Read more...] about Sharing notes among users
Including external links in WordPress navigation menus
Sometimes you need to link to something other than a WordPress page in your navigation menu. Perhaps you've built a photo gallery in ZenPhoto. How do you get it into your menu without hand-coding all your links? The Page Links To plugin allows you to do just that. Install the … [Read more...] about Including external links in WordPress navigation menus
Listing child pages
The Codex offers a way to list the children of the current page by adding this to your theme: … [Read more...] about Listing child pages
Removing the category base from permalinks
Search the web for ways of removing the category base from your WordPress permalinks, and you'll come up with a lot of wacky methods that don't really work. They can be quite complicated; this one requires changing two theme files and .htaccess and still produces 404 errors on … [Read more...] about Removing the category base from permalinks
Ordering pages
Ordering pages in WordPress is a huge pain. The developers acknowledge this with a little message on the Edit Page screen: "We know this is a little janky, it'll be better in future releases." The Quick Edit feature makes it a little easier, but you still have to edit lots of … [Read more...] about Ordering pages
New WordPress plugin: Random Posts from Category
(last one for a while!) This widget will list random posts from a chosen category. You can choose how many posts to display, and whether to show the excerpt or the full content in addition to the post title. You may also link the widget title to the category archive if you like. … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin: Random Posts from Category
Another WordPress plugin: Dashboard Notepad (and some backstory)
Let me pause here and say that this blog is not going to become all WordPress, all the time. I don't really plan on writing five plugins in a single month ever again (this is #4; there's another being uploaded to wordpress.org right now). Two things happened. First, I had two … [Read more...] about Another WordPress plugin: Dashboard Notepad (and some backstory)
‘Twilight’ Author Accused Of Plagiarism
'Twilight' Author Accused Of Plagiarism — bitch, please. If your book is as bad as Breaking Dawn, don't admit to it in public, OK? … [Read more...] about ‘Twilight’ Author Accused Of Plagiarism
