Category Archives: wordpress

Oops, probably shouldn’t mess with the theme online

I’ve been hacking into this theme I am using, to help create a more specific blog. Nobody really writes a blog about one topic, but it makes it more worthwhile to read if you know what the heck I’m talking about, or it is at least similar to what I was talking about last time. […]

Google translation utilities

I was going to use the global translator plugin for my translation needs, but this two has a couple of problems:

It tends to make Google (and other sites) suspect that it is a virus, so they stop supplying translation services.
It uses the translations services in a deceitful manner. Parsing the translation response, removing links etc.

The […]

Top commentators

As you can see - presuming it still exists when you visit - I am displaying the top commentators. This Wordpress plugin is supplied by Nate Sanden and includes modifications to provide a widget by Karol Krizka.
I have edited the widget to fit the template styles; and I have removed an extra function that looks […]

WordPress 2.5 Sneak Peek

WordPress 2.5 Sneak Peek
I’ve uploaded the sneak peek candidate to nzfusion.com/wordpress. I didn’t back up my blog and install wordpress 2.5 over the top - it might be something I’d do, but I suspect that would break my blog and create a lot of extra work for me!
I used FileZilla to upload the Wordpress release […]

Code snippet syntax rendering plugin for Wordpress

You will notice that I currently do not have good rendering plugin for code snippets. I don’t suppose anybody knows of a good one?
I don’t link having to switch between visual and code, which seems to be required. I’d prefer to stay in visual - but I’d like the code to remain formatted if I […]