Category Archives: General
Fixing unserialize() error at offset…
I’m working on an update to flickpress so it’s compatible with WP 3.3. I decided to upgrade to the latest version of phpFlickr, but started getting an error when browsing my favorites, something like this: unserialize(): Error at offset 3400 … Continue reading
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Birthdaze 0.5.2
I got an email suggestion to add a way to highlight a birthday if it’s today. It turned out to be pretty easy – this minor update adds a span tag with a class “bdaytoday” or “nobdaytoday” to each birthday … Continue reading
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Hiding the admin bar
The admin bar in WP 3.1 is really cool, but what if you don’t want it? Individuals can remove it on their Profile pages, but there’s no admin option to remove it globally – unless you count the show_admin_bar filter. … Continue reading
W3 Total Cache CDN broken?
As I’m sure you know, I like W3 Total Cache – it’s a fairly painless way to implement a variety of methods to speed up a site and reduce server resource usage. I especially like being able to offload media … Continue reading
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Auto-update an image every X seconds
For a web cam site I’m working on, I wanted to automatically update the web cam image every so often. The classic way to do this is with meta refresh, but that’s supposedly deprecated and it unnecessarily reloads the entire … Continue reading
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Photopress2 0.6
This version is a big update, so there are bound to be some bugs. The plugin now uses the WordPress taxonomy system for tags, and includes paging all over the album. There’s a tool for importing your tags into the … Continue reading
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Birthdaze 0.5
This update corrects WP_DEBUG warnings in Birthdaze, mostly in the widget. If you’re using the widget you’ll need to reconfigure it due to the changes. This version also adds an option to display the next week’s birthdays. The “thismonth” option … Continue reading
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Titlematic 0.2
Titlematic is a simple plugin that gives title-less posts a title. This version adds an options page to configure the automatic title length, the character after the automatic title, and the fallback title text. It’s also now hosted at the … Continue reading
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flickpress 1.9.2
This version fixes more bugs uncovered by WP_DEBUG and adds a way to import Flickr images into the Media Library. When you’ve clicked through to a photo, if your user has upload permission there’ll be a link at the bottom … Continue reading
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Unexpected output during plugin activation
WordPress 3 has a neat new check during plugin activation that generates a scary notice if the plugin generates any “unexpected output.” Sadly, the current version of flickpress was generating the scary notice. WordPress doesn’t provide any of the unexpected … Continue reading
