May 30th, 2010
As I’ve been getting a new site of mine ready for launch, I realized that I have a need for both a public and a private to-do list.
I often use my to-do lists as places for possible post topics, things I need to do to improve the site, and so on. This new site is going to have reviews and I want to list upcoming reviews. And to be able to see the upcoming list in the admin so I know what I need to do and check them off when I finish (or I would just use a text widget).
So I’ve been thinking of how exactly I should change my plugin. Do I just make a private checkbox? Do I set it up to allow categories? With category options where you can set it as public or private?
Right now I’m liking the category idea best. Does anyone have any input?
Tags: to-do list
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May 26th, 2010
The SEO software, Web CEO that I posted a review of recently is now on sale.
This sale only lasts till June 12th and is a huge discount if you’ve been thinking of buying this software.
SmallBiz Unleased is 62% off and Professional Unleased is 52% off.
You get the software plus training and certification.
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May 19th, 2010
Do you need software for search engine optimization? Not really.
But is is easier and more convenient with it? Yes.
It’s like using Notepad to code versus using an editor with features like code folding and syntax highlighting.
I tried out several different free editions of SEO software, but the only one I liked was Web CEO.
It comes in several editions, including one free and two paid options. Even the free one comes with a basic SEO training course that ends in a certification. I took the free certification course myself and ended up learning some things I didn’t know about SEO.
The Professional version is a good option if you are doing SEO for clients and need to generate reports with customized headers and footers. Otherwise, the SmallBiz edition should suit your needs.
The free version is not time limited and has no nag screens, but of course it’s not as powerful as the two paid editions.
Tags: seo, software
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May 17th, 2010
Download WordPress Base Theme – version 2.0 posted 05-17-2010
I have updated my WordPress Base Theme to version 2.0.
Not much has changed really visually.
I’ve added better SEO support by changing the page titles to h1 tags instead of h2. I also added support for Greg’s High Performance SEO Plugin, which I feel is the best SEO plugin for WordPress. The title tags and some of the pages now use the plugin’s titles, secondary titles, and secondary descriptions, if available.
I added support for some of WordPress’s newer features such as featured images (formerly post thumbnails) and menus (coming soon in 3.0).
Finally, I added support for custom WYSIWYG editor CSS to match your theme. This file is called editor-style.css and is located in the /css/ directory. It will need to be edited to reflect the post styles you use in your theme.
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May 16th, 2010
Download To-Do List Plugin – version 2.1.5 posted 09-05-2010
Version 2.0.4 of the To-Do List plugin contains two new translations.
The German translation was contributed by Ascobol.
Japanese translation was contributed by Takemi Tasaki.
Thank you for the translations. I appreciate them.
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April 17th, 2010
Download To-Do List Plugin – version 2.1.5 posted 09-05-2010
I accidently put the update nonce check into the email user function for the To-Do List Plugin. I also added additional code to passing the value to the functions.
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April 15th, 2010
Download To-Do List Plugin – version 2.1.5 posted 09-05-2010
I’ve moved the require_once for pluggable.php from the main body of the To-Do List plugin to inside the functions. It was causing a conflict with at least one other plugin.
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April 14th, 2010
Download To-Do List Plugin – version 2.1.5 posted 09-05-2010
I’ve fixed a bug in the To-Do List Plugin where users could not edit or delete other user’s list items, when they had the capability to do so.
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April 10th, 2010
Download To-Do List Plugin – version 2.1.5 posted 09-05-2010
Most of the changes in version 2.0 of the To-Do List Plugin are on the backend. There are a few minor bug fixes. Some text that previously couldn’t be translated now can be.
Checking an item as completed on the Dashboard Widget no longer takes you to the main To-Do List page. It stays on the Dashboard page.
A Russian translation has been added. It was provided by Almaz.
The plugin now works in WordPress 3.0 (and still works in 2.9 and most likely 2.8).
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March 17th, 2010
I confirmed today the report that the To-Do List Plugin does not work in the alpha version of WordPress 3.0.
I’ve been unable to track down why it’s not working yet. As I have mentioned before, I didn’t write the plugin originally. I adopted it after it was abandoned since I used it on my own sites and really liked it. Since then, I’ve made it work in the current versions of WordPress and added a number of new features and fixes. The original plugin was also lacking security-wise.
The problem may be fixed with a small code change, or I may end up having to rewrite some of it.
If I do rewrite it, one thing I will change is so that it doesn’t redirect to the main to-do list page after checking an item off on the dashboard widget. In any case, I may do that anyway sometime.
I’ll get the plugin working in 3.0 one way or another before it’s release, since as I said it’s one that I do use myself.
Once thing I have been considering is where the main To-Do List page should be located. Currently it’s under Tools. Do you like it there or should it be moved under another header? Or even to it’s own top level heading in the menu?
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