Something better than CoComment?

I’ve been using CoComment to keep track of comments on other people’s blogs for about a year now, and I really like it. The interface they have on their web page is fairly slick and the fact that I don’t have to do anything extra to keep track of the comments makes it easy. But [...]

Add a preview to your WordPress comment box

Yesterday I was browsing around the blog world and came across this posting on keeping a clean desk. I found the topic interesting enough to leave a comment, but that’s not really the point. What I saw as I typed was that below the comment box was a preview of what I was typing. This [...]

WordPress plugin to view user meta data

One of the really great, although probably overlooked by most users, features of WordPress is that you can store meta data on your users. You probably already know that you can do this for posts, but it’s possible to use the _usermeta table to keep track of custom user settings as well.

Sometimes a blog just isn’t the right tool for the job

Let me start by saying that I really like WordPress. I use it on several blogs and don’t see myself going to another blog platform anytime soon. The problem is that when I come up with a idea for a new project I tend to start of thinking “how can I get WordPress to do [...]

Quick mod for the Post Thumbs WordPress plugin

Working on a site redesign, I found that I needed a plugin for WordPress that would let me associate an image with the post that would act as a thumbnail on the pages where multiple posts are listed. I found exactly what I needed in the Post Thumbs plugin.