The latest version of WordPress hit the streets yesterday. I’ve already begun the process of converting my sites over to 2.8. Check out the beta for ChopperJim.com…which is currently running new versions of WP and NextGEN Gallery.
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Crossposting to unify social networking sites
I’ve been researching ways on pulling together my online presence into my WordPress site and I’ve found some interesting addons that may at least link up MySpace and Facebook (and other well-known networking sites).
Since I know Ynygma is into Facebooking, I thought the Facebook Dashboard Widget might be an interesting enhancement to the WordPress experience. If you’re interested in crossposting, then perhaps the Socialite addon is worth a look. ShareThis accomplishes this task with a larger list of networking/bookmarking sites to choose from. I’m still in search of an addon or widget that will pull MySpace info into WP but because it’s known to be the most proprietary of the networking sites out there, chances are slim that an addon will do what I want it to do. If anybody finds something with this kind of functionality, then please let me know!
WoW Armory Plugin for WordPress
I just wanted to commend Tim’s work on the WoW Armory plugin for WordPress, as well as the newest Guild Roster plugin. Both work well…now I wish I had run my World of Warcraft character blog on a WordPress platform…maybe I’ll convert it over soon!!! Very soon!
Import into WordPress 2.7.1
I’m in awe of the newly redesigned WordPress 2.7.1. The import of old posts went smoothly. Installing plugins is now such a breeze! The mass ‘port of the old blog into the new site is largely complete. Thanks to the following MySQL snippet that I used quite heavily, I’ve cleaned up most of the links referring back to the old host and old domain. Gotta love MySQL.
UPDATE table_name SET column_name = REPLACE(column_name,"original_text","replace_text")
Next on the to-do list: galleries!
Simpleviewer galleries for Garden pages
I’ve begun using WP-Simpleviewer plugin to construct galleries for the garden pages. My intentions are for these galleries to capture the changing face of the flower beds from year to year.