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Some Widgets to Play With for WordPress 2.2
Now that WordPress 2.2 comes standard with the sidebar widgets plugin (which allows you to drag and drop customize the sidebar areas without altering the theme files–look in the Admin Presentation area) as a core system, here are some other widget plugins that you can get that are pretty useful:
Configurable Pages Widget: This widget lets you set up the Pages sidebar tree menu in a better way than the default one does, you can exclude certain pages appearing and set the order http://is-here.com/projects/wordpress/pages
Drop Down Archive and Progress bar widgets: One widget adds a Drop Down archive to your sidebar area (much like my AWSOM Drop Down Archive plugin does on the main) while the other one adds a progress bar to your sidebar area that has color selection and other customizable features. http://tech.windsofstorm.net/
By now there are tons of widgets out there for almost anything. A quick Google search for WordPress widget will net you tons. So go check out what you can find, you never know what’s available.
Akismet plugin Security issue, replace immediately
There is a critical security issue with the 2.0 version of the Akismet anti-spam plugin (which is bundled with most versions of WordPress), all users of this plugin should download the newest version of the plugin (2.02) from the Akismet download page and replace the files on their server. The newest version of WordPress 2.2 already has this latest version bundled with it, so upgrading to that version of WordPress will also close this security hole.
Yellowfish Image Gallery
While I host my own image gallery plugin here (AWSOM Pixgallery), I’m not arrogant enough to think that it’s the only way to get images onto your website in a pleasing way. This image gallery plugin called Popup Image Gallery is actually very nice and has some great AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) features (transitions between images, mouse-overs pop up images). It has one drawback though (in my opinion), no direct HTML links can be done to images since there isn’t a real “page” associated with any image (the pages are all built using JavaScript). However, it’s an interesting alternative to try out if you want slide show effects or other cute transition features for your images.
link: http://www.yellowswordfish.com/my-wordpress-plugin-library/popup-image-gallery-plugin/
Webcomic sites using WordPress: Applegeeks.com
Since many people who will be visiting Awsom.org may be new to web development or using WordPress I think it’s a good idea to have some examples available of what you can do when developing an Art or Webcomic site. The guys at Applegeeks.com are using WordPress for their webcomic, and they’ve done quite a few modifications to the basic theme and flow of WordPress to enhance their site. (One thing I need to find out is how they’re doing that progress bar in their sidebar!)
I’ll feature more people using WordPress over time so that you guys can get more ideas for your own development.
WordPress Contact Form updated to 2.0.1
A new version of the WordPress Contact Form has been released. It allows you to post a contact form on a page that can be customized and will send you an email whenever you get a submission. This version has anti-spamware/bot upgrades. It’s an excellent way to keep your personal email account from getting harvested off your site. (I use a version of the plugin here BTW)
link to site: Contact Form