Wordpress upgraded to version 2.6

You might not notice that my blog has been upgrade to version 2.6, as well as SECRET_KEY has been added to the wp-config.php file.

There are several feature increase for 2.6:

  1. Post revision. Of course, previous versions are view-only. (set WP_POST_REVISIONS to 0/false to disable or positive number to how many revisions to save.)
  2. Word count. But you may seen as below, it completely doesn’t work for Chinese.
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  4. Integrated with Google Gear to staticize the backend of the Wordpress. (”Turbo” at the top right in backend)
  5. Picture Edit.
  6. Able to locate the wp-config.php and wp-content folder. (Actually not very useful to me)
  7. Support Shift key to select multi-item. (Click the first item, hold Shift key and click the last item to select all entries between the two)
  8. Remote Publishing control which allow you to enable or disable post from remote (such as Windows Live Writter). (Option->Writing)
  9. Able to select default Avatars (Option->Discussion)
  10. Plugins are sorted by Active/Inactive.

There is also another fix for me, since I didn’t see any others report the problem. While writing the post in Wordpress 2.5, scroll down the page, and press Enter in the TinyMCE edit box, the page will get back to the top. But this does not happen in version 2.6.

There is no any affect  to plugins, at least for my used plugins.

Unlike BSP hosted blogs, stand-alone blog owners need to be upgraded by themselves. It’s easy, but I don’t like the progress, esp. backup progress. :(

Posted by Wei@21:54 16/16/2008 in Computer Science | Permalink | Trackback | 2 Comments.

最近Blog上的一些更新

近来闲着没什么事做,对blog进行了一些更新,增加了一些功能的支持。

FeedBurner订阅图标

FeedBurner在挺早以前就被和谐了。我blog上的订阅图标自然也就显示不出来了。通过一段时间的研究和搜索(主要是搜索),在我主机空间上添加了一段代码,使得图片可以缓存在我的主机上。(我是国外主机,所以主机访问订阅图标是没有问题的。主要原理就是通过服务器代码缓存图标)

retaggr图标显示我的详细信息

增加了对retaggr的支持。侧边栏上的 图标,click一下,就会出现我的信息,以及所有我注册的服务。

本来还增加了post author和comment author的retaggr支持,结果发现因为blog只有我一个人写,除我以外,其他人都无法显示信息。还是节约点儿资源吧。

增加了Gravatar图标支持

所谓Gravatar,就是Globally Recognized avatar。是http://www.gravatar.com/推出的一种身份标识服务。在其主页上注册,并登记email地址,上传头像,在其支持的网站上,就会出现对应的头像。

gravatar

Gravatar是通过email地址识别的,所以所有在本blog上评论的用户,只要在Gravatar主页上注册,并在comment的时候输入对应的email地址,你的头像就会显示出来。

Author Comment Highlight

上图其实已经说明了。这个功能就将作者的comment高亮显示出来。

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@X格式的快速回复

这已经最近第三个关于comment的增强功能了。在每个评论作者旁边都会有个 图标,只要点击这个图标,就会在comment中自动添加@XXX格式的引用了。而且也会自动添加对引用评论的link。

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有意思吗?觉得偶尔做些这种事情挺好玩儿的。请原谅我没有对所有涉及如配色、图片、位置等的草率,因为有些实在是太难用了。我不是HTML和CSS的高手,也压根不想在上面过多的钻研。不过多亏了FireBug给我提供的帮助

Posted by Wei@21:03 1/01/2008 in Computer Science | Permalink | Trackback | 2 Comments.

整合使用Windows Live Writer和WordPress 2.3+ (Tagging and Slug)

我以前其实很少使用Windows Live Writer,因为我当时的Blog平台是WordPress 2.1,使用UTW提供tagging支持;而且,因为我的blog post使用post slug来定义Permalink。而这些都是使用Windows Live Writer很麻烦的事情。

从2.3版本开始,WordPress增加了native tagging的支持。同时,无论是Windows Live Writer,还是WordPress,都对于相互之间的兼容性,逐步的提供了支持。在我将Blog平台升级到WordPress 2.5之后,惊喜的发现,之前我所担心的post slug和native tagging的问题,都被彻底的解决了。(本来以为Windows Live Writer需要特别配置才能支持native tagging,查看了WordPress Trac,发现2.3版本有个bug针对这个问题提供了支持。下载了补丁的文件后,发现居然2.5版本已经内置了。)

Windows Live Writer的配置更是简单,直接按照向导配置Blog setting就可以了。要输入tag,只要在Keywords中输入(Keywords在Post Property里面,按F2可以显示出来)。要输入Post slug,简单,就是slug。

wlw-blog

这样,Windows Live Writer就完全解决了我的Blogging的问题。说实话,我其实很喜欢Zoundry,但目前来说,人家还确实不支持slug,实在解决不了我的问题。

PS,本文就是使用Windows Live Writer写的,并上传的,连同tag、slug和图片。如果你也想用,直接去这里下载Windows Live Writer就好了。

Update Apr 8th, 2008:貌似有些问题:在插入链接之后,我的输入法(搜狗)被自动设置为全角模式。以前Messenger和微软拼音一起工作的时候,就有类似的问题。

Posted by Wei@20:17 4/04/2008 in Computer Science | Permalink | Trackback | No comments.

WordPress upgraded to 2.5

WordPress just released vertion 2.5. I have been using 2.5 RC from demo site of Wordpress China. The backstage management is re-designed and it is amazing. Accordingly, I have also upgraded my site.

Since I have never upgraded my WordPress site from version 2.1 when I initially set up the site, WP2.5 is a big progress for me: native tagging, new backstage management, etc.

There was a problem that defining the permalink while writing new post, since the “Permalink” section only displayed after post had been saved. While I’m using in 2.5 Final, the auto saving will make “Permalink” section appeared, so there is a chance to update the link. That never be a problem now.

I also re-grabbed the plugins and themes, so at the very begining, the theme will be set to default and will be assigned new themes once everything goes okay.

Update Mar 30@19:05: Theme is decided and all plugins are available now. Sitemap is re-generated w/o Category, Tag, and Archive pages to improve SEO. Some legacy plugins are remained since some posts rely on it.

Update Mar 30@23:16: Just found that the theme is designed for WordPress v2.2, so it is using UTW as tagging plugins, not the new native tagging. In that case, the theme will not show the buildin tags. And the design will not show Permalink, Trackback and Categories in main page. Simply edited the theme file, to make these available.

Update Apr 1@17:17: I finally disabled “Add to any” and “Add to any subscribe” plugins, which made my blog loaded really slow.

Posted by Wei@18:22 30/30/2008 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Trackback | 1 Comment.

WordPress 2.2 Delayed

今天上来Blog的后台,第一眼看到的就是“Wordpress 2.2 Delayed”,说Wordpress的2.2版本将会延迟1~2周。紧接着我去Roadmap上去看,却没看到2.2版本的推迟日期。

与此同时,我之前一直挺向往的Tagging in Core(Ticket #3723)的功能, 也同时被Postpone into M2.3。(我现在用的是UTW,不过我还是向往原生的)

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Posted by Wei@4:56 20/20/2007 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Trackback | No comments.

WordPress Plug-in: FeedBurner StandardStats

新做了一个WordPress的插件,取名为FeedBurner StandardStats;用来实现FeedBurner提供的统计功能。

改自Google Analyticator

安装

  1. 解压缩下载的zip文件
  2. 复制fb_standardstats.php文件到wp-content\plugins目录中(或复制整个目录)
  3. 在Plugins中Activate插件
  4. 去Options->FeedBurner StandardStats中启用该插件,并输入在StandardStats中提示feed的UserID

下载

Posted by Wei@9:46 7/07/2007 in WordPress | Permalink | Trackback | No comments.

越来越喜欢WordPress了

以前倒是没觉得WordPress怎么样,甚至有一次在主机空间上装了一次。当时觉得不如Blogger,所以就删除了。(当初就是为了弄个Blog,所以删除了WordPress,连空间都给退了)

这次再次启用WordPress,直接上最新的2.1版本。发现可定制的东西的真是太多了,越来越喜欢,老是玩儿不够。 Read the rest of this entry »

Posted by Wei@13:49 24/24/2007 in diary | Permalink | Trackback | 2 Comments.

还是换了

想来想去,还是换了。

托管在Blog*Spot里面,实在是麻烦。不是三天两头的Outage,就是被封。本想弄个顶级域名玩儿,干脆连ghs.google.com都封了。域名都注册了,就不想再用Blog*Spot了。

终于下决心买了Site5的空间,换上WordPress的Blog系统。

Posted by Wei@21:45 23/23/2007 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Trackback | No comments.