29 Responses to “Christmas Update – Greasemonkey, WordPress 2.7, Plugins And More!”
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Stephen Cronin is Manager of Online Service Delivery at a Queensland Government department & has been a freelance WordPress developer/consultant since 2007
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WordPress Plugins
- DualFeeds: Offer both full & summary feeds to your readers!
- IFrameWidgets: Stop slow javascript widgets breaking your page!
- FeedEntryHeader: Add copyright info to the TOP of your feed!
- LocalCurrency: Show values to readers in their own currency!
- KeywordLuv: Reward commentators with keyword rich links!
- Comment Warning: Detect potential spammers and warn them!
- Eclipse Crossword Integration: Publish crossword puzzles!
- Ajax_the_views: Make WP-PostViews work with caching plugins!
- Remove Widget Titles: Remove widget titles on the front end!
Want a Custom WordPress plugin? See my Services page.
Greasemonkey Scripts
- Google Numbered Search Results: Number Google SERPs
- Bing Numbered Search Results: Number Bing SERPs
- Disable Ctrl-W: Disable the CTRL-W key so you don't lose work
- markItUp! for Greasemonkey: Enable markItUp! for text areas
Visit my home page at Userscripts.org.
Sounds like you’ll need a break at Xmas Stephen!
Save time for reading some Conn Iggulden…..
Hi Chris,
yep, I need that break!
I’ve just finished the first in Conn Iggulden’s Genghis Khan series and can’t wait to read the next one – but I’m actually jumping to the first in the Emperor series because I stumbled across it in the library.
He’s a great writer, although I found there were 6 or 7 places in the book where I had to stop and really think about what he meant. My mind didn’t quite follow where his writing lead. Could be me – but I haven’t had that problem with other writers. Apart from that, the rest of the book was GREAT!
Thanks for the tip and have a great Christmas!
I read both he series emperor and the newer one based on Genghis Khan…Both brilliantly written and highly recommended. Though yes as you mentioned he is very subtle at points :p
Looking forward to see the new plugins in action and the new posts…
Have a great Christmas.
Hi, I like your idea on your jobsinchina site with TDO Mini Forms. I would also think to use the plugin for my article directory.
Great theme also, it’s just that there is a white space under – I am using Opera.
Regards!
Hi Daniar,
Thanks! I’ll check out my site with Opera – it’s been a while since I last checked it…
Sorry for double comments, I have just read the explanation about keywordluv and I think it’s fantastic! I will use the plugin and tell to my friends about it.
Regards
Where do you get the GreaseMonkey scipts from? I have it installed – but don’t have any scripts yet – I’ve heard really good things about it.
Stephen, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you as well! Looks like you got yourself a new toy there.. (just wrote about mine recently) would love to see more posts from you.
Also, I do look forward to your thoughts on SEO effects of KeywordLuv on the blog hosting the plugin.
Ben, you can get Greasemonkey scripts from Userscripts.org. I have a collection of gmail & google reader greasemonkey scripts as well if you’d like some good ones to get started. (sorry for the shameless plug) The ones Stephen mentioned are great as well.
Hi K,
Sorry, you went into the moderation queue because of the links. Approved now! No worries about the plug – it was that post that first made me aware of the Google Reader Print Button script!
Yeah, I’ve got the new toy and am loving it and I’m a sucker for gadgets, etc – but it’s more of a tool than anything. In the past I would have been more excited by just having it, now it’s more about what I can do with it…
Yes, I’ll definitely be writing that post early in the new year. It’s half written, but I just keep getting taken away to other things. Sorry.
Have a great Christmas!
Nice christmas update! I would like to say thank you for making this post during christmas and happy new year to everyone before it arrives hehehe
Nice to hear that despite your busy sched, your plug-ins are still updated according to the new version of WP. Really got a great time-management technique there!
Hi! Thank you for sharing many things with this blog. I admire your thoughtfulness and dedication because you still try to do a lot of things when most people are winding down to enjoy the holiday season. Don’t forget to take a rest though. From the things you mentioned, I like your Acer laptop and KeywordLuv. These stuff gave me good ideas. Thank you again.
Hi Stephen, I am looking forward to reading the posts that you were saying. Belated Merry Christmas btw and Advanced Happy New Year!
I really like Greasemonkey, my only fear though is downloading a bad script, that maybe is leaking my information or grabbing it, etc.
The only thing so far that I have noticed is, is that I can’t find the “templates” thin in wordpress 2.7 where it used to be in the posts section. Other than that, I love the new wp.
I love GreaseMonkey…very powerful, and not as complex as some people would think. Saves tons of time with any repetative task, like getting your blog posts onto Digg/Mixx, etc.
I have been wanting to get a laptop for a while now and have been looking at the Netbook style, because I think it will do what I need it to do and it is pretty well priced. I mostly just want something that I can do some lite writing/coding on when I am away from the home or outside letting the dog run around. I have heard a bunch of people talking about the Aspire, so will have to check it out. I am torn though, because part of me really wants a Think Pad.
I did the 2.7 upgrade this weekend on all of my blogs, as well as consolidating two blogs into one. It went very smoothly and after spending some time with it, I think I really like the interface.
Hi Am curious about the jobs in china site, is it an agency you run?
LINK REMOVED: because of failure to use KeywordLuv syntax (name@keywords)
Happy New year and may the next year have more for WordPress and Greasemonkey and plugins to offer.
Hope you have a good New Year’s too! My hubby bought me an Acer Aspire last year for my bday and I LOVE it, so I hope you will like it too! It’s taken a lot of abuse from my kids and still works as nice as the day I first turned it on
I am wondering if keyword luv is the culprit plug-in that gives me issues when I go to automatically upgrade wordpress – on my sites without it I have no problems, but the sites with it I have to deactivate it before running the automatic upgrade or else I get blank screens and snoopy errors…? Is it my host? Combination of plug-ins? Not too worried about it, just thought I’d see if anyone else experiences it also!
Here’s to a busy good 2009 to everyone!
Do you run the living in the Philippines site? I lived there for 6 months. Loved it and loved the people!
Not a fan of the admin interface redesign. I know where everything was until this update. Brutal.
yaeh its crazy how fast the month december flys by… at least we still have the new year to look forward to!
I’ve just found greasemonkey and have only begun to scratch the surface I feel. Found a twitter script I really like, but will continue to explore more possibilities.
Matt
Have you had a look at Recruitpress? It doesn’t look like it’s been updated for a while but if you’re happy modding the code you can build a pretty impressive site. There’s a nice example over at the New York Jewish Job Board.
Thank you very muc
http://www.pireilaclama.web.tr
I finally went through and updated all my sites to 2.7…hopefully the process will be much easier now with the upgrade option within the dashboard. Looking forward to 2.8 just so I can try that out.
The admin redesign is a little odd at first but I like it soley because of the expandable nav, keeps me from having to install a dropdown plugin, I used to hate having 2 or 3 page refreshes to get to certain admin screens.
how much you paid for your Acer Aspire One laptop?
Hope you find more time to post.
Great post, looking forward to the other monster posts