I was wondering if there was a plugin that would display all blogs on my blogroll on the front page (by the most recent) and selected blogs relating to the category of each post? My personal blog is too eclectic to have a standard blogroll.
I have a WordPress blog (http://blog.morgaine-lefaye.net/). I'm considering replacing the current WordPress commenting system. What would you recommend? Disqus? Intense Debate? JS-Kit (which seems to have changed its name to Echo)? Or would you feel uncomfortable knowing the comments reside elsewhere?
If the comments reside elsewhere, what about the folks who put in valuable coments just so they could gain backlinks? Opens up a new area of thought for me.
- TrafficBug
I've played with all of those systems, and I really don't care for any of them. I always keep coming back to the WordPress commenting system, because I can customize the heck out of it. Those centralized systems offer virtually no configurability, and they look like crap on almost every site I've seen them on.
- Otto
@Morgaine Wordpress comments plus Backtype Connect is all you need. Keep your comments in house.
- Alex Schleber
"WordPress.com has introduced a new geotagging and goelocation feature for the bloggers. Form now on when bloggers enter their WordPress blog, they will get the option to identify their location. Browsers that support the feature will show up this information automatically. The user has to double-check the location to make sure it is correct. Further, the Firefox users can use add-ons like Operator and Geo to view geo-information on any web page. Apart from geotagging your post, the new feature would also allow you to geotag your profile. This will allow readers to search for blog posts written by writers in their locality or blogs posted from a definite location. This would be an optional feature and bloggers can opt-out from disclosing using the geotagging in their blog."
- Stephen Dale
from Bookmarklet
they appear to update Wordpress every other minute...or that's what it seems to me.
- Cassandra
Agreed. But at least now they've allowed for the 1-click upgrades which only replace the needed files and not the whole WP install anymore. Hang in there :) Oh, and 2.9 is already on it's way. Looks additive though, i.e. it shouldn't really break anything, thank goodness. That is always the greatest horror...
- Alex Schleber
2.8.5 came out three weeks ago. What took so long? Anyway, 2.8.6 is just a minor security update, there's no fundamental changes to it. Should be no issues between 2.8.5 and 2.8.6. Also, the security issues it addresses only impact you if you allow other people to register to your site. And one of them requires that they be able to upload files *and* that you have a misconfigured Apache installation. So the threat level is pretty low there.
- Otto
Fantastico still hasn't even gotten to 2.8.5 yet w/ my service provider. The auto-update plugin w/ Wordpress never works for me, so I usually just wait for that.
- Fleagle
Since I am scared, It obliges me to save the data-base(s), deactivate the plugins .....
- bellegarde-webb
I use the DB Backup plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend... and then just do the one-click upgrade. Works every time. Of course, on my own sites, I run the nightly betas, so I'm upgrading every few days to play with the new features. :)
- Otto
Yep. I'm familiar with it. It never works for me.
- Fleagle
Remember if you changed something manually in sidebar.php, single.php etc. using Appearance > Editor tool (such as adding adsense blocks) then DO NOT auto-upgrade! It will overwrite those changes!
- TrafficBug
I push the button after having save theme, Databased and desactivated pluggins: no problem. Glad!
- bellegarde-webb
→ Correct information, multiple moderated blogs work for many; however there will be no sign after a thread/comment is removed.
- H0llywoodWh0re
You would need to instruct the moderators to enter into a collaborative database like dabbledb, which non-spam comment they deleted and why...
- TrafficBug
"Blogs are the perfect forum to express your opinions about anything and everything. The best part is that it doesn’t need tons of knowledge on the internet to tart a blog. All you need is to choose a desktop blogging tool. These tools speed up the blogging process. They let you write a blog offline and then publish it later at a more convenient time Many of these blogging softwares have a scheduled post feature which lets you define what time you would like to publish your articles. Some of the other features provided by these tools include a spell checker, drafts saver, remote publishing etc. These tools are available for all the three OS: – Windows, Mac, and Linux. So you just have to choose the right tool and then go ahead and blog away!"
- sofarsoShawn
.im is the Isle of Man - http://www.nic.im - their prices for url's get way more expensive the fewer number of characters you register
- bear (aka Mike Taylor)
what are prices for .de ????? anybody got a clue?
- ffcode
like where can i register a .de (germany) domain?tried it at register.com it says there should be minimum 3 chars
- ffcode
ffcode: Unless you're actually *in* Germany, you cannot register a .de domain. Seriously, that link I gave shows all domains and details about how to register each of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Otto
Ugh. Seriously? I'd probably block any site I found using something like this. Disabling the Digg bar was one of the very first things I did when they came out with it.
- Otto
Because I click a link to go somewhere else and read the content there. Making it redirect through your own site and stick a bar at the top (or bottom) is pushy. You're making the user take extra steps to remove your intrusive spam, and that's not a particularly good way to do things.
- Otto
CommentLuv never works properly for me anyway. It always shows my comments feed instead of my actual feed.
- Otto
I've been seeing that for awhile, so let's hope it's soon. @Otto Really? I've never had an issue with it
- Shevonne
Whenever I leave a comment on any site with CommentsLuv, the link is displays is wrong. It never, ever works for me.
- Otto
I am having an issue with Disqus and my business blog. I have no idea what's going on with it. Maybe cause I switched domains?
- Shevonne
@dcfemella why would you want to send people away to other people's posts on your BUSINESS blog ;) Seriously though, CommentLuv may be overkill, you're giving them 1 link (DoFollow if you want) already. As for commenting systems, why not use WP's comments plus BacktypeConnect?
- Alex Schleber
I've only used Disqus and IntenseDebate. When do the other comments start appearing after you install the BackTypeConnect plugin?
- Shevonne
Couple days. I like BackType Connect, it's a great way to find and get comments from elsewhere into your blog.
- Otto
I use the other comments systems for twitter and facebook integration. I want the user to be able to 'login' to post a comment via twitter and/or facebook with the ability for the user to post the comment to their twitter or facebook profiles.
- Jason Benway
Yuck. Ugly test text for that screenshot. Seriously people, just go over to http://lipsum.com and generate yourself a few paragraphs of Lorem Ipsum for testing. It looks way better.
- Otto