This is the first post I've posted with the new version of WP. I'm testing out a few things to make sure everything is working properly.

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Mood: working   Cup qualifying

I've decided that I'm going to upgrade my WP to version 1.5. I was going to do it this past weekend, but I got lazy. All I did was watch the races. So I figure I'll do it tonite. The upgrade itself shouldn't take very long. It's the getting it back to the way it looks now that might take longer. I don't know if I'll have to update the plugins I'm using or the ones I wrote. I'll have to add back in my hacks and stuff for inline comments and all that fun stuff.

Hopefully it won't take too long. So just be warned ... if things look weird tonite or don't behave properly, it's because of the upgrade. I'll be working on them all nite ... or however long it takes me to get it finished (hopefully not all nite, but who knows).

Mood: dorky

I made a decision. I have completely removed the trackback option from my blog. I never post anything that's trackback-worth anyway. I haven't worked on any plugins since I first moved over to WordPress. And nothing else I post is anything anyone else would care about ... LOL.

I've also closed all comments that are older than the middle of last month. I'm going to keep doing that I think. I'll keep about a month's worth of posts open to comments. If any LEGITIMATE comments are ever made on my blog, they're usually within the first couple of days of when I made the post. Everything else is those fucking spammers. I doubt it will cut down on the crap I get from them, but it can't hurt. And at least all those crap comments don't end up on here or in moderation (well, sometimes they do). The vast majority of them get caught by the Spaminator and TarPit plugins I use. I need to set up a test blog to play around with WP 1.5. Don't know when I'll get around to that.

Mood: blah

I added the random quotes to the site tonite. I only have about 5 quotes in my database thus far. I need some more. So if you know of any good quotes, let me know, and I'll add them.

Gotta go watch the season premire of Alias. I've been waiting forever for the new season. Mmmmm ... Agent Vaughn ...

I've put together an editor to add quotes to my blog. I've incorporated it into the WordPress interface ... I thought that would be the quickest and easiest way to get it into a secure area. You need to be logged in to WP in order to access it. It's just a simple editor to add quotes to the database table I created. I don't have very many quotes in it yet, so I'm not going to actually add it to the blog display yet. I'll work on that tomorrow nite.

I had a little bit of confusion when I started this. I'm used to working with MSSQL syntax at work 'cuz that's the type of database we work with. I had to re-familiarize myself with MySQL. I just had to look at some of the other things I've coded and then I rememebered the correct syntax.

I still need to add the ability to edit an existing quote, but that isn't a high priority for me right now. I'm the only one who is going to be using this ... unless some other WP user out there is interested in it since it's integrated into the WP admin interface.

Mood: accomplished

Yep ... it's about that time again. I've redesigned the layout of this site. I still have a few kinks to work out, but it's basically done. Let me know what you think.

Mood: working

I've been dealing with this asshole spammer for the past few days. It started out with one set of links and is now something different. I know it's from the same spammer 'cuz it's the same format. I guess I jinxed myself when I told Mace I didn't get much comment spam.

I've implemented a couple plugins tonite ... Kitten's Spam Words and Spammer Tar Pit. I'm hoping they will get rid of this asswipe.

If you encounter any issues when trying to comment, please be patient. I'll iron them out. I need to get my feedback form back online too.

Mood: annoyed

I finally upgraded to version 1.2.1 tonite. If you encounter any problems on your visit, please let me know ... leave a comment on this post. So far everything looks like it's running okay. I only uploaded the changed files (thank goodness I found the list in the WP support forum). I didn't want to upload all of the files because of the customizing I've done. I've even customized the admin area a bit tonite. I found an alternate admin stylesheet at whitespace thanks to Kristine. I liked it 'cuz it was green ... and that's my favorite color. I implemented the stylesheet and moved a few things around on the post screen so it looked 'pretty'. I'm very happy with how it looks now.

I'm tempted to install and test out version 1.3 from cvs. I'm not sure if I'm gonna though. I've got some other website maintenance to do this weekend. Maybe I'll do it if I have the energy ... LOL.

Mood: dorky

I thought I'd make note of this here in case you missed it below. I've made an update to the Trackback Popup plugin I made. It wasn't giving the correct number of trackbacks. The query initially was only counting trackbacks. I've gone in and updated it to include pingbacks too. It should HOPEFULLY be giving the correct number now. If you've already downloaded this plugin, please make sure to get the updated code.

Maybe I should install Scripty's Show Recently Edited posts plugin since I've got plugins here that I'll more than likely be editing. Maybe I'll do that this afternoon.

Mood: hungry

I used a comment leader plugin on my MT blog. I wanted to use one here too. I did a search of the WP support forums and did find a post on this. However, the links in the post no longer worked. CRAP!! No one has responded to my post there asking for a current link, so I decided to make one myself.

At this stage, it's very basic. It just displays at list of the people who have left the most comments (in order from highest to lowest) along with their comment count.

You can download the plugin here. Make sure to save it with a .php extension.

To use the plugin, put the following where you want the comment leader list to appear ...

<?php comment_leaders(display,'before','after'); ?>

Where ...

display is the number of leaders you want to display. DO NOT enclose this number in quotes (use 5 not '5')!!
'before' is the text you want to display before the comment count number. This MUST be enclosed in quotes!
'after' is the text you want to display after the comment count number. This MUST be enclosed in quotes!

To do:

• Provide more configuration options
• Add link to last comment
• Possibly add title of last post commented on

My 'to do' list would involve some advance database queries I believe. I'm not all that advanced in MySQL knowledge myself, but I am learning more as I go. If anyone out there knows how I could go about at least adding a link to the last comment, please let me know. I'll incorporate it into the plugin and give you do credit.

If you encounter any problems with this, let me know so I can try to fix them. Also, if you know of another comment leader plugin, please direct me to the source code. Or if you know of how to improve on this code, let me know.

Last Updated on: 23 Jun 04 at 5:12pm
Plugin file: comment_leaders.php
Other needed files: none

Mood: hungry