Since I have disserted this blog for a long time, I need some updates to make it in better shape. Besides getting most updated version (change log)of WordPress, I have to get plugins and themes.
To keep track of what I have done, here is the first one of “My … List” series (though it is uncertain whether it will really become a series) :
My WordPress Plugin List
(last upate: 2005.08.16)
Currently Using:
- Spam Karma 2.0 – better user interface, easier to administer
- Spam Karma 2 Stats
- Wordspew – using Ajax, this shoutbox can reload itself without reloading the whole page, and it does not use <iframe> to make the page xhtml invalid. It also has an admin interface in the Manage section
- Live Calendar – like Wordspew, this plugin can change the calendar without reloading the whole page
- Live Comments Preview
- Fancy Tooltips – true to its name: fancy and good-looking. Besides links, it also works on other tags like <ins>, <del> and <acronym>.
- Online Counter
- Enhanced Post List – much better than the original “Manage Posts” page. When I wrote this (2005.08.16), the author’s website is out of service.
- Paged Comments Editing – same as Enhanced Post List, but for the “Manage Comments” page
- Google Sitemap Generator – easy to use, with a separate configuration page
- Follow URL – I have Spam Karma 2, I do not need nofollow.
- Geo – cannot think of any useful application of this plugin yet
I get the co-ordinates with Google Earth (one of the rare occasions I must use m$ windows.
Testing:
- IImage Browser – very easy to add image to posts. I originally used a pop-up hack, but it does not seem to work with the new theme. This may be my way out.
- IImage Gallery – easy to post more than one photo in the same post, requires more settings than IImage Browser
- Gravatars – this is not the official plugin. Apparently, it gives you a configuration page in the Options section. I can’t still get it running with the themes.
- Yahoo/MSN Smileys – easy to set up, but I wonder if there are other choices …
- Recent Comments – with a configuration interface
- Cross-themes Stylesheets
- X-Vaild – check whether the posts and comments are xhtml-valid and automatically correct them, with a configuration page
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