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A few months ago, WordPress.org introduced a new feature available to plugins hosted in the Plugin Directory – changelogs. Having an easily accessible changelog is certainly a usability plus, but I felt it created unnecessary work for plugin developers. Personally, I usually provide meaningful log messages (example) when uploading [...] Continue Reading…

Packt Publishing is running their 2009 Open Source CMS Award, so go forth and nominate your favorite CMS for one of the award categories! And in case you’re not sure which CMS to vote for, here’s a friendly suggestion:

Clik the image to go to the nomination screen with [...] Continue Reading…

WordPress.org has an Ideas section where users can post their suggestions for new WordPress features and comment on ideas posted by other users. If you’re a plugin developer or just someone who blogs about WP, this page is a good place to look for new… well, ideas. It doesn’t [...] Continue Reading…

JavaScript has become an integral part of the modern Web. Some would praise it as the miracle stuff that ties together diverse web technologies and creates more responsive user interfaces, the stuff that makes glorious mashups and truly interactive web apps possible. Some would rather liken it to a [...] Continue Reading…

I’m planning to release my first commercial WordPress plugin later this month. The plugin will be an improved version of the Link Cloaking plugin and will include a bunch of new and exciting features, like cloaking links anywhere on the site (as opposed to only detecting links inside post/page [...] Continue Reading…