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Monday, April 3rd, 2006

WordPress Plugins

One thing I really like about WordPress is plugin support. With Pebble I had to write my own plugins, which was entertaining but time consuming. With WordPress I can just tweak existing plugins to do exactly what I want.

I’ve always wanted to keep track of all the movies I watch and books that I read, and now thanks to the AMM plugin I can do in an easy way. Plus, if you actually click and buy something by following my Amazon links, I will get a few cents (not that it has happened yet, you can still be the first!). I modified the plugin a bit by adding support for a status (using the label field), adding half star ratings, and setting up a couple of unused fields to allow for additional links. Finally, I made the date field editable so I can add entries with a date of my choice. I would also like an “end date” field, but that requires a new field in the database table.

I also incorporated into the sidebar my latest del.icio.us bookmarks, just to add some dynamic content to my blog to entertain my readership since I don’t post everyday.

Finally, I am using a heat map plugin to display a category cloud, or a bunch of tags with varying sizes.

P.S. If you’re reading this from the RSS feed you’re missing all of the sidebar fun. Come visit sometime!

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Saturday, March 11th, 2006

del.icio.us

Well, the links idea didn’t go very well, since it takes a while to post a link to this blog… I have decided to use del.icio.us instead. You can find my bookmarks here: http://del.icio.us/jorgejuan.

Hope you enjoy them!

P.S. Be warned that most links are work-related, since I use del.icio.us primarily to share links between my work and home computers.

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