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  • Post Thumbnails in RSS feeds

    the_post_thumbnail is one of my favorite additions to WordPress 2.9, but I recently ran into a problem… the images I had set as my post thumbnails weren’t being included in my RSS feed. Assuming you’ve already added support for thumbnails to your theme, you should be able to add this snippet to your theme’s functions.php file to display them along with the rest of your feed content:

    [sourcecode language=’php’]
    function insertThumbnailRSS($content) {
    $content = ‘

    ‘ .the_post_thumbnail(‘medium’). ‘

    ‘ .$content;
    return $content;
    }

    add_filter(‘the_excerpt_rss’, ‘insertThumbnailRSS’);
    add_filter(‘the_content_feed’, ‘insertThumbnailRSS’);
    [/sourcecode]

    Thanks to Dougal Campbell for pointing me in the right direction!

    Thanks to Sébastien Méric here’s an event better approach:

    [sourcecode language=’php’]
    function insertThumbnailRSS($content) {
    global $post;
    if ( has_post_thumbnail( $post->ID ) ){
    $content = ‘

    ‘ . get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, ‘medium’ ) . ‘

    ‘ . $content;
    }
    return $content;
    }

    add_filter(‘the_excerpt_rss’, ‘insertThumbnailRSS’);
    add_filter(‘the_content_feed’, ‘insertThumbnailRSS’);
    [/sourcecode]

  • Wordcamp Atlanta

    Wordcamp Atlanta

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    Details: Site design and logo for Wordcamp Atlanta. Design implemented by Brandon Sheats.

    My apologies if the link isn’t active just yet. I was a little quick on the trigger to post this as the site is not live yet, but should be very soon. Since the cat’s already out of the bag, I’ll leave this up.

    Make plans to attend – January 8-9, 2010. More details will be available soon.

    (more…)

  • WordPress 2.7 Comments – Style Starter #2

    In case you missed the first post related to WordPress 2.7 comments, please check it out. This is the second set of WordPress 2.7 Comment style starters. (Here’s Style Starter #1.) (more…)

  • WordPress 2.7 Comments – Style Starter #1

    WordPress 2.7 Comment Style Starters:

    wp-comment-style-1In case you missed the first post related to WordPress 2.7 comments, please check it out.

    As promised here’s some starter CSS for stylizing comments in your WordPress 2.7-compatible theme. I hope to release a few more over the coming days that can be added to existing themes pretty easily. You can see this in action here on the site. This “style starter” will give parent comments and their children rounded corners. (Browsers that don’t support border-radius (or -moz-border-radius or -webkit-border-radius) won’t see rounded corners.) This has been tested in Firefox 3.0.4, Internet Explorer 7, Opera 9.6 and Safari 3.1. It may require some tweaking to get it to fit properly into your theme.

    [sourcecode language=’css’]
    ol.commentlist { list-style:none; margin:0; padding:0; text-indent:0; }
    ol.commentlist li { border:1px solid #d5d5d5; border-radius:5px; -moz-border-radius:5px; -webkit-border-radius:5px; height:1%; margin:0 0 10px; padding:5px 7px 5px 57px; position:relative; }
    ol.commentlist li.alt { }
    ol.commentlist li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment { }
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-author { padding:0 170px 0 0; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard { font:bold 14px/1.4 helvetica,arial,sans-serif; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn { font-style:normal; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn a.url { color:#c00; text-decoration:none; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn a.url:hover { color:#000; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.avatar { border:5px solid #d5d5d5; left:7px; position:absolute; top:7px; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.avatar-32 {}
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.photo {}
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard span.says {}
    ol.commentlist li div.commentmetadata {}
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta { font:bold 10px/1.4 helvetica,arial,sans-serif; position:absolute; right:10px; text-align:right; top:5px; }
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta a { color:#333; text-decoration:none; }
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta a:hover { color:#000; }
    ol.commentlist li p { font:normal 12px/1.4 helvetica,arial,sans-serif; margin:0 0 1em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul { font:normal 12px/1.4 helvetica,arial,sans-serif; list-style:square; margin:0 0 1em; padding:0; text-indent:0; }
    ol.commentlist li div.reply { background:#999; border:1px solid #666; border-radius:2px; -moz-border-radius:2px; -webkit-border-radius:2px; color:#fff; font:bold 9px/1 helvetica,arial,sans-serif; padding:5px 10px;  text-align:center; width:36px; }
    ol.commentlist li div.reply:hover { background:#c30; border:1px solid #c00; }
    ol.commentlist li div.reply a { color:#fff; text-decoration:none; text-transform:uppercase; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children { list-style:none; margin:1em 0 0; text-indent:0; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li { }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.alt {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.comment {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-2 { margin:0 0 .25em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-3 { margin:0 0 .25em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-4 { margin:0 0 .25em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-5 {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.odd {}
    ol.commentlist li.even { background:#fff; }
    ol.commentlist li.odd { background:#f6f6f6; }
    ol.commentlist li.parent { }
    ol.commentlist li.pingback { }
    ol.commentlist li.pingback.parent { }
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.vcard { padding:0 170px 0 0; }
    ol.commentlist li.thread-alt { }
    ol.commentlist li.thread-even {}
    ol.commentlist li.thread-odd {}
    [/sourcecode]

    WordPress 2.7 Comment Style Starters:

  • Stylizing Threaded/Nested Comments in WordPress 2.7

    WordPress 2.7 Comment Style Starters:

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    One of the features I love in WordPress 2.7 is the ability to have threaded (nested) comments up to 10 levels deep. While viewing comments on this – or any WordPress 2.7-powered – site, you’ll notice a Reply button (assuming nested discussions are enabled). Clicking that will enable you to reply directly to that comment, keeping discussions in context.

    This is probably not all inclusive, but here is the basic structure for ol.commentlist as it exists in the Default theme’s comments.php. To take advantage of the new discussion features, I copied this file over to my own theme. (You’re more than welcome to roll your own.) For many of the elements, more than one class is used with it. Where applicable, I’ve chosen the most descriptive class (e.g. li.comment instead of li.alt) as the parent for child formatting.

    [css]
    ol.commentlist {}
    ol.commentlist li {}
    ol.commentlist li.alt {}
    ol.commentlist li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.comment-author {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard cite.fn {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard cite.fn a.url {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard img.avatar {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard img.avatar-32 {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard img.photo {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.vcard span.says {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.commentmetadata {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.comment-meta {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.comment-meta a {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment * {} – (p, em, strong, blockquote, ul, ol, etc.)
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.reply {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment div.reply a {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.alt {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.comment {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.depth-2 {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.depth-3 {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.depth-4 {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.depth-5 {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment ul.children li.odd {}
    ol.commentlist li.even {}
    ol.commentlist li.odd {}
    ol.commentlist li.parent {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.comment-author {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.vcard {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.vcard cite.fn {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.vcard cite.fn a.url {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.vcard span.says {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.commentmetadata {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.comment-meta {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.comment-meta a {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback * {} – (p, em, strong, blockquote, ul, ol, etc.)
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.reply {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback div.reply a {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.alt {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.comment {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.depth-2 {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.depth-3 {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.depth-4 {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.depth-5 {}
    ol.commentlist li.pingback ul.children li.odd {}
    ol.commentlist li.thread-alt {}
    ol.commentlist li.thread-even {}
    ol.commentlist li.thread-odd {}
    [/css]

    Here is the CSS I’m using to stylize my comments below. (You can see an example of the nesting here.) Even though a number of the selectors are currently unused, I am keeping them in place in the event I decide to do something with them in the future.

    I updated the following code to account for the presence of pingbacks in a comment thread. For my site, I used the more generic selector of ol.commentlist li instead of specifying a class (such as comment or pingback). This will allow pingbacks to be styled in much the same way as comments. The CSS above lets you target the types individually. (Which, if you wanted pingbacks to look different, you’d obviously would want to do.)

    [sourcecode language=”css”]
    ol.commentlist { list-style:none; margin:0 0 1em; padding:0; text-indent:0; }
    ol.commentlist li { }
    ol.commentlist li.alt { }
    ol.commentlist li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li.comment { border-bottom:1px dotted #666; padding:1em; }
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-author {}
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard { font:normal 16px georgia,times,serif; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn { font-style:normal; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard cite.fn a.url {}
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.avatar { border:5px solid #ccc; float:right; margin:0 0 1em 1em; }
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.avatar-32 {}
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard img.photo {}
    ol.commentlist li div.vcard span.says {}
    ol.commentlist li div.commentmetadata {}
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta { font-size:9px; }
    ol.commentlist li div.comment-meta a { color:#ccc; }
    ol.commentlist li p { font-size:11px; margin:0 0 1em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul { font-size:11px; list-style:square; margin:0 0 1em 2em; }
    ol.commentlist li div.reply { font-size:11px; }
    ol.commentlist li div.reply a { font-weight:bold; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children { list-style:none; margin:1em 0 0; text-indent:0; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.alt {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.bypostauthor {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.byuser {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.comment {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.comment-author-admin {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-2 { border-left:5px solid #555; margin:0 0 .25em .25em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-3 { border-left:5px solid #999; margin:0 0 .25em .25em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-4 { border-left:5px solid #bbb; margin:0 0 .25em .25em; }
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.depth-5 {}
    ol.commentlist li ul.children li.odd {}
    ol.commentlist li.even { background:#fff; }
    ol.commentlist li.odd { background:#f6f6f6; }
    ol.commentlist li.parent { border-left:5px solid #111; }
    ol.commentlist li.pingback { border-bottom:1px dotted #666; padding:1em; }
    ol.commentlist li.thread-alt { }
    ol.commentlist li.thread-even {}
    ol.commentlist li.thread-odd {}
    [/sourcecode]

    If you would like to learn more about the enhancements made in comments, here are a couple of sites you should check out for further information:

    WordPress 2.7 Comment Style Starters:

  • Theme Updates

    The WordPress community gives much of itself to users who don’t always give back. I created Effercio Blue and Nanideska last year, but as of today both they are being released under GPL. If you downloaded them prior to today, the old Creative Commons license still applies.

    • Effercio Blue – A two-column theme for WordPress. Support WordPress tags, dynamic sidebar and widgets, and includes custom link and archive page styles. Future plans for this theme include adding additional color variations. This theme and its accompanying elements are released under GPL. Download Theme | View Demo)
    • Nanideska – A simple two-column theme based on an earlier iteration of cdharrison.com. This theme and its accompanying elements are released under GPL. Download Nanideska | View Demo

  • WordPress for iPhone

    I’m typing this from the WordPress for iPhone app (http://iphone.wordpress.net). When I first heard about this app, I was excited. As good as some of the plugins are to make the WP admin more “iPhriendly”, they’re far from perfect. I think this app has a lot of potential, but it’s far from ideal. (more…)

  • WordPress 2.5 Sneak Peek

    WordPress 2.5 Sneak Peek. I went ahead and upgraded to Release Candidate 1, just to test it out. So far, so good. It’s still in development, so be careful before you upgrade.

  • 50000+ Spam Messages Killed and Counting

    Since installing Aksimet, it’s blocked 50,222 spam messages from appearing on my site. That’s a lot of crap I didn’t have to deal with. Thank you Akismet. (I wish I could determine exactly when I started using the plugin… but I am not sure where to find that information…)

    If you’re blogging with WordPress, enable the Akismet plugin right now.

  • WordPress 2.3.2

    WordPress 2.3.2 is now available. It “is an urgent security release that fixes a bug that can be used to expose your draft posts.” I just upgraded without any problems. More info on what’s new in 2.3.2 can be found here.