WordPress 2.5′s new image uploader solves the longstanding bug of using deprecated XHTML attributes to float images (align=”left”, etc.), rather than it being done in CSS. This is handled by applying classes to the image when it’s inserted into the post, rather than via inline CSS. This is good, in terms of semantics, clean markup, [...]
I wouldn’t say up-graded, but WordPress 2.5 is definitely different. I feel the need to punish myself thusly, since wordpress is now my day job, besides my ‘hobby’ of supporting the themes I’ve developed. I’ve been playing with the SVN upgrades for a month or so now, making sure my themes work. While I was [...]
If you run a wordpress blog, you should be reading Blogsecurity. This is the feed I use, that only includes the wordpress advisories. I think it’s a damn shame that this feed isn’t included in the wordpress planet that’s syndicated across everyone’s dashboard. Security is far more important than wordcamp. I’m only bringing this up [...]
Disconnected 1.3 is out. It includes support for WordPress 2.3′s native tagging, and preliminary support for WordPress 2.5′s get_avatar() function. I know I said I’d never support gravatars1, but since they’re going native in 2.5, there’s no point in fighting anymore. At least once 2.5 is released, I can write a plugin to use MyBlogLog [...]
With the launch of the Blueprint site, and all the hubbub over the release of Prologue, there are now a couple of good examples of using gravatars for more than just comments. The prologue function is a little weighty to be copied to other themes, since it’s built for wordpress.com, so i thought I’d share [...]
