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Archive for March, 2009

A preview release of Facelift v2.0

March 30th, 2009

Some of the other things going on in my life are causing Facelift to get delayed so I thought I’d provide a preview release of v2.0 to prove to everyone that I really am working on it!

The flir.js file is just about complete (still need to do extensive compatability testing) but I still need to overhaul the backend as well as add/remove some features and work on the plugins.

It works in its current state but I don’t know if I’d want to use it in a production environment.

Consider this a pre-alpha.

Download Facelift v2.0 preview

Click through for a list of some of the enhancements.

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Posted in Projects, facelift

Tags: download incomplete preview

A couple hack fixes for the WP Twitter Updater plugin

March 16th, 2009

I needed a plugin that would simply send a tweet to twitter every time I posted a new article on one of my sites. The answer I found was Twitter Updater.

The problem with the plugin is some pretty huge bugs. For example, at the very least, it will post 2 duplicate tweets for your post. Depending on how you have it configured, it could make up to 5, 6, or even 7. Pretty annoying and unusable.

I’m not a WP junkie and have no plans of becoming one, but I did create a quick and dirty hack to fix this behavior in Twitter Updater. It does nothing to fix the real bug. » Read more: A couple hack fixes for the WP Twitter Updater plugin

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Posted in Web Development

Tags: bugs PHP Twitter Updater Plugin wordpress

Save your users search time and take them to the most likely data

March 8th, 2009

Extra clicks are the enemy when it comes to the WWW. There is nothing more annoying than an extra step that you shouldn’t have to take.

Consider this example:

You have a website that displays listings for plumbers in the US. Your visitors can type their location into the search box and be presented with a listing of the plumbers in their area.