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So, I wrote another WordPress plugin, Featured Blog Authors. I am waiting to get it approved for the directory, but I am releasing it here for now. More info to come.

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So, after googling for an INSANE amount of time for what seemed to be a fairly simple task – how to remove the sidebar all-together from the WordPress Thesis Template – I finally figured it out on my own. So, for you other frustrated Thesis users out there that are looking for this info – here it is – and you’re going to kick yourself once you see it.

From the Template Dropdown selection – select “No Sidebar” on the page that you don’t want to have sidebar’s on. Pretty stupidly simple, huh? Well, I had tried custom functions and editing of the files, and I am suprised it took ME as long as it did to figure it out. Anyways, until next time.

Enjoy!!!

I recently installed LesterChan’s plugin, WP-Print. It is a great plugin and works wonderfully, but I had just one issue with it. When you click on “Print this Post/Page,” you would be taken to the printer friendly page, but no print dialog would come up. You would have to actually hit Cmd-P (or Ctrl-P for you misguided Windows users) or click the little link at the bottom to get the print dialog.

Well, I wanted something a little more lazy – I mean “user friendly” – so I came up with this nifty little JavaScript. The easiest way to implement it is to put it into the Disclaimer/Copyright Text area on the WP-Print settings page.

<script>function printme() {window.print(); return false;} window.onload=printme;</script>

Enjoy!

Since releasing the WordPress Admin Bar Improved, I have been looking around at the different WordPress Admin Bars that are available to see what I can do to improve mine. Well, I came across the Grand-Daddy of Admin Bars – the Admin Drop Down Menu from Ozh! I had read about it on some blog or another, and decided to check it out for myself. It TOTALLY BLOWS OUT (sorry Viper007Bond) anything I have ever seen before! Not only is it themeable (in a totally awesome sort of way – I mean c’mon, it has it’s own color picker!!!), but it has full API support for developers to add their own custom icon to the menu items created by their extensions!

Much like Viper007Bond, Ozh has NO PLANS on releasing this with front-end support – he does not want this to work if a user is logged out. I have other plans though. I am going to create another plugin that will detect which admin bar you have running (either Ozh’s or Viper007Bond’s) and pull it onto the frontpage if the user is logged in. If the user is not logged in, it will display a login form as well some relevant links for users when they visit your site.

I am not sure when this is going to get done – but I will post updates here.

If you want to help with development, please contact me here. If you want to help even more, you could send me a donation @ dilbert4life@gmail.com. Donation module to come soon.