Poll - What to do next?
I do have a limited amount of free time to work on "side projects" like this - but I wanted to get the most bang for the buck. So I wanted to see which feature people wanted more. You should see a poll in the sidebar now - go ahead and cast your vote. 
I should note, that
1) I can't guarantee that it will be a quick turnaround. There's still a few items on the to do list for THIS site that I want to get to first (as well - I have three other blogs that I want to switch over to WP)
and
2) I'm not even sure I can even DO everything that I have listed there. LOL! Some of them may simply be out of my range of what I am capable of - but I'll certainly give it a shot!
If there's something that you would like to have on that list - I looked high and low for a polling script that allowed user "write in"s - didn't find one. So we'll have to settle for you either leaving a comment on that original post - or leaving a comment on the poll itself (which will probably be checked less often)
P.S. - because of the whole mod-rewrite thing - I don't think the poll works on anything but the "home" page. There's probably a fix for this, but I'm too lazy to figure it out at the moment. So - if you want to vote - make sure you're on the main/home page.
June 11th, 2004 at 8:31 am
Have you seen photomatt's asides? I use something similar at my site. I have a plugin that will put them on the side of the blog with dates and all. Just have to make a sideblog category. Let me know if you want it.
June 11th, 2004 at 8:56 am
i have hubby working on a plugin/hack for photos…
he has a random picture plugin done right now. and we have something that i just copy and paste for pop-up pictures from the thumbnail. i've torn apart the upload.php and admin-function.php trying to figure out the best way to get the picture upload all nicey-nice.
he's going to slap it all together into something usable soon (hopefully!)
June 11th, 2004 at 9:20 am
Well - if some of these things have already been DONE -that that'll make my job easier!!
Monique - Does he want to do a guest authored post when he's done?
Vincent - I'll take a look when I get a moment. Do you already offer the plugin on your site? Would you want to do a guest authored post?
June 11th, 2004 at 1:42 pm
What about a photo gallery feature/plugin similar to the links feature of WordPress. Upload and thumbnails already exist in WP, A management screen like the links manager right inside of Wordpress and organization of images via categories is perfect. Each category could essentially be used as an album. Image paths and details could be stored in a table just like the links are. And added template tags would allow you to add it into your site however you want.
June 11th, 2004 at 3:27 pm
Well, it wasn't mine. I'm not sure who did it, but I can found out - its in the plugin file. I made a few adjustments so it worked easier out the box. Sure, I can post it if you like.
June 11th, 2004 at 3:37 pm
Here's what I use:
Show Categories
If this gets jumpled, I'll send it to you proper. (I'm not sure how to guest author something.)
Just drop it in your plugins folder, activate and call it like this:
<?php show_category_posts('1',",",",'15'); ?>
where values are (category_id, title, sort_order, sort_field, limit)
Then you just use regular loop commands.
I use this:
<li id="side__blog"><?php echo show_category_posts('17',",'DESC',",'10'); ?>
<ul>
<?php if ($scp_posts) : foreach ($scp_posts as $post) : start_wp(); ?>
<?php the_date(",'<small><b>','</b></small>'); ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_content_rss() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php echo $post->post_excerpt ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a> <span class="sidecomments"><?php comments_popup_link(__('(0)'), __('(1)'), __('(%)')); ?></span></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
</ul>
</li>
June 12th, 2004 at 5:57 am
Just to reference the "respond to comment" option I added just now - see this thread on the support boards
June 15th, 2004 at 11:04 pm
Hey Jennifer,
Of the plugins you listed, these were the plugins and hacks I know that are written already.
Photologs
Pictorialis II: WordPress PhotoGallery System
Exhibit
Sticky Posts
Sticky Post Plugin
Popup Photo
Plugin: Image Browser
One thing I haven't seen in Wordpress yet is the preview comment hack you had in your MT. That was really nice.
Daynah
June 16th, 2004 at 9:24 am
Actually, to clarify a little- Exhibit is a WordPress plugin that does most of what Pictoralis does as a standalone application. It can also popup images.
I would really like to see a script that produces RSS for all new posts and new comments to old posts.
June 17th, 2004 at 4:21 pm
Create a plugin or hack to turn on moderation after X amount of time. I would love to have that feature!
June 21st, 2004 at 1:37 am
I'll second David's suggestion, and add a few other comment features I'd like as well:
- After x number of days, comments are closed.
- Comments left on the moderation queue for x number of days are deleted.