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Dunstan Error Page Update…Almost

UPDATE: There are some stability issues with the plugin. I’ve rolled it back an earlier version and I would advise not installing the alpha version listed below!

UPDATE2: I think the issue was with a server configuration error (that I had no control, nor knowledge of). Everything seems to be working fine now.

I’m working on a rather major update to the Dunstan Error Page. The biggest feature will be a MUCH better way to deal with spam. Just thought I’d let everyone know to start licking their chops.

If you really can’t wait, the latest updates are in the trunk: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/file/dunstan-error-page/trunk/afdn_error_page.php.

Moving Feeds Around

Andrew Ferguson dot Net (this site) has moved to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/afdn RSS.
The current feed location still works, and will just redirect to the new location with a 301 Permanent Redirect header.

(Unofficial) Penny Arcade Comic feed has moved to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/PennyArcadeComics RSS.
As before, the current feed location still works, and will just redirect to the new location with a 301 Permanent Redirect header.

Unofficial Radio Free Burrito Podcast has moved to:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/UnofficialRadioFreeBurrito RSS.
Not that it needs repeating but, the current feed location still works and will just redirect to the new location with a 301 Permanent Redirect header.

I’ve stopped updating the UPC Podcast feed because UPC now provides their own feed. However, instead of being a douche bag and just dropping the feed, I have kindly forwarded it to the official UPC feed with a, you guessed it, 301 Permanent Redirect.

I switched to FeedBurner so that I can keep track of stats better and thus provide better content. For my feed, I used Ordered List‘s WordPress FeedBurner Plugin.

CountdownTimer v1.4

This is the first release using the WordPress SVN. It’s kind of been cool using the SVN because it is easier to see what changes have been made from version to version. In any event, this release has a couple of updates. First, there is an option to include the timer from within the WP Loop, that is you can now display the timer from within a post or page (see instructions for the specifics). The idea came from Ronny a mere four days ago, just to give you an idea of the turn around time on suggestions to release. Because of the way the plugin is implemented, I also had to modify the main function that gets the ball rolling on displaying the timer. It’s designed to be backwards compatible, so you shouldn’t have any problems. I also had to rewrite parts of the version check system to work with the SVN. The format is actually much better and just calls one text file which lists the latest version (i.e. “1.4”). It compares that to the current version and let’s you know if there’s a new version. Simple! As always, you can turn the feature off.

03-16-2006 – Current Version – Countdown Timer v1.4

Full details are at http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/CountdownTimer

Horay for Videos!

When I switched to WordPress, I didn’t have a good way to bring the videos back. Then I heard a rumor that Flickr was going to be adding videos to their service. I decided to wait a little to see if that happened (it hasn’t). So I decided to become a YouTube Director and I’ve began to upload videos. You can see them right here on my site. Just click on “Videos” to the right under “Pages”. You can also go to straight to them: http://www.andrewferguson.net/video.

For all those interested, I used the WordPress/YouTube Video Gallery Plugin. It even uses Ajax!

[tags]flickr, youtube, wordpress, video, integration, ajax[/tags]

Something Weird

Something weird happened to the site. I’m actually not quite sure what it was, but it should be fixed. I also took the opportunity to upgrade to WP 2.0.2. Let me know if anything looks wack or is missing.

Let’s Get Naked!

No, not me without any clothes and, surprisingly, not the book Naked Conversations, although I’ve requested it from the library.

No, I’m talking about CSS Naked Day. On April 5th, all CSS will disappear from countless sites around the web for the entire day.
From http://naked.dustindiaz.com/:

The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple.

I even whipped up a quick and easy plugin for WordPress users that take care of everything. Just activate it and forget it.

So go grab the plugin and let’s get naked!

[tags]css, web standards, accessibility, wordpress plugins, css naked day[/tags]

Countdown Timer 1.3

From the WP Plugins Page:

I’ve already received some preliminary feedback on 1.2 (thanks Dave), so I’ve made a couple of updates. First, there are actually instructions for configuring the onHover Time Format option. Second, if you leave onHover Time Format blank, it will remove the dashed underline on the timer so no one is confused.
I also fixed a really stupid bug, I never but a stripslashes in. So if you tried using something that needed escaping (such as an apostrophe), you would get a slash. That doesn’t happen anymore. Enjoy!

Download it!

[tags]wordpress, plugin, countdown timer[/tags]

Countdown Timer 1.2

From the Plugins Page:

Development has been slow. Not really a lot to do. But version 1.2 offers some great things, including a bug fix! Deleting two or more events doesn’t make the plugin freak out anymore (the bug fix). You can also customize how the onHover time is displayed, including not displaying it at all (just leave it blank). Because you can leave it blank, there is no default; but you can use and PHP “date()” format. I recommend “j M Y, G:i:s”. I also added a six month delay before the date on recurring events is reset…although as I’m writing this, I realize there’s a slight bug there, nothing critical though. I welcome any new ideas, just leave a comment down below!

Go download it!

Linking to Others

I’ve had a couple requests over the last few weeks to remove links to some of my friends blogs and such. I just want to go on the record to say that I have absolutely no issue with this and I am happy to go through and take out references to your name and or blog. I understand that just because my life has some transparency to it (because of my blog), you don’t have to have the same level of transparency.