One of the things that puzzled me about WordPress 2.3 is that it didn’t come with a tag manager. Then I realized they probably wanted to see what plugin developers would come up with first. Well, after looking around at some tag manager plugins, I decided to write my own. My goal is to create a tag manager that is feature rich and easy to use that also seamlessly integrates into the WordPress admin so that it looks like it is a part of the admin itself rather than an add-on.
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Posted on October 27, 2007 in Code
I present to you, my Category Posts Widget WordPress plugin. This isn’t my first WordPress plugin by any means, but it is the first one I’ve released to the public. This one actually arose from my most recent project, nukoda.com, where I needed to display the most recent posts from a category in the sidebar. I went searching around for an existing solution, but didn’t find one that suited my tastes. I wanted a simple widget, that allowed me to:
- Specify how many posts to show
- Set which category the posts should come form
- Designate how many of the widgets I needed
My search didn’t yield anything that fit my criteria and my criteria only so I ended up creating one. The documentation for creating a widget with dialogs and controls is not very good and almost nonexistent so it took me a couple days of hacking to figure it out, but here it is.
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Posted on October 21, 2007 in Code
Yay! I won the TechStart Student Technologist of the Year award! This is the only scholarship I’ve applied for so far, so it’s kind of nice. The award goes to a student in Oregon who is planning on majoring in computer science. Seeing as how pretty much everyone knows I’m a tech nut, I was told by more than one of my teachers to apply for this scholarship. And what do you know, an email popped into my inbox a few days ago telling me I won! I get to go to a wine tasting and charity gala at the Portland Art Museum to receive my award. 
Posted on October 19, 2007 in Life, School
I’m Pink for October. Find out more Breast Cancer Awareness Month and help raise money for research.
Posted on October 14, 2007 in Sidenotes
