// Internet Duct Tape

9 Comments

1. 
   engtech
   Posted September 20, 2006 at | Permalink

   - Need to change post.php to post.ph* so it handles the Press It bookmarklet.
   - Remove the “wpcatr installed” text. It’s going to annoy people.

   - Add a link to the category for easy cutting and pasting into posts.

2. 
   engtech
   Posted September 30, 2006 at | Permalink

   - Add an option for popping up an alert box with a list of the currently selected tags

   - Add a link where the category box USED to be that goes to the wpcatr box

3. 
   engtech
   Posted December 20, 2006 at | Permalink

   - Need to change https to http with recent change (should probably use both)

4. 
   engtech
   Posted January 11, 2007 at | Permalink

   This will work for any WordPress install, you just need to use different URLs.

   http://*/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=*
   http://*/wp-admin/post-new.ph*

5. 
   Wayne
   Posted October 09, 2007 at | Permalink

   This looks great, but it’s too bad you’ve painted yourself in the corner with single browser support.

   The concept is very cool - before WordPress 2.3, I had 389 categories, and when I’d compose a post on my blackberry, it took FOREVER to scroll down past all of them just so I could type in my subject and body. Yours is so much better for the re-use of common categories.

   We’d need the same thing for tags now that it’s supported in 2.3. I assume you’re ok if I borrow your code, credit you and make a similar tagging hack for writing posts? (not a guarantee)

6. 
   engtech
   Posted October 10, 2007 at | Permalink

   @Wayne:

   Actually, the single browser support was painting myself OUT of a corner. :) You can’t run plugins on WordPress multi-user blogs so going through the web browser is the only way to add administrative features to sites like WordPress.com. I wrote an article about it here: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/plugins-and-widgets-for-wordpresscom/

   I don’t understand what you mean about the reuse of common categories? All I’m doing is moving the category widgets from beside the post edit box to below the post edit box.

   The wordpress post editor doesn’t display tag checkboxes the way it does for categories, so no change is needed for 2.3

7. 
   Wayne
   Posted October 10, 2007 at | Permalink

   Yeah, what I meant about the reusing common is that _your_ solution helps promote the reuse of a category you’ve already created. When it’s 300+ categories in a scrollable list that only shows about 8 lines’ worth, I typically end up entering in a new category. With your solution, a quick eyeballing of categories helps me pick an existing category.

8. 
   engtech
   Posted March 29, 2008 at | Permalink

   WordPress 2.5 support will be added mid-April.

   Unfortunately I run on WordPress.com, not self-hosted WordPress and I’m stuck here in pre-2.5 land until they do the update so I can’t fix any of my scripts/programs that break with 2.5.

9. 
   engtech
   Posted April 01, 2008 at | Permalink

   After looking at how categories are done in WordPress 2.5, I don’t plan on updating or using this script anymore.