Executive Summary:

A method is outlined that allows a Wordpress blog owner easy access to per post comments. These few simple lines of php can be used in any Wordpress theme when used within the loop.

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Like delicious bacon, this piece of Wordpress hackery is tasty! Mmmm....

Some of my posts have a lot of comments. I wanted to be able to browse my site and, should I stumble upon a suspect spam comment, be able to easily exorcise it. The method I used to use entailed trying to search for the specific comment in the Wordpress back end. This proved tiresome if there were a lot of spamy comments, especially if there were a lot on one post.

With a little research, some basic PHP I picked up, and a beer I coded up this little ditty which saves me a lot of trouble. Essentially, it provides me with a quick link to the comments of the current post I’m reading. There I can easily check off one or more comments as spam / edit them / do whatever. Simple and easy.

 
 
 
 
< ?php
if (current_user_can('level_10')){  /*if user is an admin, then make the correct link*/ ?>
   <a href="<?php bloginfo('wpurl');?>/wp-admin/edit.php?p=< ?php the_ID(); ?>">Edit Comments</a>
< ?php } /* end of if statement */ ?>

I marked the code up a bit so that hopefully someone starting out with php can use and understand it. Also make sure that if you are trying to cut and paste this into your Wordpress theme you arrange it so the question marks are beside the angle brackets without a space separating them.

Nota bene: the edit comment link only appears up when the admin is logged in.

You can choose where you would like to place this chunk of code, for myself, I added it to the sidebar of the single.php file.

What follows is a selected timeline of imagery firsts both photographic and digital. Please suggest any images you feel should be added. Sources are cited as much as possible.

First “Photograph” | 1826

View from the Window at Gras
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took this picture from his workroom in 1826. It represents the world’s earliest-known, permanent photograph from nature.
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Updates galore over the weekend. I’m sure there are lots of things broken, mind the code popping out of your page for a bit until the virtual dust settles. Time to start maxpower going again.

Buuf is a set of simply amazing icons in PNG format (ready to be converted to ico) done by one of my favourite artists, mattahan. I’ve been watching his icon work for some time (since his Gant series). His work is original and organic — it’s surreal yet stylish and functional. I could imagine these icons used in a wide variety of applications and websites

Buuf has been released under a CC(NC) license. You can download them in PNG format from mattahan’s DeviantArt page. Did I mention that the icons are awe inspiring and that there are 1500 of them?

Buuf is an overly ambitous icon set created by digital artist Mattahan. He started making it when GANT had reached it’s apex and was starting to decline in popularity. Many routes were considered before the current look of Buuf was decided upon. But the always visionary Mattahan knew that simply expanding Aquarilla, Orangatang, or Aquant wouldn’t be enough.

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The following review of the web hosting unleashed was conducted between March 5 and 8th, 2007. It is written in a semi-stream of consciousness kind of way.

Upon doing any review or critique, one must ask a simple question: what is the purpose of whatever it is to be reviewed. In this case, it is a website that is about web hosting: Web Hosting Unleashed “Research your hosting choice”. I may be biased (and I certainly don’t follow my own rules all the time) but, if you are selling a product or a service, or trying to attract visitors, I would think you would want whatever it is ‘you are about’ to be front and centre. » Read the rest of the entry..

The terrible beauty power is a collection of icons that are different than most of the icons typically featured here on MaxPower. For one, there is the great name: the terrible beauty power. Second, these icons are pink and feature a womens face and heart shapes. Although different, they do have several things in common with the other icons I write about; they are stylish and functional. I could imagine these icons used on a personal blog or journal site quite easily.

The terrible beauty power were created by mariux and are released under a CC(NC) license. You can download them in PNG format from mariux’s DeviantArt page and read about them on her blog.

if you use this material in your web, please let me know. You dont have to ask for permition to use them, but I’ll love to know about it!

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Also view the compendium listing of all free icons currently cataloged for use.

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Target Adsense is a plugin for WordPress that provides more control over how google_ad_section targeting is employed on your WordPress blog.

Section targeting allows you to suggest sections of your text and content that you’d like to emphasize or downplay when matching ads to your site’s content. This plugin helps you to emphasize the content you want by employing Google Ad Section Targeting. You may want to use targeting if you feel the Adsense ads on your pages could be more suited to the content. Ads that are more suited are more likely to get clicked on. It follows that profits may increase from using Ad targeting. For more information about targeting please read how to use Adsense Section Targeting to Maximize Profit.

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This post was written to support the ‘Adsense Target‘ WordPress Plugin

Introduction:

This article provides a very brief overview of how contextual advertising works and then illustrates how a webmaster using section targeting can have more control over the advertisements served by Google Adsense. Specific recommendations for bloggers are made on how best to use ad section targeting code to maximize profit. » Read the rest of the entry..