Category Archives: GUI Goodness

Review: Dash for OS X

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Stephen R

I recently discovered a very cool app for OS X called Dash. It’s basically an offline popup for any kind of programming or tech documentation you can think of. You can choose from a large number of coding docsets and … Continue reading →

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Elegant Design: A Case Study

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Stephen R

In the past I’ve discussed elegant UI design on this blog, commenting especially how the best plugin design is to integrate the plugin’s function in a way that the end user would never realize that what they’re doing comes from … Continue reading →

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Virtual Multiblog helper app

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Stephen R

Hackadelic has released a (beta) WordPress plugin designed to automate using Virtual Multiblog. This is still in development, but the initial test I did looks promising. Basically the plugin creates an interface in the WP admin for creating new virtual … Continue reading →

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On Attribution and Plugin Priorities in WordPress

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Stephen R

A few weeks ago I wrote instructions on putting a plugin attribution in the footer of your plugin’s Admin/Settings screen. It’s a good technique, and I’ve already seen a few plugins using it. I’ve noticed somewhat of an issue recently. … Continue reading →

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Winna Winna Winna!

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Stephen R

Look, Ma, I won somethin’! Hmmm… “1 Theme of Choice from Blogalized.com“. Not too bad. I’ve been thinking about maybe sprucing the place up a bit….

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WordPress plugin attribution footer — update

Posted on July 3, 2008 by Stephen R

In a recent post I showed how to put an attribution in the footer of your plugin’s admin screen. In the example I gave, I used a format of: MyWidget plugin | Version 1.0 I have seen a few plugins … Continue reading →

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Paged Comments for WordPress “Sandbox” Theme

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Stephen R

The page for my Virtual Multiblog system has grown to contain over 200 comments, which, while gratifying, makes for a long load time and a lot of scrolling. Yesterday, I noticed on Ozh’s web site that he has paged comments, … Continue reading →

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Anti-Spam “Quiz” beta test

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Stephen R

In the last couple weeks I have been working on a significant update to Andy Skelton’s Quiz plugin for WordPress. Andy gave me some feedback, which led to further fixes, and I think it’s working pretty well. As of this … Continue reading →

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