[WORDPRESS] Comment Ninja 0.61

- Fixed duplicate comment anchors in WP 2.5
- Remove the different colouring for comments that aren't yours on multi-author blogs (too distracting)

Click here to install the script.

[WORDPRESS] Big Excerpts

I'm not quite sure on what planet having a 4 line text entry for the Excerpt field on WordPress blog posts is usable. On my planet you need to be able to see what you're typing. Especially when you have to enter the HTML by hand.

Click here to install the script.

[WORDPRESS] Auntie Spam and Comment Ninja updated for WP 2.5

Auntie Spam and Comment Ninja are updated for WP 2.5. They are still backwards compatible with WP 2.3

• Akismet Auntie Spam - resize the view of the Akismet spam box to see more spam per page [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]
• WordPress Comment Ninja - respond to commenters by email and on the blog all from the comment administration pannel [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]

[WORDPRESS] WP 2.5 Support

You might not be aware, but I'm hosted on wordpress.com instead of running my own version of WordPress. This means that if you're using one of my WordPress tools it might be broken with WP 2.5 until they get around to upgrading WordPress.com to the 2.5 interface. Sorry guys :(

• WordPress Designs for Sandbox Theme - themes and templates designed by yours truly [WordPress Themes]
• Tag Cloud Generator - build tag clouds or heat maps without a plug-in [downloadable program]
• WordPress Category Resizer - three column layout for add categories [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]
• Akismet Auntie Spam - resize the view of the Akismet spam box to see more spam per page [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]
• WordPress Comment Ninja - respond to commenters by email and on the blog all from the comment administration pannel [FireFox+GreaseMonkey]
• WordPress Comment/Trackback Extractor - get an RSS feed of only comments or only trackbacks [RSS+Yahoo Pipes]

[WORDPRESS] Category Resizer v1.0

WordPress Category Resizer

2008/01/02 - v1.0
- BUGFIX: newer versions of WordPress.com broke this script
- BUGFIX: will run on any WordPress install, not just WordPress.com
- BUGFIX: now works when you have less than three categories
- added automatic update check
- Tested with WordPress.com Jan/2007 and WordPress 2.3.2

[WORDPRESS] Comment Ninja v0.5

Comment Ninja v0.5

2008/01/02 - 0.5

• don't display comment ninja in mass-edit mode, since it doesn't work on that mode
• wordpress.com added avatars to the comment display and they were being sent in emails
• on multi-author blogs it grays out the comments you can't edit

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.09

I'm done. I swear. Not going to touch it for a month. Promise.

2007/11/15 version 2.09
- bug fix: vanilla WordPress and WordPress.com return spam results a little differently

2007/11/15 version 2.08
- bug fix: fixed a stupid debug statement that was breaking 2.07
- added menu option for switching between HTTP and HTTPS for accessing Auntie Spam

2007/11/15 version 2.07
- bug fix: improved slowness of displaying hidden comments
- added menu option for checking for updates right now
- added menu option for configuring how much spam to download at a time for modem users

2007/11/15 version 2.06
- optimized, optimized, optimized
- only displays 5000 comments per page to avoid stressing slower computers
- will work for any language (not just english anymore)
- any additional slowness is because of a bug on the WordPress end that makes
you download the same spam over and over again: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ticket/722
- my home PC can download and display 5000 spam in 30 seconds

2007/10/04 version 2.04

Click to install

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.07

Because why shouldn't a new release happen within hours of the last one?

2007/11/15 version 2.07
- bug fix: improved slowness of displaying hidden comments
- added menu option for checking for updates right now
- added menu option for configuring how much spam to download at a time for modem users

Click to install

(if you already have it installed you should get an automatic update sometime in the next two weeks)

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.06

Our favorite Auntie has a new version.

2007/11/15 version 2.06
- optimized, optimized, optimized
- only displays 5000 comments per page to avoid stressing slower computers
- will work for any language (not just english anymore)
- any additional slowness is because of a bug on the WordPress end that makes
you download the same spam over and over again: http://dev.wp-plugins.org/ticket/722
- my home PC can download and display 5000 spam in 30 seconds

Click to install

(if you already have it installed you should get an automatic update sometime in the next two weeks)

[WORDPRESS] Extract Comments or Trackbacks only from the Comments Feed

I've created two Yahoo Pipes for building filters of the comments feed on your WordPress blog so that you can see comments only or trackbacks only.

• WordPress Comment Extractor
• WordPress Trackback Extractor

Comments Only Example

• Comment on What I’m Playing: PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 by J. D. Harper
  • I just finished playing Metroid Prime 3: Corruption on the Wii recently. Best shooter ever. It's a lot more fun to point a stick at the screen and shoot than it is to use a joystick. I've heard good things about Puzzle Quest; I might have to pick that up. Game that I want to own right now:…
• Comment on What I’m Playing: PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 by Cat
  • Phew, a big gaming post. Thief 3 is an excellent game, I loved the missions int hat even though the difficulty curve was rather steep in it. I've just downloaded Puzzle Quest on XBLA, as I don't play on my DS too much to warrant the extra money spent on that. Lego Star Wars is one of my…
• Comment on What I’m Playing: PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 by dlowe
  • Please, please don't convince me to pick up a Nintendo DS. Damn, too late.
• Comment on What I’m Playing: PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 by bs angel
  • You have been busy with those games! I enjoy Brain Age as your other half does and also the new Super Mario Bros. Don't buy Tetris Splash. Not worth what they are charging for it. I just picked up Thrillville Off the Rails yesterday and it is just as fun as the first one. I played the first…
• Comment on Black and Blue and Read All Over Theme for WordPress Sandbox by engtech
  • @ LM : Just use Firebug ( http://getfirebug.com ) and inspect the footer meta info. There's a couple of classes there to play with.
• Comment on Black and Blue and Read All Over Theme for WordPress Sandbox by LM
  • How did you manage changing your footer meta info display in your Sandbox theme? I'd just have a look at the CSS, but can't find the download link. Thx.
• Comment on Greasemonkey Script: Akismet Auntie Spam for Wordpress by David Bradley
  • That *would* explain it. It would also explain why it doesn't seem to work as an IP blocker either. It would be nice if it could be fixed even with Auntie watching over me, it's still a pain to have to scroll through pages of comments spams (actually most days I don't, I just delete them…
• Comment on Greasemonkey Script: Akismet Auntie Spam for Wordpress by engtech
  • @ David Bradley : I've sent a bug about this before. My experience is that it only seems to catch keywords in the body of the text, not in the name, email, and url like they indicate in the configuration page.

Trackbacks Only Example

• Comment on Create Buzz by Doing the Unexpected and Being Remarkable (Puzzle Quest Case Study) by What I’m Playing: PC, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 « Internet Duct Tape
  • [...] already written about Puzzle Quest before. It’s Bejewelled gem-matching meets 90s styled RPG and the game that got me to buy a Nintendo [...]
• Comment on Distraction Free GTD: 32 Todo List Web Applications by WebRunner | XULSoft.org - XUL software downloads, tutorials, news
  • [...] 32 online todo lists: Zip file with web apps for 32 online todo lists [...]
• Comment on Blog Tip: Creating a Blog Maintenance Start Page with Netvibes by ‘Blog Maintenance Start Page’ with Netvibes | we eat bricks
  • [...] Blog Tip: Creating a Blog Maintenance Start Page with Netvibes [...]
• Comment on How to use Facebook without Losing Your Job over it by Interesting Links « Oban’s Penseive
  • [...] How to use Facebook without Losing Your Job over it « Internet Duct Tape [...]

[RSS] Tagosphere

Tagosphere is an example I created for Jon Udell that builds an RSS feed around a specific tag using delicious, flickr, technorati, and wordpress.com.

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam v2.04

Our favorite Auntie has a new version.

2007/10/04 version 2.04
- Fixed (some) memory problems with v2.03
- Still slow, I need to get it working with a profiler, none of the hacks
for Greasemonkey + Firebug seem to work

New Firefox install - 38 mb
- 211 mb after loading auntie spam v2.03
- 48 mb after loading auntie spam v2.04

Click to install

(if you already have it installed you should get an automatic update sometime in the next two weeks)

[WORDPRESS] Comment Ninja

My WordPress Comment Ninja extension is available for beta test. Try it out and let me know what you think!

• Respond directly from the comment administration panel on your dashboard
• Respond by comment, email or both (without having to cut-and-paste your response!)
• Respond using your email program of choice — or send it ultra-fast with Gmail
• Automatically refers back to the original comment
• No plug-in required, just the Firefox web browser and the Greasemonkey extension (free!)
• Automatically updates itself to the latest version every 2 weeks
• Works with an WordPress or WordPress Multi-user blog
  • This will work with WordPress.com, Edublogs, Blogsome, etc

Responded with a Comment

Responded with an Email

[AKISMET] Akismet Auntie Spam Helper for Akismet v2

Version 2 is out, but you probably already know that. Read more about it.

Akismet Auntie Spam is a maintenance script for WordPress administrators. One of the problems with the Akismet spam protection service is that sometimes it misidentifies a real comment as spam. WordPress has a spam recovery console that I like to call the spam inbox.

Have you ever stuck your hand as far back at you can into the crannies of your couch and pulled out what you found? That’s kind of what going into the default Akismet spam inbox is like. It’s a dark and evil place, filled with things that will make your eyes burn. You only wanted to find the quarter you lost, but before you know it your hand is stuck and something is touching you back.

Akismet Auntie Spam is a kind old lady who will come to your house and give it a thorough cleaning. She’s not afraid of the dark corners, particularly the spam inbox because she knows exactly how to handle the creepy crawlies hiding out of sight.

[WORDPRESS.COM] Stats for Pages

This is a Greasemonkey script that adds stats to the Edit Pages panel on WordPress.com.

[WORDPRESS.COM] Open 5 Blogs at Random

I've created a short little script that will open five WordPress.com blogs at random when you press ALT+SHIFT+W.

[WORDPRESS] Akismet Auntie Spam v2

This is a complete re-write of my Firefox add-on that makes the Akismet Admin Panel about 1 million times more useful. Expect a full post on Internet Duct Tape with all the features some time next week.

• Rewrote from scratch using IP filtering idea from Donncha.
• Will now fetch all of your spam comments and display them on one page.
• Groups by the originating IP address.
• Because it groups by IP address, the more spam you have, the more likely it is to correctly identify spam!
• Sorted by the least number of spam comments to the most number of spam comments.
• IP addresses with more than 5 comments are hidden (as the are likely spammers).
• Can easily check the hidden text by moving your mouse over the parts that say [hidden]
• Surprisingly much faster than the old version! (less code, too)
• No longer has any confusing configuration options -- does the right thing all the time.
• Automatically checks for script updates every two weeks.

[WORDPRESS.COM] Find Blogs to Comment On

This is a dumb little Greasemonkey script that displays a banner message when a WordPress.com blog has the Recent Comments widget installed. It also registers a menu command to open five WordPress.com blogs at random.

The idea is to spend a few minutes a day commenting on lesser known blogs and hopefully luring readers. I'll be surprised if more than 10 people find it interesting :)

[RSS] Yahoo Pipe Cleaner

I've create a Greasemonkey script to make cutting-and-pasting from Yahoo Pipes into a WordPress blog look nicer.

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[WORDPRESS] Search the WordPress.com Blog

I've created a small script for Firefox that adds a search form to the WordPress.com Official blog.