Hunt

October 22nd, 2006

These are the items I need to seek on the Lorelle’s WordPress Treasure Hunt. It’s quite a list. I decided to give it its own page, because I’ll be referring back to it quite often. And most likely, for quite a while to come. (One note: while I used the search engine tip provided by MaxPower, I tried not to duplicate any of his Treasure Hunt Challenge entries.)

  1. 404:  a custom 404 Error page for typos that lists suggested results
  2. accessibility:  hacks to correct 3 failed checkpoints for WordPress 1.5 default theme (I don’t know if these have been corrected in WP 2.0. I’ll save finding that treasure for another time.)
  3. ajax:  how to implement ajax commenting on WordPress
  4. Akismet:  how to put a quick link to Akismet info on your dashboard
  5. API—how to find your API code
  6. asides: how to implement for “simple asides”
  7. author:  how to highlight the blog author’s comments
  8. bad behavior:  kudos for bad behavior the spam blocker, not internet jerks
  9. blogroll:  a widget that displays your blogroll from a hosted OPML file so you don’t have to reload or manually update it every time your subscriptions change, bookmarklets. (Honestly, I’m not sure what this all means, so I’m also including the “official” instructions for managing links.
  10. bookmarklets:  Aha! Now I understand what bookmarklets are!
  11. boren—if you live near Dallas, you can meet Ryan Boren’
  12. botd—Blogs of the Day can be sorted by language
  13. canvas—personalize your blog without coding. Can I use this to complete my WP design goal? ;)
  14. category feeds—2 ways to add feeds to your individual blog categories
  15. comment moderation—a plug-in that allows moderation of comments on older posts
  16. comment spam—the author isn’t happy with the popular plug-ins for comment spam, but doesn’t appear to have a solution
  17. comments—a plug-in to paginate comments (something this blog doesn’t need). I really wanted to use Lorelle’s Comments on comments post, but that just didn’t seem right. (Besides, I may need to use her later.)
  18. css—tons of great links to help me better my CSS and WP skills
  19. custom fields—WordPress Custom Fields Contest announced. While waiting for the entries & winners, I’ll be checking out this article on how to use custom fields.
  20. dashboard—a hack of a hack; cleaning up the dashboard, but allowing some feeds. I actually found this in a comment to the original hack. Cool.
  21. design a WordPress Theme from scratch—a little publicity for the guide I’ve been using in my sandbox
  22. difference between WordPress and Wordpress.com—a review of WordPress.com by PC Magazine (they don’t give it their Editor’s Choice)
  23. donncha—the video. (I used this link because Edublogs is powered by WPMU.)
  24. drmike—how to upload a photo to WordPress.com. Yeah, it’s another cop-out with a post from the author’s blog & not a post about the author.
  25. favorite WordPress Plugins list—I had plenty to choose from, but I chose this link because, in addition to his own favorites, he mentions the resources he used. Just one question, is it plugins or plug-ins?
  26. feeds—how to use a WP Feedburner plug-in if your server runs IIS (vice Apache)
  27. ftp—no file uploading needed on Wordpress.com!
  28. functions—how the WP Function page on the codex came about
  29. gallery—WordPress plug-in that embeds Gallery 2 (doubt I’ll be using it because my last experience with Gallery wasn’t pleasant)
  30. google sitemap—FAQ for the winning WP plug-in
  31. hAtom—how to implement hAtom into WP
  32. hierarchy—the WP template hierarchy. I looove diagrams!
  33. hooks—the hooks database that every other WParticle references!
  34. how to choose a WordPress Theme—still the best, although this later article also gives some great advice.
  35. htaccess—what to do if your server doesn’t have an htaccess file & you want permalinks
  36. if single()—Wow, seems pretty simple!
  37. installing wordpress—I’ve seen this tutorial referenced by others, and am anxious to try it (my one attempt at installing WP locally was not successful)
  38. ioerror—it’s very own website
  39. jaquith—Plug-in to notify users of moderation. I need to install this plug-in; just hope it works with WP 2.x.
  40. javascript—the easy way to insert javascript ;)
  41. Kiwi—another theme for me to try (as if I don’t already have enough)
  42. LaTeX—mathmatical help for those (like me) who use a hosting service
  43. localization—not a timely answer, but an answer none-the-less (and yes, Dream Host is my hosting service)
  44. loop— modifying the WordPress modify the loop to create a sticky article
  45. matt—an interview with “da man”(even tho he looks no older than 18)
  46. meta—add metadata keywords via categories & custom fields
  47. mingus—so what is WordPress version 2 named?
  48. moBlogging—how to set up mobile blogging
  49. moving WordPress—how to move a current WordPress blog to a new server, Part I. Here’s Part II.
  50. mu—plug-ins & info for WordPress Multi-Users
  51. mysql—back up your database!
  52. nofollow—the automatic way to remove nofollow WP 2.0
  53. permalinks—fix for pretty permalinks with Windows servers, via Goggle ;)
  54. photoblog—convert WordPress into a photoblog!
  55. ping—how to ping Technorati
  56. podcasts—how to written by the author of the codex podcast article
  57. polls—(sort of) compares 2 WordPress poll plug-ins
  58. post slug—a plug-in to automatically redirect corrected post slugs
  59. query_posts—make a two-(or maybe even three-)column blog
  60. quicktag—just in case the 16 aren’t enough
  61. refresh—What? You meant the tag instead of the theme? ;)
  62. rel—why can’t all instructions be a clear & concise as this?
  63. sandbox—creating a sandbox the easy way! I sure hope it still works. (I was going to use this and say “Here’s mine,” but I haven’t been over there in quite awhile.)
  64. search—search more than just posts
  65. semantic—if WordPress is semantic for Mac, it’s semantic for PC, right? (I checked and it is. :) )
  66. semantics—there’s a category for it, but I’m still not sure what it means in WordPress-ism.
  67. seo—how to optimize your WordPress blog in 5 easy important steps
  68. separating trackbacks from comments—a few options. (This looked like a great link, and was referenced in several places, but it appears to have disappeared. :( )
  69. sidebar accessories—wow, a WordPress booklet I can print & take with me!
  70. sidebar—a different sidebar for different pages
  71. skelton—use this when you “see the WordPress light”
  72. smilies—you can use your own
  73. social bookmarking—one way to add social bookmarking icons at the end of posts
  74. spam karma—better than Askimet (so says the author); and a way to find legit traffic identified as spam.
  75. static front page—meh. If I want a static home page, I’ll create it in Dreamweaver. Well, maybe not after viewing the Educated’s homepage.
  76. strayhorn—Progress (two years ago)! Also, I say again, what is WordPress version 2 named?
  77. tags—an alternate to Ultimate Tag Warrior?
  78. Technorati—generate tags without custom fields
  79. text control—a review of Xinha4WP plug-in for the Text Control plug-in
  80. text editors—I once tried to import a post from MS Word. Never again!
  81. the_excerpt()—Wiki’s version of the _excerpt() Reloaded, written so I can understand it
  82. theme lists—not sure what constitutes a “beautiful” or “quality theme” (some of them are kind of ugly to my semi-trained eye), but here’s an alternative to the WordPress theme browser
  83. trackback—a trackback tutorial; great for newbies
  84. using character entities in WordPress—I looked for something other than the same link as Maxpower’s, but this was the « best » site I could find
  85. utw—here it is
  86. validate—learn how to validate your WordPress code
  87. vblogging—sounds like a lot of work to set up a videoblog; but I also like this site, which indicates the deaf community has also gotten on the vblogging bandwagon
  88. visual anatomy—all pages lead back to here; but since I’m highly visual & it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, perhaps I’ll try to create one for WP 2.x. (I also plan to go back & visit Sam Devol, which I found via this WP “treasure.”)
  89. winkler—great resource
  90. wordpress for beginners—first things first in the dashboard; I also really like this site (Why do I keep putting in all these extra sites? Because I want to go back & read them more closely once I’m done with the hunt.)
  91. WordPress Widgets—have I used this resource already? I don’t remember.
  92. wordpress.com—not all WordPress widges work on WordPress.com
  93. wp_list_pages():  5 plug-ins recommended if you want to make WordPress into a CMS—one of which addresses the pages list
  94. wp-cache—one guys experience with the Wp-Cache plug-in (he likes it)
  95. wpdb Class—since one of the requirements of the WP Treasure Hunt is that the linked article be understandable, I have no link. :( (Matt mentions wpdb in the comments of this post about tag clouds, but I really don’t understand it.)
  96. write code in WordPress posts:  not sure if the plug-in is called Syntax Highlight or Code Snippet, but it look intersting
  97. writing plugins:  I’m not sure what “<> information” is, but that’s ok—I won’t be writing WordPress plugins for some time to come.  (But at least I learned the “proper” spelling is plugins and not plug-ins. :) )
  98. WYSIWYG:  a plugin that will let me change font colors without going into code! Yay!
  99. XFN:  turn WordPress into LiveJournal, only fancier
  100. XML-RPC:  some desktop apps you can use to write to your WordPress blog

Comments (5)

5 Responses to “Hunt”

  1. Stream of Conscience » Going on a WordPress treasure hunt Says:
    October 22nd, 2006 at 5:41 pm

    [...] Hunt [...]

  2. Stream of Conscience » My Top 10 Blogging Goals for 2007 Says:
    January 26th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    [...] Lorelle’s Blogging Challenge for this week is to list your top 10 blogging goals for this year. How did she know I need to make some order out of the mess that is my online life? Anyway, thanks for the push, Lorelle! The last blogging challenge I took up was her Treasure Hunt. As you can see, I haven’t gotten very far, but I figure I can make that my first goal.  So here are my blogging goals for 2007: [...]

  3. Stream of Conscience » How’m I doing? Says:
    February 1st, 2007 at 2:11 pm

    [...] I’ve made great progress with the Treasure Hunt, finding 2 treasures each day this week.  At this rate, I’ll finish this goal in ahead of schedule.  And best of all, I’m finding some really great treasures along the way—sites I’ll  come back to visit time & time again. [...]

  4. Stream of Conscience » I just got my hair done & I want to pull it out! Says:
    February 25th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

    [...] certainly not with the frequency I’d planned. I’d also fallen off the wagon with the Treasure Hunt. (I spent much of the last couple weeks making user pics for my LiveJournal site. I can’t [...]

  5. Stream of Conscience » The Treasure Hunt is complete! Says:
    April 1st, 2007 at 9:59 am

    [...] I finally finished Lorelle’s WordPress Treasure Hunt. And one day ahead of schedule, as set by my 2007 blogging [...]

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