Comments on: Feedback required - yea, that means you! http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/ Design, Life, Culture...Whatever Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-296673 Lisa Mon, 05 Feb 2007 22:06:23 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-296673 Sean - good to hear from you. Are ya keeping warm these days?? Awfully cold in our parts! I made the switch from MT to WP back in 2003 and never looked back, it was a slick transfer back then - - now 4 years later, its even better. Your WP gripe is a valid one - you know they have a new forum at WP called "Ideas" where users can submit their ideas and "Wish List" for the next release of WP 2.2? <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/ideas/" rel="nofollow">You can find it here</a> - - you should put your suggestion in there.. its such a small thing and a pretty easy UI design change, it wouldn't take much to fulfill that request, I shouldn't think :) Perfect for sites that do multiple trackbacks within their posts. Sean - good to hear from you. Are ya keeping warm these days?? Awfully cold in our parts!

I made the switch from MT to WP back in 2003 and never looked back, it was a slick transfer back then - - now 4 years later, its even better.

Your WP gripe is a valid one - you know they have a new forum at WP called “Ideas” where users can submit their ideas and “Wish List” for the next release of WP 2.2? You can find it here - - you should put your suggestion in there.. its such a small thing and a pretty easy UI design change, it wouldn’t take much to fulfill that request, I shouldn’t think :) Perfect for sites that do multiple trackbacks within their posts.

]]> By: Sean Hackbarth http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-296645 Sean Hackbarth Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:10:47 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-296645 Moving to WP was a dream from the old version of Movable Type I was using. I now can quickly and fairly easily change themes and add ads to my weblogs. The plugin architecture adds easy functionality. (If only the plugin designers better documented their creations.) The best thing of WP is the community of innovation. The core software is getting better and people come up with new plugin ideas all the time. One grip I have is the field to enter trackbacks should be longer than one line. It's annoying having to use the arrow keys to scroll through them. Notice that isn't a big complaint which says something about WP. Moving to WP was a dream from the old version of Movable Type I was using. I now can quickly and fairly easily change themes and add ads to my weblogs. The plugin architecture adds easy functionality. (If only the plugin designers better documented their creations.)

The best thing of WP is the community of innovation. The core software is getting better and people come up with new plugin ideas all the time.

One grip I have is the field to enter trackbacks should be longer than one line. It’s annoying having to use the arrow keys to scroll through them.

Notice that isn’t a big complaint which says something about WP.

]]> By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295704 Lisa Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:56:25 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295704 Integrating some of the 'popular stuff' will only serve to bloat the code - - much of the draw to WP is that the developers have minimized code bloat and have maximized outside developers ability and opportunities to extend the platform by developing fun and functional addons/plugins. What is cool and popular to one group of folks may totally turn another group off (for example, my feelings on the snap preview plugin.. can't stand it... even though it is popular with a lot of folks and I see it everywhere. b-( ) My feeling on the dashboard issue is this: if they are going to provide a dashboard that pulls in feeds by default, then users should have an easy interface to change the default. WP shouldn't assume every user wants to read the feeds that are given to them, or even want the feeds there at all, for that matter. Integrating some of the ‘popular stuff’ will only serve to bloat the code - - much of the draw to WP is that the developers have minimized code bloat and have maximized outside developers ability and opportunities to extend the platform by developing fun and functional addons/plugins.

What is cool and popular to one group of folks may totally turn another group off (for example, my feelings on the snap preview plugin.. can’t stand it… even though it is popular with a lot of folks and I see it everywhere. b-( )

My feeling on the dashboard issue is this: if they are going to provide a dashboard that pulls in feeds by default, then users should have an easy interface to change the default. WP shouldn’t assume every user wants to read the feeds that are given to them, or even want the feeds there at all, for that matter.

]]> By: Leanne http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295702 Leanne Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:25:49 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295702 It would be really cool if all plugin developers (and places where plugins are made available) tracked the # of downloads and that info was kept on a master list, so that some very important progammers could incorporate those into the base file structure. Quicktags, for example - why on earth do we need a plugin for that? Why isn't that built in? Comment subscription - nested comments, avatars, too. The most popular stuff, after a while, should be integrated, I think. It would be really cool if all plugin developers (and places where plugins are made available) tracked the # of downloads and that info was kept on a master list, so that some very important progammers could incorporate those into the base file structure. Quicktags, for example - why on earth do we need a plugin for that? Why isn’t that built in? Comment subscription - nested comments, avatars, too. The most popular stuff, after a while, should be integrated, I think.

]]> By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295571 Lisa Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:20:34 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295571 I know of the plugin - have never used it. Would be much nicer if the WP folks would build it directly into the Dashboard as an option for all users and make it easy for a brand new users to have control over those feed display options, tho. It's on my WP wishlist :) I know of the plugin - have never used it. Would be much nicer if the WP folks would build it directly into the Dashboard as an option for all users and make it easy for a brand new users to have control over those feed display options, tho. It’s on my WP wishlist :)

]]> By: Leanne http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295566 Leanne Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:02:38 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295566 Hey you know there <strong>is</strong> a feed plugin that lets you choose the feeds you want to display in your dashboard. :d er...don't ask me for the link though. :-\ Hey you know there is a feed plugin that lets you choose the feeds you want to display in your dashboard. :d

er…don’t ask me for the link though. :-\

]]> By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295553 Lisa Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:36:27 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295553 <u>Michael</u>: Nice job with the popcorn site! I have created a few websites using WP that don't necessarily LOOK like blog sites at all.. heck, some of them don't even have a blog on them, period - - but using WP as the content management system to control and manage the content was the perfect solution for these sites. My entire site at E.Webscapes and at Blogs About are powered 100% by one installation of WP - - I really enjoy the extensibility of the platform. Thanks! :d Michael: Nice job with the popcorn site! I have created a few websites using WP that don’t necessarily LOOK like blog sites at all.. heck, some of them don’t even have a blog on them, period - - but using WP as the content management system to control and manage the content was the perfect solution for these sites. My entire site at E.Webscapes and at Blogs About are powered 100% by one installation of WP - - I really enjoy the extensibility of the platform.

Thanks! :d

]]> By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295551 Lisa Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:32:24 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295551 <u>Vicki</u>: Smilies are great! <:-p They add much fun to comments and posts and can sometimes really get the tone of a comment across in a way that just straight typing fails.. You can tell, with the use of a smiley, if I'm kidding around, poking fun, being sarcastic or pissed off... gotta love them smilies! :-b CSS is a great thing to learn and understand.. but again, in order to USE WordPress - - CSS knowledge is not necessary, just a nice thing to know :) Vicki: Smilies are great! <:-p They add much fun to comments and posts and can sometimes really get the tone of a comment across in a way that just straight typing fails.. You can tell, with the use of a smiley, if I’m kidding around, poking fun, being sarcastic or pissed off… gotta love them smilies! :-b

CSS is a great thing to learn and understand.. but again, in order to USE WordPress - - CSS knowledge is not necessary, just a nice thing to know :)

]]> By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295550 Lisa Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:25:38 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295550 <u>Dave</u>: You did hit the nail on the head about one of the major selling points about WordPress when you said <em>"I like it because it’s simple and doesn’t require much thought.."</em> I think that Wordpress definitley has enough meat to it to keep even the most experienced programmer/developer happy and busy - - yet, at the same time it is easy and friendly enough to allow non-techy types to use it with ease, as well. On a personal note to you... Happy Valley is still sitting on my desk.. not two feet from where I am right now. But I am sorry to say I have not gotten the chance to read it yet :( I really wanted to have had it read by now - - but I will, the very first chance I get. I'm a slacker, please forgive me :D Dave: You did hit the nail on the head about one of the major selling points about WordPress when you said “I like it because it’s simple and doesn’t require much thought..”

I think that Wordpress definitley has enough meat to it to keep even the most experienced programmer/developer happy and busy - - yet, at the same time it is easy and friendly enough to allow non-techy types to use it with ease, as well.

On a personal note to you… Happy Valley is still sitting on my desk.. not two feet from where I am right now. But I am sorry to say I have not gotten the chance to read it yet :( I really wanted to have had it read by now - - but I will, the very first chance I get. I’m a slacker, please forgive me :D

]]> By: Lisa http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295549 Lisa Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:21:56 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295549 <u>Leanne</u>: The feeds in the Dashbaord are really helpful, for sure - especially in finding new WP features, plugins, themes and other bells and whistles. It's good stuff. The administration panel is very simple and straight forward - it doesn't leave a whole lot of questions as to where a user needs to go to accomplish certain things. And yes, you get a gold start for no blinkies. Yay you! (*) <u>Danalyn</u>: Can't say that I've ever experienced a problem with the dashboard loading slow upon login. Maaayyybeee once or twice in the last 3-4 years, but nothing I could hang my hat on. Once thing I would recommend as an option in newer releases of WordPress is to give the user full control over those feeds. To either disable them completely - - or an easy interface so the user can determine which feeds they really want in there. Maybe I don't want to read Matt's feed in the Dashboard and would rather replace it with yours from your shitty blog? :)>- That would be a cool option! Leanne: The feeds in the Dashbaord are really helpful, for sure - especially in finding new WP features, plugins, themes and other bells and whistles. It’s good stuff. The administration panel is very simple and straight forward - it doesn’t leave a whole lot of questions as to where a user needs to go to accomplish certain things. And yes, you get a gold start for no blinkies. Yay you! (*)

Danalyn: Can’t say that I’ve ever experienced a problem with the dashboard loading slow upon login. Maaayyybeee once or twice in the last 3-4 years, but nothing I could hang my hat on. Once thing I would recommend as an option in newer releases of WordPress is to give the user full control over those feeds. To either disable them completely - - or an easy interface so the user can determine which feeds they really want in there. Maybe I don’t want to read Matt’s feed in the Dashboard and would rather replace it with yours from your shitty blog? :)>- That would be a cool option!

]]> By: Michael http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295547 Michael Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:06:30 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295547 Hmmm... there's so much to like about WP! I like the ability to publish a post in advance and have it appear on a particular date/time. I like the integration with other popular tools like Flickr. I like the fact I can use Windows Live Writer to edit/publish posts. I love the anti-spam tools like Akismet. On a more advanced note, I like the fact that with a little PHP knowledge you can build a website on top of WP, using WP as your content management tool behind the scenes. We've done that <a href='www.ptpopcorn.com' rel="nofollow">here</a>. Hmmm… there’s so much to like about WP! I like the ability to publish a post in advance and have it appear on a particular date/time. I like the integration with other popular tools like Flickr. I like the fact I can use Windows Live Writer to edit/publish posts. I love the anti-spam tools like Akismet.

On a more advanced note, I like the fact that with a little PHP knowledge you can build a website on top of WP, using WP as your content management tool behind the scenes. We’ve done that here.

]]> By: Vicki http://justagirlintheworld.com/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295529 Vicki Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:50:39 +0000 http://justagirlintheworld.com/2007/01/20/feedback-required-yea-that-means-you/#comment-295529 I love the ease of Wordpress and my favorite plug in is the smilies (lol, is that a plug in?)(*) The one thing I am trying to learn more about is the CSS - what is necessary and what is not. I love the ease of Wordpress and my favorite plug in is the smilies (lol, is that a plug in?)(*)

The one thing I am trying to learn more about is the CSS - what is necessary and what is not.

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