AJAXed WordPress 1.21 released…finally.
After much delaying and dragging of feet and delaying of the third kind, AJAXed WordPress version 1.21 has been released with much fanfare and reader appreciation. This version introduces full AJAX navigation, better support for embedded JS in AJAX-loaded pages, and Italian language support.
The new version of the navigation module was commissioned and paid for by DJ Nightlife (may he be blessed with many children who don’t go through the “terrible-twos”.) AJAX Navigation has been available in AWP for several years now, but it was primitive and unfinished. Its use was limited to very specific websites that were capable of embracing its flaws. I’d like to thank him for his support of the project, and I would encourage any other users to consider commissioning features both for yourself and the AWP community at large.
Linkage brought to you by: "A friday in my newsreader: Febuary 22." Also by the letter 'A'.
Occasionally, so many wonderful posts appear in the lull between the Thursday doldrums and the Friday excitation (pun much?) that I have to “link it up…er…mott”.
- It turns out that you can see the effects of trawling for fish from space. Do we need any more evidence against it?
- Uncertain Principles posts about the backlash from the Virginia Tech shootings: turns out stage plays with fake wooden weapons endanger students…according to some college administrators.
- Uncertain principles also wonders if there is any realistic nanotechnology in SciFi writing.
- That encrypted hard drive you might have? Worthless now that the encryption can be broken…easily.
Oh and as a side note, anyone else watch one of my favorite video blogs: http://tv.winelibrary.com/?
image credit: Pulpolux !!!
I have have several people ask if reCAPTCHA and its WP plugin works with aWP. Unfortunately, the plugin was not very AJAX friendly, but the good folks over at reCAPTCHA — in a very aWP-esque move — created an open platform that allows other people to modify the interface and incorporate it into existing projects. I’m happy to announce that reCAPTCHA has been integrated into aWP by default as a module and can be used, without effort, on any WordPress blog that is running aWP.
In further developments, the advanced structure created by AJAXed WordPress allows it to painlessly and finally offer Lightbox support on images that are loaded dynamically. For all that have been wanting it: today is your day.
My original goal in recreating Inline AJAX Page as AJAXed WordPress was more than just a name — INAP originally stood for INline Ajax Post — and a version change, it was to create an AJAX application for WordPress that goes above and beyond what one would normally expect from a plugin and create a platform that anyone can use on their website, or in their projects.
AJAXed Wordpress (AWP) harnesses the power of both AJAX and Wordpress to improve the user experience, the administration capabilities and the design potential of any Wordpress based blog. It works on all WordPress versions from 2.1 - 2.6.
Some of AWP’s features include loading posts inline, inline comments, threaded comments, AJAX comment submission, AJAX Navigation, live comment preview and much more. AWP is endlessly customizable and extensible. Even though AWP provides many features, you are never forced to use features that you don’t want. All aspects of the plugin are easily customized through a single Administration panel.
What are some of the other benefits to using AWP?
AWP is completely free. Free to use, free to play with, and free support. The continued development of this project is supported by voluntary user donations.
AWP is easy to use. The basic setup of AWP is very simple to use.
Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, and all the rest of you who dislike being labeled. I now present to you, in living color, the one and only AJAX’d Wordpress.
AJAX’d Wordpress or aWP is a complete rewrite of INAP that will allow features to be added and modified very quickly. This plugin is truly modular and unlike INAP, is completely customizable. While not available for download just yet, it has now gone live on this website. For those of you that are technically inclined, you will quickly be able to see the changes by viewing the source, Javascript and AJAX responses, but for the rest, you will be able to see the smoother functionality and the more attractive behavior.
Documentation has to be written and expanded and a few features still need to be improved, but we are looking at a RC release in a few weeks.
Multi-plugin Plugin
Multi-plugin is a very simple script that allows you to add small bits of PHP scripts, such as Wordpress filters, without having to make a plugin for them.
Download Multi-plugin
Installation is as simple as renaming the file to .php, uploading it to your server, activating it, and adding some script to the textbox (for example, I use the following code to remove the nofollow attribute from comments.)
<?phpadd_filter('get_comment_author_link', 'aoi_follow');add_filter('comment_text', 'aoi_follow');function aoi_follow($link){return preg_replace('/(<a.*?rel[^>]*)nofollow(.*?)/','${1}${2}',$link);}?>
You can also use the following to add the trailing slash back onto feeds, categories, pages, etc. in Wordpress 2.2+.
<?phpadd_filter('user_trailingslashit', 'aoi_slashit',10,2);function aoi_slashit($string, $type=''){if($type == 'page' || $type == 'category'|| $type == 'month'|| $type == 'day'|| $type == 'paged'|| $type == 'feed'){return trailingslashit($string);}else{return $string;}}?>- Use the following to copy and paste the code.
