WordPress 2.5 ID Numbers

Where Did They Disappear To?

One of the deficiencies I noted in WordPress 2.5 was that the dashboard interface no longer showed the ID numbers for Posts, Pages or Categories.

Although this might not be much of a problem for the casual user of WordPress, those of us who write custom WordPress applications have come to rely on these ID numbers to add custom features to our projects. In fact, WordPress itself instructs end users to utilize these ID numbers in a variety of the WordPress template tags, such as in_category().

I have come to rely on these ID numbers in many of my applications, having used them in various template tags and in creating category page templates. As a result, I was frustrated with the new interface and the lack of information regarding these ID numbers.

I was discussing this issue with my friend Deborah over at Lireo Designs. Deborah is also developing sites using WordPress, and she is not one who lets a problem like this get in her way. After doing some research on this problem, Deborah discovered a neat little plugin that once again displays the ID numbers in the WordPress 2.5 dashboard.

Thanks for the help, Deborah! It’s a very useful plugin that makes my life a bit simpler.

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April 30th, 2008 | WordPress | 4 comments

Southern Injustice

Custom WordPress Theme

justice.jpgProject Complete: Working with a familiar WordPress theme, I have just completed a new blog for Southern Injustice.

This website will chronicle the upcoming appellate trial of death row inmate Richard Lambrix, who has been incarcerated and on death row in a Florida prison for the past twenty four years.

Richard and his supporters intend to use this blog to document the evidence in his case and to attempt to demonstrate that he has been wrongly convicted of capital murder.

As delivered, this theme is valid CSS and valid XHTML to the strict standard. The site is search engine friendly and uses WordPress as the content management system.

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February 6th, 2008 | Portfolio, WordPress | Comment first »

Hubris Corpus

Custom WordPress Theme

hubris.jpgProject Complete: I was approached by a past client who had a friend that needed a custom blog theme developed. The friend is currently incarcerated in the Florida federal prison system and wishes to write about the criminal justice / prison system and his role in it, including one set of circumstances that took him to the United States Supreme Court.

I was able to use the basic framework of a blog developed for another client and customize it for use on the new Hubris Corpus website. The client wanted a theme that was rather ominous in appearance due to the serious nature of the anticipated content of this blog. As a result, I broke away from my normal approach and developed a theme that was light colored text on a dark background, which is not normally my preference. However, the associated graphics work nicely with the dark colors and I am very pleased with the final product. So is the client, which is all that really matters.

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