This project was for Mike from The Naked Nutrition Network. Mike wanted a plugin that would increase the usability and community involvement of his comments. He had been using IntenseDebate and wanted a self-hosted solution that imitated IntenseDebate’s style: community points, up and down ratings, etc. Requirements Usable on any WP 2.7 theme Automatically styled…

Yesterday I was looking for a WordPress plugin that would allow me to announce to the readers of my previous blog that I’ve moved to my current domain. I came across a plugin, called MaxBlogPress Stripe Ad, that places a horizontal stripe at the top of the website. I figured this would be a nice,…

I have finally updated Smart Ads to version 2.0. Smart Ads is an intelligent advertising plugin for WordPress. It allows users to automatically insert advertisements before and after their blog posts as well as in custom locations using built in shortcodes. Why is it called “Smart”? You can configure the plugin to only display post…

While trying to install WordPress-MU on my local development server I kept getting the error message that “MAMP does not support port numbers in the URL.” My dev servers run on MAMP which use the port 8888. So my URLs look something like localhost:8888/wordpress. Once I figured out how to change the ports the fix…

I am inclined to disbelieve the phrase “You’re only as good as your tools allow.” A lot of great things come from those in seemingly unfortunate circumstances. That being said, having quality resources at your disposal can only improve your productivity and appearance of professionalism. Being a freelance WordPress developer means I spend quite a…

I just released version 1.4 of Admin Favicon, a free WordPress plugin that adds a custom favicon to the back end administrative panels. This is purely a maintenance release which confirms its WP 2.7 compatibility and has a few very minor code adjustments. Also, I have moved its homepage from Simply-Basic to it’s new home…

Welcome to my brand new home: johnkolbert.com. With the start of a new year I felt that I needed a brand new start. I created johnkolbert.com with the intent that it would be home to my freelance work, namely my client portfolio and the free tools I release, and the occasional technology musing or tutorial….