I’ve recently pushed an update to the Web Directory plugin for WordPress that enables people to use the Contact Forms 7 plugin to support link submissions. Several people have been asking me to write a tutorial on how I did it on my Connected Phone web site. This should help some of you to create a submission form and use it with the Web Directory plugin I have created. It’s not a comprehensive tutorial on Contact Form 7. If you need some basic information about the Contact Form 7 plugin, I’ve written a post you can read (WordPress Contact Form 7 plugin: Great for Forms).

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I’ve now uploaded an update to the WordPress web directory plugin. The current version 2.6.4 fixes an issue for users trying to install the link directory plugin in a WordPress blog that has been installed in a sub directory. This new version should now work with the situation.

I’ve tested it and it now works for WordPress sites that are installed in subdirectories. If anyone using the plugin still experiences any problems please post a comment. Thanks.

Starting off 2010 with an update to the WordPress Web Directory plugin. In this update, I’ve basically added a couple of features that I needed and have been requested by some people.

The first feature I’ve added is some support for incorporating a URL submission form. Being a fan of the Contact Form 7 plugin by Takayuki Miyoshi, I’ve added some support to allow people using the Web Directory plugin to create a Contact Form 7 form that will enable people to submit links. For how it looks like, you can check it out at my Connected Phone web site. The other feature is paging. With version 2.6.3, you can now separate your list of links in a category into several pages if you have a long list.

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I’ve been working on a new version for the Link Directory WordPress plugin I’ve created. Just to update you of what’s coming. I’ve made some changes to the Web Directory plugin core to allow me to easily add more features in the coming versions. I’ll soon be releasing a beta version for those of you who might want to test it and provide some feedback.

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An new WordPress 2.8.3 has been released. This is a security fix release so it’s highly recommended that you upgrade to 2.8.3. It basically fixes some of the other privilege escalation issues of WordPress version 2.8.1. Should be an easy upgrade for everyone using version 2.8.2, just click on Tools | Upgrade from your WordPress admin.

I have uploaded my newest version of the Web Directory WordPress plugin here at Code Stuff and also at WordPress.org. I’ve added a new feature on version 2.6.1 to allow users of the plugin to remove the display of the “Websites/Blogs Under” prefix when displaying the header title for Link Categories. I’ve also tested it for WordPress version 2.8.2.

You can download version 2.6.1 from the Web Directory WordPress plugin project page.

The WordPress Development team has released WordPress version 2.8.2. The new version fixes an XSS vulnerability in comment author URLs which were not being fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. An exploit is possible to redirect the logged in account to another URL from from the WordPress administration page.

It is adviced that an upgrade to version 2.8.2 is performed. You can do the upgrade either by using the WordPress upgrade tool found at Tools->Upgrade of your blog’s admin or Download WordPress 2.8.2 to perform a manual upgrade of your WordPress site.

Once I got started to using the plugin, it didn’t take long to find it very useful especially if you need to create more than a single form for more than one WordPress blog. But I was not being too keen on the idea of having to key in those forms too many times I decided to create a WordPress plugin for backing up and restoring the Contact Form 7 form data. It will allow me to transfer the forms data from one site to another without having to retype them.

I thought I’d share it to whoever might need it so here I am writing this post about the Contact Form 7 Backup and Restore plugin that I have created. It’s actually on it’s initial usable version so don’t expect any bells and whistles for this ‘coz I just needed to transfer what I did for one blog to another and start making changes for that blog from the restored data.

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If you’ve started a WordPress blog, probably one of the first things that would be on your list is creating a contact form so that readers would be able to interact with you. I’ve used a number of Contact Form WordPress plugins for sites I have created.

Recently, I decided to try out the WordPress Contact Form 7 plugin created by Takayuki Miyoshi. The features are flexible and simple. It allows you to create multiple contact forms for different purposes. It has support for Akismet spam filtering and captcha.

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When I read the article about the upcoming WordPress 2.9 media features, I got excited that it’s now the next thing on the WordPress dev list. It’s one of those things that I feel strongly about when it comes to WordPress. The ability to easily extend WordPress is one of its strengths. It has also grown to being a robust framework/platform for online publishing. Actually it’s more than that, you’d be surprised at how people use it to create code stuff based on it. A pretty good example would be Alex Rabe’s NextGen Photo Gallery plugin.

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