Tonight I didn't have much time to work on my Personal Information Manager but I was able to accomplish a few things. I fixed up my template by changing the masthead image. I used Stock.xchng to download the no cost royalty free image. I also added tabs just below the image for use with the static pages I will be creating.
Because I'm not using a blog title in the header I decided I would make the entire masthead clickable, allowing me to get back to the main page easily. To do this I added the following code to header.php.
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<div id="masthead" onclick="location.href='http://pim.johnhesch.com';" style="cursor: pointer;"></div>
I really like the practice of Folksonomy or tagging as it is better known. If you use del.icio.us or Flickr then you should be familiar with tags. Using WordPress categories is a hassle because every time you want to add another category you have to manually create it. I installed the Tags4WP plugin which introduces tagging to WordPress. Instead of selecting categories now I can just type the tags I want associated with the post and the cats are automatically created for me.
The last thing I did this evening was to install the Admin Bar plugin. This is a must have for every WordPress installation. The plugin adds a small bar at the top of every page with links to popular admin functions. The bar is displayed only to the admin if he/she is logged in. Also the links can be changed or added to.
Welcome to johnhesch.com, a blog about my life, projects, and interests. I have been blogging for over 10 years in one form or another.
Hi, I stumbled upon your project via del.icio.us just now. What a coincidence! I started a similar endeavour just a couple of weeks ago (in my case, WordPress 1.2.2 as a database for poems and book quotes) and am going to post about my approach, too. The first two parts are already up, the first one can be found here, in case you’re interested.
Awesome! I checked it out and am excited to see where you go with it. I’m especially interested in the Metadata part. I plan on using the Get Custom Field Values plugin to create metadata.
I’m planning to post that part tomorrow.
The custom fields are great fun, especially in conjunction with the plugin.
The static pages are one of the features I really look forward to in 1.5 (am waiting till it goes public, though) so it’ll be nice to read about your experiences with that option here.