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Freshly Pressed: A Wild New Plugin Appears! Custom Classes

CMDR Mitchcraft

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From time to time I like to surf through the repository and try out new plugins.  It keeps me in the know and I’m able to share those plugins with you.  So, here’s what I found as I was surfing this fine Wednesday:

Custom Classes

Justin Tadlock is a man synonymous with great plugins, and his latest one is fantastic, as always.  Two boxes show up in your post screen.  Both allow you to add custom classes to pages; the boxes allow you to specify both “post classes” and “body classes”.  If you are unfamiliar with their usage, body_class and post_class allow you to add custom (and predefined) classes to your body and div tags to allow custom design and/or formatting depending on what they are defined as.  A simple plugin, with a fantastic simple purpose.

 

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  • WordPress 2.6: The Tour

    WordPress 2.6: The Tour

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    For your viewing pleasure, and because I’ve had the lovely honor to update this morning, here is a “best of the best” video (and a link to the full post) as to what to expect for WordPress 2.6 (Tyner).  Enjoy!

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  • WPThumb: Bringing Back The “Hard Crop”

    WPThumb: Bringing Back The “Hard Crop”

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    One of the most useful features WordPress has is the ability to create custom image sizes from uploads.  This takes the guesswork out of design, as it allows me to specify exactly the dimensions I need for my image.  For a long time, WordPress had the ability to switch between a “soft crop”, which basically…

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