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I’ve been working some more on the Javascript in Posts plugin for Wordpress, and I noticed that WP2.8.6 already allows a lot of script in posts. Take a look at http://resource-directory.info/wp27/ (that’s a test site: it was a WP2.7 test site that I just upgraded to 2.8.6)

Everything looks fine, aside from an ampersand (’&’) character which is converted into the & format.

And that’s without a plugin enabled.

So, the question for you: Have you recently upgraded your WP blog? If so, can you quickly check whether JS works, and let me know what code you used, and which WP version?

I’ve just about cracked the back of a new version of the Javascript in Posts plugin, which will account for a lot of the issues people have experienced with more complex scripts.

For example, on my test WP install, I can have code like this:

<script>
alert(”ok2″);
alert(”ok3″);
document.write (”<BR>This is being done in javascript”);
display();

function display() {
document.write(”<br>And so is this”);
}

</script>

And everything works fine!

The only thing not working is code like:

<script src=”test.js”></script>

So once I’ve cracked that, I’ll pass it out to everyone to take a look.

If you are unlucky, you might be seeing the future-dated Caffeinated Content posts marked as “missed schedule” in your WordPress admin panel.

This is NOT an issue with Caffeinated Content or the scheduler.

It’s an issue with WordPress, that really ought to have been resolved by now. You can read more about it at via Google’s search results.

As you can see here, it’s not just an issue with auto-posting to WordPress via software:

While travelling as I checked my site on my mobile phone, there were no updates. I usually future post while travelling or on vacation to keep the blog current with new content. Though I always believed this system to be fool proof, it was surprising when I logged into WordPress admin to find red notes on the articles “Missed Schedule”.

Someone has released a plugin which seems to be good at fixing the issue, and you can read more about it here. But it’s up to you of course. I think I’ll just wait for the next WP release and hope it get’s fixed then.

If you are using the Caffeinated Content plugin for WordPress, you’ll know what a pain it can be having to A) remember to login to grab new content, and B) actually doing it.

And compound this with the strategy that most people are using it with, where they have multiple blogs.

I faced the same pain, so I’ve written a scheduling application which runs quietly on my server updating my blogs for me automatically with new content. Without me having to ever log into them again.

And I’m making that available for sale as well. Find out more here.

A new version of the Javascript in WordPress Posts plugin is available here.