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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.

The autoblogger is now available, so if you’ve not signed up for the updates list (or if you’re not an existing customer), you’ve still got a little time fo get the subscriber/customer discount before I disable the coupon code.  Just subscribe using the form to the left and you’ll get the discount code as soon as you confirm your subscription.

If you’ve recently changed your blog’s theme, you might find that somehow you can’t add widgets to the new theme.

That’s because WordPress sometimes gets confused over which themes are using which widgets.

Widgets Reset can fix your issue for you.

I’m still playing with the theme. The latest one is created by …

… me!

Using a useful new bit of software called Artisteer. It’s a tool for creating new WordPress themes (with a version available that also allows you to create Joomla and Drupal themes as well). Whilst there are a lot better themes available, I’m sure, the ones produced by Artisteer are less “snazzy” than some of the professional ones (ie, they are easier to read and navigate round).

And if you are creating a series of blogs, but want to use some similar themes, it’s easy to pick a layout that you like, and then vary the colour-scheme per blog.

It’s worth having a look at the software if you want to be able to quickly create some themes for your blogs.