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After the Deadline: Contextual Spell Checking

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By Bryan - Posted on 02 June 2009

Logo for After the DeadlineRaphael Mudge sent us an email on his latest project, After the Deadline.

I'm a computer scientist working to fill a gap in current CMS feature sets.  It isn't a new social or wireless feature.  I'm working to bring spelling, style, and grammar checking to web applications.  The technology is available for WordPress and the Open Source TinyMCE editor.

After the Deadline is an exciting plugin that adds a much needed feature often missing in most CMS rich text editors. After the Deadline currently supports plugins for TinyMCE and Wordpress. Some additional bullet points behind the plugin include: 

  • Corrects spelling with 90% accuracy
  • Checks 1,500 words for misuse
  • Finds grammar errors
  • Improves writing style
  • All plugins are licensed under the LGPL

SitePress - a new mega plugin for WordPress as CMS

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By Amir Helzer - Posted on 04 April 2009

WordPress is the de-facto standard blogging engine and is often used to build full websites. Its power lies in its simplicity, allowing authors to start building their websites in minutes. However, WordPress is still missing some basic features keeping it from becoming a full fledged CMS. SitePress tries to close that gap.

SitePress is an ambitious mega-plugin for WordPress. It intends to turn WP into a reasonably featured content management system. SitePress contributes exactly where WordPress is short:

  • Multilingual content management
  • Site-wide navigational elements
  • Robust internal links

SitePress isn't going to turn WordPress into a web application frameworks. You're still not going to build your next CRM with it. However, for building complex websites which are comprised mainly of pages and posts, WordPress with SitePress work just fine. 

Multilingual support for WordPress

Most of SitePress' strengths come its roots. Its design is inspired by Drupal's architecture, with the jewel crown being its multilingual support. SitePress' Multilingual support boasts similar functionality as Drupal's i18n, but without any of its complexity.

SitePress language selection

A single screen lets users configure a fully functional multilingual system. It allows selecting active languages for the website, language negotiation (language directories or independent language domains) and theme localization. A language switcher can also be added to the theme, as a widget.

Just like Drupal's i18n module, SitePress keeps different languages in different pages and posts.

My upgrade to Wordpress 2.3

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By Bryan - Posted on 28 September 2007
I recently upgrade a blog of mine from Wordpress 2.2 to Wordpress 2.3.  My wife and I don't post on the blog much (looking for better ideas on how to utilize the site), but it's great to keep around to test the latest and greatest Wordpress has to offer.  In my view, the most important new feature in Wordpress 2.3 is the baseline introduction of tags (also called taxonomy or even categories in other CMS applications).

Jared Ritchey: Index Faster in Google with WordPress

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By Bryan - Posted on 26 September 2007
Jared Ritchey has a few things to say about search engine optimization and WordPress.
WordPress realistically only takes about 5 minutes to install but as any WordPress professional knows, the configuration and setup of other elements of design can take many hours if good results are expected. Since my #1 SEO suggestion to site owners is a blog, It makes sense for me to keep and maintain up to date versions of the tools I work with.
In his post, "Index Faster in Google with WordPress", he gives you six must-have plugins for your Wordpress site that he has found improves your rankings with the search engines.  So you might as well go for a visit to his site as I won't spill the beans here.  Though, I will say that the last plugin he suggests will likely not be needed if you've upgraded to the just released Wordpress 2.3.