#wordpress 2019-11-20

2019-11-20 UTC
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GWG_ Those are usually smaller
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[asuh] GWG the alternative editor seems like overkill for the response, IMO. But I understand the question
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[asuh] I’m guessing it’s not possible to really extend the main editor to have a preview box below it with all the metadata, like what Twitter or Facebook have
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GWG_ [asuh]: I was thinking a dashboard widget for notes
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[asuh] like one of the right side widgets?
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GWG_ No, on the admin page when you log in
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GWG_ Just a box for notes
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GWG_ I have other thoughts for more complex kinds, but note doesn't need much
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[asuh] oh, i see. hmm, that’s not a bad idea. i always forget you can have those widgets there and always go into New Post when I write something new. Often because a Note becomes an article pretty quickly!
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GWG_ Yes, I understand that
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GWG_ Will see what I can come up with.
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[asuh] it would be fascinating to see something native to a WP install like what aaronpk built with Quill
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[asuh] almost like an alternative admin
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[asuh] but I think the Note Dashboard widget is kind of a step in that direction
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GWG_ Simple before complex
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[asuh] agreed 😄
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GWG_ Reading how to trigger another editor
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[Will_Monroe] [asuh] [dshanske] well, that worked! I'm not sure why the parsing wasn't working earlier. But thank you both.
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GWG_ Any time
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cambridgeport90[ One thing on the list we should do is update the Wordpress page of the wiki and take off Lifestream as a plugin recommendation for a social stream page. Plugin hasn't been updated in upwards of nine years.
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cambridgeport90[ I discovered this the hard way when I went to create mine.
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GWG_ cambridgeport90[: I've never used it myself.
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cambridgeport90[ I was looking for newer ones. So far, flow-flow, and AxStreem look promising, though they do have pro versions.
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GWG_ I'm trying to figure out something to do for Hack Day at the next two IWCs
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cambridgeport90[ Those devs might need some help with IndieWeb support, though. It won't be me until later, but ideally in 2020 I might actually become half decent in PHP.
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GWG_ cambridgeport90[: Just in time for WordPress to pivot to JS, alas.
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GWG_ I'm putting that off myself
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cambridgeport90[ What do you mean?
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GWG_ cambridgeport90[: The whole Gutenberg thing
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cambridgeport90[ Oh, that thing. I might be forced to move to Known as my primary site, then. Who knows.
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cambridgeport90[ Block editors are an accessibility mess.
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GWG_ cambridgeport90[: I know. I don't have the same accessibility needs, I just find them overkill for many things.
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cambridgeport90[ You do great though with your plugins. The key is labeling your buttons and other elements in ways that screen readers can see them. JS is a lot of the problem, but that too can be done right. It takes a college degree to under it sometimes. I am not kidding. I have a friend studying for it in her lst semester.
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[chrisaldrich] GWG: your need for hackday projects and ideas about quill and note posting sparked an idea. I like the idea of being able to do what you suggested from the main admin dashboard.
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[chrisaldrich] I'm curious how difficult it would be to add a sidebar widget (viewable only while logged in) that could iframe or otherwise mimic Quill for allowing quick note posting interface?
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[chrisaldrich] This would allow one to more closely mimic the simple posting interface boxes on Twitter, Facebook, etc. Do Quill or any of the other micropub clients have an API that would allow a dev to embed a posting interface directly into their site like this?
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GWG_ But embeds are unlikely for me
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[chrisaldrich] I know the P2 and O2 themes had something like this built into them that might be borrowed.
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GWG_ [chrisaldrich]: If you have a suggestion, not trying to rebuild the entire editor... but Quill would be an inspiration...along with Quick Press
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[chrisaldrich] https://wordpress.org/plugins/quick-post-widget/ looks like it may have been similar, but is so old it's been removed from the repo
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Loqi [Perry van Akkeren] Description This plugin has been closed and is no longer available for download. Contributors & Developers “Quick Post Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors inapan...
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[chrisaldrich] also the Sideblog plugin (last updated 10 years ago): https://wordpress.org/plugins/sideblog/
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Loqi [Kates Gasis] Description Sideblog is a plugin for WordPress Blog Platform. It is one way of implementing “Asides” – a series of “short” posts, 1-2 sentences in length. For WordPress version 2.7 and below, please visit http://katesgasis.com/download-pag...
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[chrisaldrich] Sideblogging plugin (last update 8 years ago) is interesting looking and had Twitter integration for POSSE https://wordpress.org/plugins/sideblogging/. It could have an interesting UI example since the asides/notes were displayed in a sidebar and had settings to purge them after a pre-specified amount of time.
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Loqi [Cédric Boverie] Description Manage and write aside posts (using the new custom post types feature). They are displayed in a sidebar widget and don’t interfere with other posts. A dashboard widget is provided to allow fast aside blogging. Require WordPress 3 and...
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[chrisaldrich] It appears to be based on Jon Smajda's old Posthaste plugin which was repurposed Prologue/P2 code for the P2/O2 themes!
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[chrisaldrich] Maybe then the thing to be done would be to spin up a headless WP site, add on IndieAuth, and then use this plugin to create a WordPress-based micropub client! 🙂
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GWG_ We have rest and Micropub already
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[chrisaldrich] It also has some configurations hiding in settings << writing for paring down the UI a bit further.
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Loqi Sorry, I couldn't find a page named "It also has some configurations hiding in settings" or similar
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[chrisaldrich] that's alright Loqi
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[chrisaldrich] I'm writing up some thoughts on it now with some suggestions for IndieWeb use.
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incog88 Anyone good with SQL queries? I have a query here that i am trying to search all of the ACF Fields and Post Title for results. Some posts do work when searching by title but when searching for author which is a acf field I am not getting anything back for some
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incog88 Correction all posts work by title but when inputting an author as the search param certain posts dont show up
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