So Joe…

I was getting hit with spam pretty hard on this site, and my other site, ITsVISTA. I have Akismet installed, which does catch it all, but unfortunately it also catches many of my trackbacks. When you have a list of hundreds of spams in Akismet, it’s no longer practical to hunt through and find the false positives. What to do? Read more…

I wanted to keep track of the Technorati ranking for my blog without having to constantly visit the Technorati site. I wanted something simple that I could easily integrate into my layout (I just display the text in a list of administrative options other users don’t see). So, I hacked something together that does the job for me, maybe someone else is looking for the same type of thing. Read more…

I wanted to keep track of the Alexa ranking for my blog without having to constantly visit the Alexa site. I found a plugin for this called Alexa Rank, but the plugin shows a graphical bar that you have to hover over to get the numerical value. I wanted something a bit more simple that I could better integrate into my layout (I just display the text in a list of administrative options other users don’t see). So, I hacked something together that does the job for me, maybe someone else is looking for the same type of thing. Read more…

The JPF Add to Yahoo plugin is a social bookmarking plugin that allows users to submit posts to Yahoo.com. If the user is already logged in to Yahoo, it automatically submits the posts URL and Title. The download includes two files, jpf_yahoo.php is the plugin, copy it to your Wordpress plugins folder and activate the plugin in your plugin manager, and yahoo.gif, an optional icon that can be used as part of your link. Read more…

The JPF Add to Reddit plugin is a social bookmarking plugin that allows users to submit posts to Reddit.com. If the user is already logged in to Reddit, it automatically submits the posts URL and Title. The download includes two files, jpf_reddit.php is the plugin, copy it to your Wordpress plugins folder and activate the plugin in your plugin manager, and reddit.gif, an optional icon that can be used as part of your link. Read more…

The JPF Seed Newsvine plugin is a social bookmarking plugin that allows users to submit posts to Newsvine.com. If the user is already logged in to Newsvine, it automatically submits the posts URL and Title. The download includes two files, jpf_newsvine.php is the plugin, copy it to your Wordpress plugins folder and activate the plugin in your plugin manager, and newsvine.gif, an optional icon that can be used as part of your link. Read more…

The JPF Category Feed plugin allows you to easily list the RSS category feeds for your post. It is quite flexible, allowing a number of parameters that can derive horizontal and vertical listings or even ’sentence’ form. Installation is simple, copy the jpf_catfeed.php file to your Wordpress plugins folder and activate in your Plugins Management tab. The optional rss.gif file can be copied anywhere in your site, and can be referred to as specified below. Then, place the following code in ‘the loop’:
<?php jpf_catfeed([Image], [Images], [Before], [After], [Separator], [And]); ?> Read more…

The JPF Submit to Netscape plugin is a social bookmarking plugin that allows users to submit posts to Netscape.com. If the user is already logged in to Netscape, it automatically submits the posts URL and Title. The download includes two files, jpf_netscape.php is the plugin, copy it to your Wordpress plugins folder and activate the plugin in your plugin manager, and netscape.gif, an optional icon that can be used as part of your link. Read more…

The JPF Hugg This plugin is a social bookmarking plugin that allows users to submit posts to Hugg.com, a green version of ‘Digg’. If the user is already logged in to Hugg, it automatically submits the posts URL. The download includes two files, jpf_hugg.php is the plugin, copy it to your Wordpress plugins folder and activate the plugin in your plugin manager, and hugg.gif, an optional icon that can be used as part of your link. Read more…

Originally named “Joe’s Quotes”, this plugin shows your favorite random quotes along with a picture of the person saying the quote. Easily expandable to contain quotes from any person/character. Version 3 includes an options page and uses CSS for formatting.

< ?php if (function_exists('jpf_quotes')) {jpf_quotes();} ?>