Wavr Plugin for WordPress

So boys and girls of waveland ( if you are not a member of Google Waveland yet,  come on in ! ), here is another Wave plugin for WordPress. It does something basic as of now, like most of the other plugins for Google Wave. But I see some serious work going on with this sourceforge.net hosted project.

Use this plugin to embed Google Wave inside a wordpress post, as easy as [wave id="wave-id"].This plugin implements the full wave embed api. Will include widgets for the sidebar in the near future. Features a TinyMCE button for embedding the wave.

You can download the plugin from here Official WordPress.org Page here

That’s the short description about the project. These guys are trying to create a community around this wordpress plugin, which is a good sign, and has an idea about what to do with this plugin in future releases. They are promising a sidebar widget in the next version.

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Google Wave Plugin WordPress

I don’t mind being over excited about Google wave, because I saw the google wave preview video. It’s worth being little over excited about.

Being over excited includes trying to know how it will be useful for me, and my friends, so, for those who love google wave and wordpress, let me introduce you to two wave plugins for WordPress.

update : Wanna try 8 more useful Google Wave Plugins ?

1. wp-wave-shortcodes

The first Google wave plugin for WordPress that I noticed is WordPress Wave ShortCodes.  As far as I could see, it was the only plugin that has active development going  on.

What it Does

Adds a shortcode to WordPress that makes it easy to embed Wave(s) in a post or page. It also adds a media button so one is not required to remember how a shortcode is structured.

That was from the plugin’s page on Google Code. So, it will help you add waves to your wordpress posts, with the use of short codes. To make it more simple, there will be a media button for this.

How to use

You will have a media button just like you have one for adding image or video, on the wordpress dashboard, where you write new posts and pages. When you click on that, you will get a menu where you can enter wave ID for your wave that you want to insert, and then specify font and background color etc.

• id(Required)
• width
• height
• bgcolor
• color
• font
• fontsize

Is there a Demo ? Can I try it ?

Yes, and No. There is a demo available here. But, you need a Google Wave Sandbox account to access the demo. If you are planning to develop a wave plugin, you can request it here.  Others, wait until the end of this month, if you are lucky, you will get an account

Update : I found another one here

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“The Blog Herald” recently redesigned their blog. They made a really cute, and sweet theme . Till then, it was just another magazine styled blog. But now, it looks very unique, and easy to browse.

Now, this is what I call a perfect layout, for a wordpress theme. Everything is rightly placed. No distractions, even ads are placed very well. No clutters.

What happened when I found a good blog with a sweet design ?

So, what happened to me when they did this “redesign” thing ? Well, I started reading that blog more, I was being attracted by that design,  spent more time on the blog, and their great content made me spent even more time there, and browse through archives etc ..

I used to read their blog posts, but only from google reader itself and never bothered to comment. But, this new design is taking me to the site from rss reader. Its making me comment. Yes, the design is driving my reading pattern, my activity on the blog, my attitude towards that blog.

The strange thing is, I usually do not like blogs without a header image but this one, I liked it without a header image, and that too too less colors.

and then …

I came back to my blog, and changed my theme hmm nothing new in it right ?  ( You know right, I always look for a reason to change theme ). I am not sure if you guys liked the new design, and would like to know your thoughts on this.

What’s special with Copyblogger theme ?

It has two css files –  style.css and custom.css. Style.css has the most basic layout elements, which you need not edit, unless necessary. Custom.css is where you edit the design ( color,font,font size, background etc etc ).

So you get to edit your theme as you like without destroying the basic structure of the theme, which is really great for someone like me with very less coding knowledge. Yet, there is something I need help with. If you look at the side bar, there is something missing before the search box. A feed icon is supposed to be diplayed there but it isn’t. Any idea why ?

I am happy with this theme .. are you ?