Hello.World » Plugins http://matthew.delmarters.com The Blog of Matthew Delmarter Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:58:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 WordPress Plugin: Visual.SpellCheck http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_spellcheck/ http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_spellcheck/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:00:34 +0000 Matthew Delmarter http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_spellcheck/ Current Version: 0.95 I don't use the WYSIWYG Editor that comes with WordPress 2.0, and as a result have been getting extremely frustrated with the lack of a spell-checker. So I decided to try and get one working, preferably using AJAX to make it as fast and user-friendly as possible. I am now proud to present Visual.SpellCheck - an AJAX-based Spell Checker for WordPress. It includes the ability to:
  • Highlight incorrectly spelled words
  • List suggested words from the aspell dictionary
  • List suggested words from your custom dictionary
  • Allow new words to be added to your Custom Dictionary
The Spell Checker works in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari.]]> Current Version: 0.95

I don't use the WYSIWYG Editor that comes with WordPress 2.0, and as a result have been getting extremely frustrated with the lack of a spell-checker. So I decided to try and get one working, preferably using AJAX to make it as fast and user-friendly as possible.

I am now proud to present Visual.SpellCheck – an AJAX-based Spell Checker for WordPress. It includes the ability to:

  • Highlight incorrectly spelled words
  • List suggested words from the aspell dictionary
  • List suggested words from your custom dictionary
  • Allow new words to be added to your Custom Dictionary

The Spell Checker works in Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari.

Demo

Here is a demo of Visual.SpellCheck. It should work fine in Mozilla browsers (including Firefox) and Internet Explorer. It will also function in Opera, although there are some small issues. Follow the instructions in the textarea itself, and feel free to edit it's contents and then test.

Installation

Follow these basic steps:

  • Download this file: Visual.SpellCheck.zip (37Kb)
  • Unzip the file on your computer.
  • Upload the complete folder "Visual.SpellCheck" to your WordPress plugins directory (found in "/wp-content/plugins")
  • Login to WordPress and go to the Plugins module
  • Find the line that says "Visual.SpellCheck" and click "Activate"
  • Change the permissions on the file Visual.Syntax/personal_dictionary/dict.txt" to "757″ so that the server can write to the file

Note: Pspell must be installed on the server for this to work. Also this plugin is not compatible with the WYSIWYG HTML Editor that comes with WordPress (TinyMCE comes with its own spellchecker anyway). You will have to disable the WYSIWYG and be using the old-style editor (textarea).

Credits

This project is based on code from Broken-Notebook. Thanks to Garrison who has modified his original code to allow the plugin to integrate with WordPress and minimise issues with future compatibility.

Known Minor Bugs

This is the only bug I am aware of – and it is pretty minor:

  1. In Opera the popup menu that shows the suggested words always sits top-left of the textarea

If you are able to help with this that would be great. :)

ChangeLog

2006-02-04 - Firefox QuickTags conflict fixed. Now version 0.95
2006-02-04 - Public release of version 0.90

If you liked this plugin you can digg it here or please leave a comment.

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]]> http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_spellcheck/feed/ 69 My First WordPress Plugin: Visual.Syntax http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_syntax/ http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_syntax/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2006 23:52:48 +0000 Matthew Delmarter http://matthew.delmarters.com/weblog/visual_syntax/ WordPress PluginCurrent Version: 2.01

"Visual.Syntax" is a plugin for WordPress that preserves source code formatting and provides full syntax highlighting. It is compatible with WordPress 1.5/2.0 and PHP 4/5. Update: Tested in WordPress 2.9 – no issues.

Unlike other code plugins Visual.Syntax offers highlighting of HTML and CSS in addition to PHP. I have customized the highlighting to match Dreamweaver's syntax coloring as much as possible, as well as my own preferences. Visual.Syntax will also force any CSS into a readable pre-defined format.

Installation

Follow these basic steps:

  • Download this file: Visual.Syntax.zip (5kb)
  • Unzip the file on your computer.
  • Upload the complete folder "Visual.Syntax" to your WordPress plugins directory (usually found in "wp-content/plugins")
  • Login to WordPress and go to the Plugins module
  • Find the line that says "Visual.Syntax" and click "Activate"

Note: This plugin is not compatible with the WYSIWYG Visual Editor that comes with WordPress. You will have to be using the old-style HTML editor (textarea) if you want to highlight your source code.

How to Use

It is quite simple – simply wrap your PHP and HTML code in <code>text</code> and your CSS in <css>test</css>.

Each block of code is wrapped in a DIV with a CSS class of "VisualSyntax" so that you can customize the appearance of the code block. For example see the grey background on the code blocks shown below. Here is the CSS I am using:

.VisualSyntax {
    background-color: #F9F9F9;
    border: 1px solid #F0F0F0;
    font-family: "Courier New",Courier,mono;
    font-size: 12px;
    line-height: 1.5em;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: auto;
    padding: 5px 5px 0;
    white-space: nowrap;
    width: 98%;
}

Output Examples

PHP Example:

<?php
    //output "Hello.World" to the browser
    $text = "Hello.World";
    echo $text;
?>

HTML Example:

<p><img src="/images/wordpress.png"></p>
<p>This is an example of 
   <a href="/weblog/visual.syntax/">Visual.Syntax</a> 
   highlighting HTML.</p>

CSS Example:

@import "stylesheet.css";

body {
    margin: 0px;
    padding: 0px;
}

a {
    color: #0000FF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

Support / Feedback

I welcome any comments, feedback, suggestions, or bug reports. Please either use my Contact Form or leave a comment.

ChangeLog

2006-01-30 - Fixed problem with smart quotes. Now version 2.01.
2006-01-30 - Released version 2.0 to WordPress Users.
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