Make your blog easy to read for Mobile Phone

Alex King’s plugin, Wordpress Mobile Edition is a PDA / Mobile Phone friendly interface for blog.
This plugin detect mobile browsers and change your blog ‘presentation’ to mobile friendly. Drop plugin files in plugins and themes directory, and activate plugin like others.

Nineteen Labs use this plugin and working very well in Nokia Browser and Opera Mini
We can read latest post, recent post, pages, and give a comment. But we can’t write any post (no access to blog admin). With this friendly interface, your blog load fast in mobile phone (save time and kilobytes)

Here is screenshots in Nokia Browser and Opera Mini (with Wordpress Mobile Edition)

Here in screenshots in Opera Mini (without Wordpress Mobile Edition)

WordPress 2.3 : a little note on Upgrade Process

This is easy upgrade process like previous versions.
But there are problems, this sign � shows up in blog posts.
Here is a way to fix it (same as search and replace contents in WordPress) :
1. Backup a WordPress database. You can use phpmyadmin or mysql console.
Using mysql console :

• mysqldump :
  mysqldump -u [username] -p [databasename] > [mysqlfile_name]
  example :
  mysqldump -u try -p nineteenlabs > /tmp/kate/backupfile01.sql
  output :
  Enter password : [type your password]

Using phpmyadmin :

• Choose Database
• Choose Export tab
• Options : Export SQL, Structure Add DROP TABLE / DROP VIEW, check Save as File and push Go button

2. Now, search and replace contents. This time i’ll do it in phpmyadmin, because this sign isn’t recognized in a console, �

• Choose Database
• Choose table wp_posts (click wp_posts in left bar)
• Choose SQL tabs
• Type this inside Run SQL query/queries on database box :
  UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (post_content,'�',' ')
  note : without delimiter ; its already fill by phpmyadmin in below box
• Push GO button. DONE!

SEARCH AND REPLACE THROUGH MYSQL CONSOLE WORKS IF ITEMS TO REPLACE IS EASY TO READ BY CONSOLE.

Using mysql console

• log in to mysql console
  mysql -u [username] -p
  Enter password : [type your password]
  Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
  Your MySQL connection id is xxx to server version: x.x.x��

  Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer.

  mysql>use [database_name]
  mysql>(You want to make sure wp_posts table) show tables;
  mysql>+----------------------------+
| Tables_in_wordpress |
+----------------------------+
| wp_comments |
| wp_falbum_cache |
| wp_links |
| wp_liveshoutbox |
| wp_liveshoutbox_useronline |
| wp_options |
| wp_podpress_statcounts |
| wp_podpress_stats |
| wp_postmeta |
| wp_posts |
| wp_term_relationships |
| wp_term_taxonomy |
| wp_terms |
| wp_usermeta |
| wp_useronline |
| wp_users |
+----------------------------+
16 rows in set (0.00 sec)
  mysql > UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (post_content,'Item to replace','Replacement text');
  mysql > exit

Wordpress Plugins from Automattic

I visited wordpress.com page about Posting Source Code, there’s a link to Automattic Projects.
I scroll down and there are plugins from Automattic.
Here is some great plugins to install in your wordpress:

• Wordpress.com Stats: stats with no additional load on your server by plugging into WordPress.com’s stat system.
• Sidebar Widgets : arrange widgets on your sidebar. A latest wordpress already include this feature
• Random Redirect : create a link to yourblog.example.com/?random which will redirect someone to a random post on your blog, in a StumbleUpon-like fashion.
• Admin IP Watcher : monitors when someone logs in with a new IP and emails you.
• No Self Ping : keeps your site from pinging itself
• Draft Notifier : sends a notification email to your blog�s admin address when a post is written by a Contributor or when such a post is edited.
• Search Hilite : when someone is referred from a search engine like Google, Yahoo, or WordPress� own, the terms they search for are highlighted with this plugin

Plugins description taken from Automattic Projects Page

Wordpress Jobs

Weblog Tools Collection announce the beta version of Wordpress Jobs, a primary location for employers looking for professional Wordpress help and for Wordpress professionals to find, apply for and obtain jobs in WordPress.

Job categories : Design Positions, Programmer Positions, Blogger Positions, and General Positions. While in beta, the service will be free.

Pownce, Twitter in Wordpress

I am using pownce and twitter as nanoblogs. I installed Twitter Plugin yesterday, in one of my page.
I read that pownce can be bridge in to Twitter using twitterfeed from one of pownce public notes. So i give it a try, by feeding a blog url, then bridge pownce into twitter using twitterfeed. I look into page where I put twitter plugin, we can see posts from pownce, twitter and the blog.