Suggestions for Hacks, Ad-Ons or Improvements?

Mark,
What about a way of clicking on a specific article and it takes you directly to your POST/EDIT tools and that article is already sitting there, ready for you to make the changes? How about something similar for comments, too? Even a Delete Comment button that will kill a comment without loading up the interface.
Craig.

NM,
You want to be able to edit an article/comment by click on it on the main index.php page? What if a visitor clicks on the article? I am not clear on what you are looking for.

lets make it like yahoo. when u visit ur blog, it checks if its u already logged in (using a cookie ofcourse) and adds the edit/delete fields in the blog itself.
perhaps he is talking abt that…

Sorry for the confusion…
I think that Sushubh is on the right track. I was surprised to see the LOGIN on the default template. I wonder how practical a DIV that will only appear when authors/admin show up would be. Is it even possible?

Many of the hacks listed above have been finished. Please visit https://dinki.mine.nu/word/index.php?p=73&more=1&c=1 for a more complete list/links and to add some more.

Just thought of another one: what about a breadcrumb or reverse link builder, so that when you go to a category page, there is a link back to the main index page, and for those whose comments get appended to the post, how about a link back to the index page so that you don’t have to use the back button.
Not having an easy way to navigate BACKWARDS in WP is a pain, and it may detract from your desire to make your site as accessible as possible.
Craig.

The title of the blog should be a link back to the homepage in the default template.

@allusion,
Of course you are correct, Matt, but what about if you want them to go back to a category-specific page? Also, many people who aren’t familiar with WP may not even think to hover their mouse over the blog title. It’s kind of a “mystery meat” navigation system like that. ??
Craig.
PS: Is Santa gonna bring us V1.0 or will it be a New Year present? ??

NM, already worked on. Look at https://dinki.mine.nu/word/index.php?p=12&more=1&c=1
This method creates a new text file for every visitor, which is a pain, is slow and cumbersome. If there is enough interest, I can make it write a cookie on the visitor’s computer.

I didn’t think I had anything to add, but I did come up with another idea I’d like to see.
I know WP has the ability to ping Weblog.com to indicate an updated website. But, does anyone know of a way to use the feed from weblog.com to mark updated sites within my links? For instance, if NuclerMoose updates his site, I’d like the link on my site to display something (config’d by me) to let me know the site has updated. Much like how Blogroll works. I doubt it’s something that could be done for the upcoming 1.0 release, but maybe the next one?
OR am I asking too much?
TG

I got the Blog This! link working for IE:
javascript:void(linkmanpopup=window.open(‘https://www.onlinebusinessnetworking.com/blog/wp-admin/b2blogit.php?action=popup&linkurl=’+escape(location.href)+’&name=’+escape(document.title),’_blank’,’scrollbars=yes,width=750,height=550,left=15,top=15,status=yes,resizable=yes’));linkmanpopup.focus();window.focus();linkmanpopup.focus();

TechGnome…the linkManager inside WP already does the updated sites thing. Look though the install instructions and then your Link Manager options in the admin side. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me. It does take a few minutes to work right after you set it up.
For people looking through this for the finished hacks, here is the list so far…
<del>1) Blog This </del>– Done – look at this post on TechGnome
<del>2) Link This</del> – Done – Look at this link in WP Forums
<del>3) b2stats</del> – Done – Look at this post WP forums
4) LJUpdate – Not done yet, will look into it ??
<del>5) Threaded Comments</del> – Done – Look at this link
<del>6) Clickable smilies on the user posting page </del>– Done – Look at this post on the WP forums. I would be interested to know if this works on Opera.
<del>7) Send/print this page hacks</del> – “Send this page” has been worked on . Printing is taken care of through the print CSS. So I consider this done. Please correct me or add more stuff to this.
<del>8) Auto convert friends names to links </del>– Done – Look at this file for the hack.
<del>9) Restructure wordpress so that the index.php installs in the root and the wordpress files run in a subfolder </del>– I think this would be an intrusive hack and would take away from the work of the core developers. I understand that a lot of people want this implemented, but I am going to pass on this one. If anyone else wants to jump in, please do so.
<del>10) Sticky post </del>– Done – look at this link
11) Multiple Blogs – Need more on this
<del>12) Style switcher </del>– done in many ways, with good explanations – Look at this post on WP Forums

LL – oddly, there is nothing in the install (at least none that I could find) on this. I did however (while searchign for something else) did come across the instructions Mike had written up in this thread: right here…. time will tell if it actually works or not….
Seeing as how it’s the holiday’s it could be a week or so b4 I know for sure it’s working.
TG

Um… where does one get a copy of b2stats.php? NM, your link to “<del>3) b2stats</del> – Done – Look at this post WP forums” just points back to this thread (???)
TG

Not sure if any of this has been mentioned already (I’m in a hurry to leave the house during the wee hours to shoot some pictures), but….here goes my wish list for WP:
1. At the end of each post there is an option for anybody to email a post to a friend
2. At the end of each post there is a printer icon that takes them to a print friendly page (to print the post in a friendlier format)
3. Photo gallery capabilities/integration or improved ability to post photos quickly/easily within an article
4. Polls/surveys
5. Ability to have links automatically listed in their own separate categories and alphabetically instead of bunched all together
6. Better visibility for the trackback URL (now that I have comments in popups, the URL is not there..)
7. Better documentation (I realize this might already be in the works)
That’s about it for now.