WordPress Calendar Plugin
There are some subtle visual changes that have occured on my blog. First, check out my new nifty calendar. 
I found this WordPress plugin at meyerweb.com. If any of you out there want to implement a plugin in your blog, first you need to download the plugin and then upload it to your server. Once it is in your server, go into your WordPress software and go to the “Plugins” tab and activate your plugin. However, once you activate a plugin, that does not necessarily mean that your job is done. You need to go back and make sure you followed all the plugin instructions. For example, for this calendar plugin, I had to change the code for the four functional reference tags. Please see <php mw_get_calendar(’daylength’, ‘nextSymbol’, ‘prevSymbol’, ‘currentSymbol’)?> from meyerweb.com. This means that I still need to customize the plugin for my site specifications. For example, I prefer Sunday to be represented at “S”, so I changed the ‘daylength’ to 1. I appreciate that even though there is a plugin to install, it is not “what you see is what you get”, but rather something that is still somewhat customizable for each user.
Some other changes include other small modifications in the side bar. The archives category has been eliminated as the archived posts can now be accessed via the calendar. Also, I changed the “blogroll” category to “links” instead. I want to include all links, blogs or otherwise, in one list for consolidation purposes. Finally, I had a “meta” category in my sidebar that I found to be unnecessary for the purposes of this site. I should clarify a bit. The archives and meta categories have not been technically eliminated in my code, however, comments have been added in the code so that those elements will be hidden from view. In order to add comments to your code, you add <!- - in the line before the code and - -> in the line after the code. Finally, I edited my CSS file to change the comments of this blog from being aligned as justified to left instead.
June 27th, 2006 at 4:12 pm
impressive. at this point, i am so behind you in my skills. at this rate you’ll be better than PJ in no time.
June 27th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Who says she isn’t already?
Great article. You really are learning so much and your blog is beginning to take shape. I can’t wait to see how it looks a month from now!
June 27th, 2006 at 8:12 pm
I think I need to find you guys some cheerleader costumes
Seriously, thanks for all the encouragement. I feel like a little kid who is learning to ride a bike and is very proud of the accomplishment, but forgets that really, someone is running behind them, holding onto the seat and keeping them from falling flat on their face! Every post is such a big event! Thanks again.
June 27th, 2006 at 9:18 pm
Oh man, I’m getting nauseous just envisioning myself in a cheerleader outfit. That is something no one should have to behold.
June 29th, 2006 at 9:58 am
[…] In my WordPress Calendar Plugin article, I noted that HTML comments can be added to code to either insert your own comments regarding code definitions or to signal browsers to skip sections of code without physically erasing the code from the file. I have also learned that this is also true for CSS comments. For example, /*this is a description of why this code is here*/ or /*browser please skip this section of code*/. I know for most of you out there, this is perhaps too elementary to even mention. However, for me, this is a little discovery. My books are not HTML & CSS for dummies, so the writers assume a basic knowledge of the subject. When I catch on to what is going on, a little cartoon-like lightbulb appears over my head as I am studying up. Hopefully this little tidbit will aid someone out there who is also learning from the ground up. […]
August 15th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
You might want to correct the links above…