Hisham Sadek » Wordpress http://ihisham.com Blogging from The Desert Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:58:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Mission Accomplished http://ihisham.com/2010/03/mission-accomplished/ http://ihisham.com/2010/03/mission-accomplished/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:43:03 +0000 Hisham Sadek http://ihisham.com/?p=71 I really enjoyed Trying the New WordPress 3 that contains some lovely new features –You Can Find More About it in (Arabic) or (English) — . And I made up my mind to use it and create a new template built with HTML5 & CSS3 . It’s a  good experience to try using the new elements of HTML5 and ignore how it will look like in IE6 ( Sorry IE6 Users But You have to Upgrade Your Browser ) . You may think It’s easy when you see the new elements but when you try using them It will be different & You may take sometime to get used to them . You can Fine Many Resources Online about How to use HTML5 to create an Interface for your website or blog . HTML5 is already working Fine on Firefox, Chrome & Safari I think ? I can’t use Safari on my Inspiron & Don’t know why ! Another Issue I had to solve was moving the comments From IntenseDebate Which I used as the comments system on Blogger Blog & Wanted to switch to Disqus . It took me sometime to edit the xml exported file and then importing comments back on Disqus . I believe there still some issues regarding changing the DNS but It takes too long to be working everywhere . I get some errors from services like Feedburner (Bad hostname) UGH!]]> http://ihisham.com/2010/03/mission-accomplished/feed/ 5 Blogger is getting much better .. Adding Jump Breaks http://ihisham.com/2009/09/blogger-is-getting-much-better-adding-jump-breaks/ http://ihisham.com/2009/09/blogger-is-getting-much-better-adding-jump-breaks/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:47:00 +0000 Hisham Sadek http://74.81.175.221/~ihisham/?p=24

Blogger announced yesterday that they have a new feature which I really wanted it to be on Blogger . The Read More/ Post Summaries Feature or what Blogger Buzz it “Jump Breaks” which allows you now to have a summary for your post and a “Read More” Link below Summary .

That’s a live Example :D
This feature is already exists in other Content management systems like WordPress or Joomla and finally Blogger has enabled this feature in its new editor which can be enabled through Settings or by just using Blogger in Draft .

If your template is not ready for the new feature you can do it by a simple step :

Step 1 : Go to Layout > Edit HTML and Check Expand All Widgets box

Step 2 : Search for the following code :


<data:post.body/>

Step 3 : Add the following code below :

<b:if cond='data:post.hasJumpLink'>
<div class='jump-link'>
<a expr:href='data:post.url + "#more"'><data:post.jumpText/></a>
</div>
</b:if>

If you have used the old way of editing HTML Template, Remove what you edit and do the steps below again.

You can also change what the Read More sentence by going to Layout > Page Elements (Default Tab) > and Find the Blog Posts area then Click Edit.]]> http://ihisham.com/2009/09/blogger-is-getting-much-better-adding-jump-breaks/feed/ 0 WordCamp Egypt 2009 – Great Start http://ihisham.com/2009/03/wordcamp-egypt-2009-great-start/ http://ihisham.com/2009/03/wordcamp-egypt-2009-great-start/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:17:00 +0000 Hisham Sadek http://74.81.175.221/~ihisham/?p=8
So I’ve been there today for WordCamp Egypt 2009 . It’s the first WordCamp Ever in Middle East, and also in Egypt ..


The WordCamp Started at 10.30 AM with the Keynote from Jane Wells, Interface Designer at Automattic . She Started with talking about Automattic and Projects like WordPress.com, WordPress.tv, Polldaddy, IntenseDebate and talking about Features provided in Version 2.7.

There were some nice notes from Jane About Updates Coming Up For WordPress in 2.8 which will be available almost in Mid April, and What They plan to do in 2009 . The Most Important Coming Features Will Be Developing The Media Tools in WordPress From The Beginning and Offering New Services with Videos, Slideshows .

They will be working also for more developing for the Javascript Library Used In WordPress now to be more faster than now .

And There’s gonna be New Default Themes with WordPress =) which will provide more Features to Users =) .

I’ve asked Jane About If There will be a plan to make some kind of light version for WordPress to make it easier for beginners to use wordpress Simply . She said that They are actually working on a plugin that will turn The Dashboard Look to be more simple for beginners If they want to use it .

I’ve asked her too about Any plans for mobile edition after they released WordPress For iPhone . She said that They are actually looking for developers to start working on Mobile Edition that will be working with other Mobile Systems =) ..

The Rest of WordCamp Agenda was about Sessions About WordPress From Beginners to Pros . Started With Talking about the WordPress Environment and some basics about Servers, PHP and How Blogging goes From Posts to Comments …etc ..

2nd Session was talking about Top 10 WordPress Plugins Every blog must use such as All-in-one SEO Pack, Google XML Sitempas, Wp UsersOnline ..

3rd Session After Coffee Break was about How to Create Your First Plugin and It was talking about the environment of WordPress Plugins and How to Create a Simple Plugin .

4th Session & Final one was about Themes Environment and creating a theme and what does template files contain .

It was an interesting day at last, I think Many Of people came learned so much of new stuff there today.

Unfortunately, Couldn’t take photos or videos but will updating post when it’s available =)

The Final Word was so nice that It’s not bad It could be in Egypt for the First Time in Middle East and People should keep moving on and do it in other Arab countries . Speak Up =)

Thanks to Amr Ibrahim (www.amrspace.com) for the photo . You can find Videos on Youtube (Search For “WordCamp Egypt”)
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