Technology Blog.ClassroomTeacher.ca

• Deactivated WPMU plugin because it interferes with user profile page – couldn't edit student passwords today. http://bit.ly/aepQZg #
• Ajax Edit Comments WordPress plugin lets students spell check their comments before submitting. http://bit.ly/aRUReN #
• After the Deadline (http://bit.ly/QGVVj) only spell checks as you type. Ajax Edit Comments adds a spell check button http://bit.ly/aRUReN #
• Looking for a way to modify the RSS feed from wordpress. #
• Function to exclude categories from wordpress feed http://www.kriesi.at/archives/how-to-modify-your-wordpress-rss-feed #
• How to customize the RSS template in wordpress: http://codex.wordpress.org/Customizing_Feeds #
• Custom RSS template pages for wordpress: http://yoast.com/custom-rss-feeds-wordpress/ #
• More tips to create a custom field template in wordpress: http://www.seodenver.com/custom-rss-feed-in-wordpress/ #
• sitewide recent comments: http://www.themeswiki.org/Customizing_site_using_WordPress_MU_2.8#Sitewide_recent_comments #
• Showing comment count: http://wpengineer.com/show-amount-of-posts-pages-categories-tags-comments-for-wordpress-themes/ #
• Useful tool to track down functions and code in WordPress + other CMS: http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/ #

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