Comments for Terry J. Barrett's UofS site

Comment on About by Payal

Payal — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:15:33 +0000

I personally love Wordle and wish I could use it with my stnteuds. Unfortunately, I have found that the site publishes everything that people make, and many of the Wordles I’ve found have words included that I do not want my stnteuds exposed to. I have taken their words and created a Wordle at home to bring in, but it’s just not the same. I’m hoping someone invents a website like Wordle that screens out the bad creations.

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by David Mancuso

David Mancuso — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:20:03 +0000

Social Media Widget: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-media-widget/

This plugin allows me to share nearly all the social media services i use such as Reddit and Pandora. Its good for keeping users up to date with what media I’m interesting in.

Live Chat Bot: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/acobot/

This feature allows users to ask the Chat bot questions about me or the site and receive live answers. This is nice because it lets people get instant feedback as well as find out more information about myself if they so choose.

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by Chris DelGardo

Chris DelGardo — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:59:35 +0000

Simple Music: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-music/
This plugin adds an mp3 player to your blog’s sidebar which I found interesting because as people blog on your site they can listen to their favorite music. It keeps them entertained while on your site.

Latest Posts by Author: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/latest-posts-by-author/
This plugin allows you to display an unordered list of links to a specific author’s latest posts (or a list of multiple authors). I found this helpful because if you like a certain author you can keep up with their posts.

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by Dan Zeleniak

Dan Zeleniak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:51:24 +0000

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/my-weather/

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by Dan Zeleniak

Dan Zeleniak — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:50:48 +0000

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/earth-observatory-iotd-widget/

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by KC Hawkes

KC Hawkes — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:50:06 +0000

Oops I forgot the links.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/the-events-calendar/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/magic-zoom-for-wordpress/

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by KC Hawkes

KC Hawkes — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:49:23 +0000

One plugin I found interesting was called Magic Zoom. I thought this was cool to use because you can just hold your mouse over any of your pictures and it will automatically zoom in. I also liked The Events Calendar. It is a plugin that allows you to create and manage events. Also, a third party can add on to the calendar.

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by Ed O'Connell

Ed O'Connell — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:41:28 +0000

Two cool plugins that I found were the imdb widget and the dictionary widget. I think these are two cool sites that can be very useful. I tend to talk about movies and shows a good amount, so having the imdb reference link may help my viewers and followers know who and what I am talking about. Also having the dictionary widget will help bloggers spell things correctly, something I am sure we all have to double check.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/imdb-link-transformer/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/xili-dictionary/

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by Dan Zeleniak

Dan Zeleniak — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:49:35 +0000

The two i picked were MyWeather and a daily photo of a NASA observatory telescope. i picked the weather one because i check the weather constantly so i figured it would be a good thing to have on my site. i also am a big fan of NASA and thats why i picked the other one.

Comment on Class Assignment (due 4/23) – WordPress Plugins by Alexis Sutherland

Alexis Sutherland — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:38:04 +0000

I found TubePress to be useful plugin because I always find myself on YouTube. The plugin allows you to post your favorite videos or playlists easily to your website.
TubePress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tubepress/

The Social Login plugin allows visitors to comment, login, and resister with social media sites like, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, etc. In a social media age, connecting through different mediums is extremely important and extremely useful. The TubePress and Social Login plugins seems to be easily understood for someone like myself who understands little about website design and set up.
Social Login Plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/oa-social-login/