Minimum Word Count WordPress Plugin
Today we are proud to announce our latest WordPress plugin: Minimum Word Count. With this plugin, administrators of a WordPress site can require new posts to contain a minimum number of words before the post can be published. This minimum is configurable through the WordPress administration control panel. The plugin adds a few key features to WordPress: Require a minimum word count to publish a post Option to allow administrators to publish below the minimum Adds a Word Count column to post listing pages Changes ‘Word Count’ to ‘Live Word Count’ on post edit pages Why is word count...
Read MorejQuery 1.8 Released
jQuery, the omnipresent Javascript library used by millions of websites, has released its latest version 1.8 Final bringing with it smaller code, faster performance, and lots of bug fixes. While we can’t guarantee that all 3rd party plug-ins will work, it our quick tests we had zero issues when upgrading from jQuery 1.7.2. Among the top reasons to update is a rewrite to jQuery’s selector engine called Sizzle. Its faster and more cross-browser compatible than ever. While most modern browsers support querySelectorAll, not all do and most have their own quirks. jQuery 1.8 takes care of...
Read MoreApple removes battery life time indicator from menu bar
OSX Mountain Lion has removed the ability to display the battery’s time remaining to either discharge, or charge. A minor feature to some, but to professionals working on a Macbook, this can prove invaluable. Having 20% battery life remaining does not mean much. What is really needed is the remaining time one can work until that mad dash for a power outlet. OSX ML users now only have two choices: Display the percentage remaining in the menu bar Click the battery icon and view the time remaining in the drop down menu This could be another move by Apple to unify OSX and iOS. On an...
Read MoreDropbox confirms security issue
A couple weeks ago, Dropbox started receiving emails from some of their users about spam being receiving at email addresses only used for Dropbox. Yesterday Dropbox announced it had confirmed a recent security issue with its service. After an internal investigation it was found that username and passwords stolen from other sites were the culprit. Furthermore, a stolen password was also used to access the account of a Dropbox employee containing a project document with user email addresses. They believe this improper access is what led to the spam. Dropbox has publicly apologized about this,...
Read MoreMirroring in Mountain Lion limited to Mid-2011 MacBooks and newer
Apple in their infinite greed has limited Mirroring, a key feature in their new OS X Mountain Lion update, to MacBook models made in mid 2011 or later. We see no practical reason for this other than to entice owners of older models to upgrade their hardware. The team here at ClearCode Software currently use an application called AirParrot which provides this feature on all MacBook models, regardless of manufacture date. This proves the hardware on older MacBooks is fully capable of such a feature. AirParrot is a fine solution, one that has met our needs consistently. However, we were hoping...
Read MoreOS X Mountain Lion released today
Apple has released its latest version of OS X: Mountain Lion. Among its many new features is a tighter integration with iCloud, which keeps your mail, calendars, contacts, reminders, documents, notes, and more up to date wherever you use them. Simply sign in with your Apple ID and iCloud automatically sets up your apps to us it. Hundreds of features have been added or updated, including: Reminders Notes Messages Notification Center Power Nap Dictation Sharing Facebook Twitter AirPlay Game Center Gatekeeper Safari … and 200 other features. One item we here at ClearCode Software are...
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