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EduPress is dead! Long live, er… Wordpress and plugins

Posted By Doug Belshaw On 21st August 2006 @ 19:16 In EduPress | Comments Disabled

WARNING! This website is no longer actively maintained. It is an archive of 2 years work by Doug Belshaw who now blogs at [1] dougbelshaw.com... [2] EduPress

With the faffing I’ve had to do with the latest [3] Wordpress upgrade it’s brought home to me just how much I don’t need to be wasting time with things that are of marginal utility/value. Granted, creating [4] EduPress was a welcome diversion at the time, but now it’s a bit of an albatross. So here endeth the EduPress project. At the end of the day it was merely a customised version of Wordpress, so it’s easy to replicate given the right tools. Read on to download some things from the EduPress project which may be of value to your blog… :D

First of all, I created some guides to installing, configuring, creating content, setting advanced options, and podcasting with EduPress which are, of course, transferable to Wordpress installations. They are below for your downloading pleasure:

EduPress used K2 as a theme and I created a few headers which reflected various subjects which could be easily changed through the random header plugin. I’ve zipped them up and there available for download here:

A fair few plugins were included as standard to make EduPress attractive and useful to educators. Here’s the full list:

  • [10] Adhesive - allows easy marking of 'sticky' posts.
  • [11] Admin Drop Down Menu - replaces admin menu and submenu with a 2 level horizontal CSS dropdown menu bar.
  • [12] Admin Menu - adds a convenient admin menu to the top of your blog (when logged-in).
  • [13] Angsuman's Authenticated Wordpress Plugin - this plugin allows you to make your site accessible to logged in users only: in other words to view your site they have to create / have an account in your site and be logged in.
  • [14] Audio Player - highly configurable embedded mp3 player.
  • [15] Autohyperlink - automatically turns text into hyperlinks.
  • [16] Brian's Latest Comments - shows the latest comments that have been made in the sidebar.
  • [17] Dunstan's Time Since - tells the time between the entry being posted and the comment being made.
  • [18] EditorMonkey - turns the normal text input area into a WYSIWYG editor - also integrates spell checking into the editor interface.
  • [19] EmailShroud - allows you to display your email address without it being 'harvested' for spamming purposes.
  • [20] Extended Live Archives - provides an easy-to-use way to find past posts.
  • [21] External Links - shows whether a link is an 'internal' or an 'external' link (i.e. whether the link is to another website or not).
  • [22] Filosofo Old-Style Upload - allows the uploading of any type of file through the EduPress admin interface.
  • [23] Lazyest Gallery - easy gallery management plugin.
  • [24] PodPress - makes podcasting a straightforward and easy process.
  • [25] Random Header - this plugin allows you to add a random header image to your blog.
  • [26] Spam Karma 2 - ultimate comment spam killer.
  • [27] Tiger Style Administration - changes the look of the admin area for the better.
  • [28] Wordpress Database Backup - on-demand backup of your Wordpress/EduPress database.
  • [29] Wordpress Mobile Edition - redirects mobile devices to a mobile friendly interface.
  • [30] WP-ContactForm - drop-in form for users to contact you - can be implemented on a page or a post.
  • [31] WP-Print - adds a link to each post to a printer-friendly version.
  • [32] X-Dashboard - allows you to customize your dashboard.

The EduPress site and [33] forum will remain up until 1 September 2006 at which time it will be deleted. If anyone wants to continue the project or just use the name, feel free to contact me. I’ve got the domain name edupress.org if anyone’s interested… :p

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#1 Comment By Miguel Guhlin On 22nd August 2006 @ 02:31

Howdy! So, are you recommending these WordPress plug-ins as great to have for education blogs?

Miguel

#2 Comment By Doug Belshaw On 22nd August 2006 @ 09:27

Hi Miguel - yes, these plugins provide a good base for a education-related blog, I would say! :D

#3 Comment By Mario On 24th August 2006 @ 11:07

Doug;

I knew about edupress when you decide to stop working in the project. I did the instlation and like it very much the implementation of plugins and themes. I think it is very useful for someone who is new to wordpress and I want to use some powerful plugins. Your tutorials are excellent.

One question: Any hint about how to implement a similar project? Any tutorias on how to do it?

Thanks for your efforts.

#4 Comment By Dave Stacey On 31st August 2006 @ 22:28

Sorry to hear about all the problems Doug, but just to say thanks for all the effort you put into Edupress. Speaking personally, it gave me the confidence (and support) to really get stuck into WordPress and set things up how I wanted them.

Cheers,

Dave

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[5] Installation & Configuration: http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php?dl=edupress_installation_configuration
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[6] Creating Content: http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php?dl=edupress_creating_content.pdf
[7] Advanced Options: http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php?dl=edupress_advanced.pdf
[8] Podcasting: http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php?dl=edupress_podcasting.pdf
[9] K2 Headers: http://teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk/index.php?dl=k2headers.zip
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[17] Dunstan's Time Since: http://binarybonsai.com/wordpress/timesince
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[19] EmailShroud: http://www.somethinkodd.com/emailshroud/
[20] Extended Live Archives: http://www.sonsofskadi.net/extended-live-archive/
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[23] Lazyest Gallery: http://lazyest.keytwo.net/
[24] PodPress: http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/
[25] Random Header: http://www.martinet.nl/wp-site/random-header-plugin
[26] Spam Karma 2: http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
[27] Tiger Style Administration: http://orderedlist.com/wordpress-plugins/wp-tiger-administration/
[28] Wordpress Database Backup: http://www.skippy.net/blog/plugins/
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