Scrippets 1.0
There’s now an official Scrippets plug-in for WordPress, available here.
It’s been working well in the test sites we’ve seeded it to, but if any issues come up in its wider release, plug-in creator Nima Yousefi will be able to send out one-click upgrades. 1 So if you’re running a WordPress blog, by all means check it out.
There’s also now an official site at Scrippets.org, with forums for reporting bugs and tracking progress on other incarnations of Scrippets. Nima’s already whipped up a plug-in for bbPress, and Matt2000 has a version for Drupal in development. If you’re a coder with experience in one of the other blogging/forum platforms, consider this your call to adventure.2
This site uses a Live Comment Preview plug-in that has been hacked to approximate the final scrippet formatting. We’re checking with the original plug-in author to get his okay to distribute a scrippet-friendly version. A similar JavaScript-based solution may be the best option for sites like Blogger that don’t allow traditional plug-ins. Stay tuned.
- WP’s ability to keep plug-ins current is an underheralded godsend. ↩
- You’ll definitely want to check out Nima’s scrippetize function, which does all the text transmogrifications through arcane-but-universal regular expressions. ↩
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September 8th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Took me long enough. Wait… what?
Just to add, I’ve just posted a bit discussing how to use the scrippetize function on my blog (it’s pretty simple), and I’ll be over on scrippets.org to answer any questions you might have.
Have fun!
September 8th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Hey John, you could have redistributed the LCD plugin even without my permission. As long as you license Scrippets as GPL. Hopefully, I’ll have time to build in the hooks we talked about for your next release.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:35 am
This is fantastic, thanks for the work on this and for a great plugin!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:08 am
Screenwriter, director WordPress plugin designer. Wow John! Thanks for this. Very cool. I’ll give it a test on my site soon.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Of course, thanks to all involved in creating the plugin.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:09 am
@Brad –
We didn’t want to send a bastardized version of your plugin out into the wild without warning. (The plugin uses the GPL-compatible MIT Expat license. It’s on scrippetize.php, which is the engine of the thing.)
September 9th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Thanks a lot! You made this a brighter day ;)
September 9th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
From what I have been able to find out, you cannot upload this plugin to WORDPRESS.COM only WORDPRESS.ORG.
Is there/will there ever be a version to use with WORDPRESS.COM?
Thanks for your time,
September 10th, 2008 at 8:32 am
I’ve been trying to break into computer programming for thirty years and this Scrippets thing really pisses me off. It’s like, as soon as the technology is available to everyone, anyone with a computer thinks they can just like, program or something. They don’t understand that only the people working on the best selling software products can do this right. And it’s impossible to even talk to the people who run those companies. It’s not like you can walk up to Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or Paul Allen and say “Hey, I’ve got a great idea for a software product.” You have to create a stellar software product that everyone will want. It better be well documented and not have any defects in it before you can even talk to a low level marketing person at one of those companies. And most of the software out there is crap. It’s just, like, so unfair.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Mike,
Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem that WordPress.com will allow 3rd party plugins like Scrippets. It’s possible that Automattic (the company that runs WP.com) might be convinced to incorporate Scrippets into WP.com on their end. We’ll see what happens.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
@Mike:
What Nima said. Unfortunately, WordPress.com (the hosted site) and similar services like Blogger and TypePad don’t allow third-party plug-ins such as Scrippets. That’s not to say it’s completely impossible. There may be a way to sneak in some JavaScript to do it, but it won’t be as elegant.
@Mark Martino:
Huh? What is pissing you off about Scrippets, exactly? It seems like you have beef with the software industry in general.
September 10th, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Hi,
thanks to all involved in the development of the plugin. I have it installed in my own site and it’s working wonderfully in Portuguese. Thanks
João Nunes
September 10th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Mark,
You stated: And it’s impossible to even talk to the people who run those companies. It’s not like you can walk up to Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, or Paul Allen and say “Hey, I’ve got a great idea for a software product.” You have to create a stellar software product that everyone will want. It better be well documented and not have any defects in it before you can even talk to a low level marketing person at one of those companies.
Sounds a bit like screenwriting ;-)
Regards,
September 11th, 2008 at 9:26 am
That’s because it was supposed to sound like screenwriting. The point is that you can make a living in either industry but it’s hard to get famous and make a lot of money in either one. Fame may play a bigger role in the movie industry but maybe not as much as some people think. And, there are independent software and game companies just like there are independent movie companies. Most businesses in any industry don’t make a lot of money. In fact, most businesses barely survive from quarter to quarter. The movie industry is no different but because it is often more visible people seem to think it’s a particularly difficult industry.