Site Updates
Posted on July 26th, 2006
Written by Richard
Posted in: N/A (old archives)
[EDIT: Please go to my software page for the newest version of this plugin]
I wrote my first WordPress Plugin today! It adds a table to the bottom of every post that talks about a stock, with links to their Yahoo, Google, and StockTickr pages. So, for instance, since this post mentions International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), you should see a table at the bottom with IBM in it. It keys off that parenthetical expression.
Other updates are on the left sidebar… I put a recent comments section, and my StockTickr feed. Also, I think the site renders decently on all common browsers, now. I know there are a few cosmetic glitches if the window is too small, but it’s completely readable now as far as I know. Please let me know if you are having any problems.
If you want to use the plugin, you can download it from this location. Just put it in your wp-content/plugins folder, and activate the plugin. Whenever you mention a stock like so: (Exchange: SYMBOL) in your post for NYSE or Nasdaq, it knows to create links. If you don’t like that format for your posts… you can always put an html comment in the post like <!- – (NYSE: CSX) (Nasdaq: SUNW) – ->, so that part won’t be visible, but the table will still get generated.
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