This is just a quick post to give props to Neil Simon, the author of the wonderful DandyID Services WordPress plugin that you can catch a glimpse of in my sidebar in the “message center’ section.
I was having issues with the plugin widget tearing apart my bottom sidebars and couldn’t figure out the proper php snippet to pull it into my normal sidebar.
Normally when a plugin doesn’t work or breaks something in this manner I chuck it because it’s been my experience in the past that plugin authors ignore their users email questions, but I liked this plugin and wanted to use it on comotized, so I took a chance.
Low and behold good ole’ Neil responded, a response I wasn’t used to so I was utterly ecstatic.
After passing emails back and forth he finally got the plugin working for me. Not a huge gesture in some books but due to my past experiences it’s a big one for me.
If you run a WordPress blog and are a member of multiple social sites like last.fm, plurk, twitter, flickr, myspace and the like you should definitely check this plugin out. It works wonderfully and the author kicks ass, what’s not to like?
Again, kudos to Neil Simon and many thanks to him for working with me. I appreciate it a great deal!
Edit: the php snippet for the DandyID Services plugin is below:
< ?php dandyIDServices_buildTable(); ?>
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I know I love the idea, but I hate widget & don’t use them. He doesn’t have any other way to use the plugin. That is my only problem.
Comment by Hev blog.tigerwhispers.com on January 6th, 2009 @ 7:05 pm
Hev — If you don’t want to use a plugin, DandyID’s site has a variety of widgets you can include in your blog with one line of Javascript as provided. Login to your DandyID account and access them here: http://www.dandyid.org/beta/getpublicserviceswidget
Comment by Sara dandyid.org on January 9th, 2009 @ 12:50 pm
Hi Melissa.
Thank you for the nice comments! It was my pleasure to help.
Your initial email to me asking for help has ultimately resulted in improving the plugin for others that needed this “snippet”. Several bloggers have expressed their appreciation of this. So a GREAT BIG THANKS to you!
If you have more suggestions, comments for improvement, etc, just let me know. Thanks!
Best, Neil
Comment by Neil Simon solidcode.com on January 9th, 2009 @ 1:05 pm
On behalf of the entire DandyID team, I would like to completely agree with you… Neil “Kicks Ass”
Comment by Arron Kallenberg dandyid.org on January 9th, 2009 @ 1:15 pm