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Filed under: Asides | Tags: Automattic (16), Design (5), Plugin (2), noel jackson | December 20th, 2008
Art Direction Plugin
WordPress “Art Direction” Plugin, from Automattician Noel Jackson. Basically allows you to do what Jason Santa Maria does for his blog without all the custom code and template hacking, just a simple plugin. ¶
Matt Mullenweg is one of PC World’s Top 50 People on the Web, Inc.com’s 30 under 30, and Business Week’s 25 Most Influential People on the Web. 
Jane Quigley | December 20th, 2008 @ 5:43 pm |
Isn’t it JASON Santa Maria?
Matt | December 21st, 2008 @ 1:59 am |
Whoops, thanks everyone for the correction. Joe Santa Maria was actually one of my best friends growing up in Houston. Since I’m home for the holidays I must have had him on my mind. Sorry Jason!
Eric Meyer | December 20th, 2008 @ 6:07 pm |
Um, Jason Santa Maria.
Lisa | December 20th, 2008 @ 10:17 pm |
Fantastic – looking forward to playing with it
And it’s Jason…not Joe. :p
Matt Wiebe | December 20th, 2008 @ 10:30 pm |
Sorry to be “that guy,” but it’s not Joe, but rather Jason Santa Maria.
Otherwise, thanks for pointing me towards this plugin. Looks useful!
demetris | December 21st, 2008 @ 12:09 am |
If I get it right, this was already possible with HeadSpace2, which, among other things, allows you to load JavaScript and CSS files, and also insert raw code into the HEAD, per post, page, category, etc.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/headspace2/
http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/headspace2/
Is that what Art Direction does?
Greg Huntoon | December 21st, 2008 @ 9:11 am |
I’m tellin’ you Matt, you’ve got a champ on your hands. This guy is a bit of a beast. I’ve read through his blog… damn. This seems to be just the latest of successes. Thanks for the heads up!
Jason Santa Maria | December 21st, 2008 @ 2:04 pm |
My dad’s name is Joe!
“without all the custom code and template hacking”
I actually don’t do any custom code or hacking, this plugin pretty much works the same way I do my site, by allowing some code to be dropped into entries as needed.
(And this plugin is a great idea, BTW)
roj | December 21st, 2008 @ 5:34 pm |
I started writing a plugin in response to both Jason and Mike Davidson which took a cut-off date to feed a differing template page. Only got a basic 1 date version running so far but plan to make it variable dates once work calms down again. You can download it here if you want to have a look at the process. At a quick glance this plugin offers per-post customisation where as mine is more bulk.
Joe Santa Maria | December 24th, 2008 @ 8:59 pm |
My name is Joe Santa Maria. Jason is not my son and I have never been to Houston but this plugin looks top. Cheers…