Comments on: WordPress Plugin Review – Sexy Bookmarks

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:21:07 +0000

Oh wow… I guess even a little crumb dropped on the floor from the NY Times is a pretty big deal! haha

They didn’t even mention the plugin’ s name, but I’ve already seen a flux in traffic spawning from the keyword search “sharing is sexy”!

Thanks for pointing that out!

Oh, and I released an update today that should have fixed the issue.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:40:39 +0000

I’m following you now!

Just completed the steps and passed along to a few friends. Thanks for the details.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:38:55 +0000

Josh, don’t beat yourself up on the branding. Matt Mullenweg himself admits a lesson learned when they did the whole .COM and .ORG thing for WordPress which created a bunch of confusion. After today’s NYTimes article, you’ve got confirmation that a little edginess in the name is good for you.

No problem on the review. Love to reward good work. I write twice as much when I’m pissed off about something! LOL

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:08:00 +0000

Hmm, looks like Twitter won’t let me send you a DM in reply because you’re not currently following me… At any rate, here’s more information about the bug…

You seem to be using the default URL shortener (http://e7t.us) which I run personally. The problem with this is that I just recently attempted an upgrade of the DB and royally fudged things up.

In fact, the issues are so severe, that I won’t be reactivating it. I originally intended to release an update to SexyBookmarks immediately upon discovering what I had done, but I am in the process of adding a very complex new feature that isn’t finished yet. So, if I were to release an update, I would be causing EVEN MORE problems than the amount of people who are still using e7t.us to shorten their Twitter URLs.

You can fix this issue by doing the following:

1. Select a different service from the dropdown list in the SexyBookmarks settings page.
2. Select the “Clear all short URLs” option
3. Save your changes.

This will purge your database of any URLs that have been shortened with the faulty service and then allow them to be shortened again using the new service you picked.

Sorry for the mishap!

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:09:42 +0000

Wow… I have to say that is by far the most extensive and in-depth review the plugin has ever had! Most people generally tend to simply copy/paste a few lines from our about page or something similar…

Nevertheless, I certainly appreciate you taking the time to write a full post about our plugin and it’s features as well as tips on how to use it.

Also, regarding the porn thing… Yea, the name may not have been the wisest move I ever made… In fact, as you can see here: http://sexybookmarks.net/sexybookmarks-updates/sexybookmarks-moving-kinda-soon

I intend to get rid of that domain soon. I won’t be changing the name of the plugin, as it’s already been downloaded nearly 50,000 times and I don’t want to lose a userbase that large. However, we will be doing away with the domain which seems to actually lead quite a few people astray to the .com counterpart.

Thanks again!
Josh Jones