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I finished the Login-box theme that copy the WordPress 2.5 appearance, as you can see the image above.

Click to get the new theme

Install it is very easy:

First, unpack the downloaded file and move the wp25 folder into login-box folder, which is in the WordPress plugins directory.

Now, open the login-box.php in a text-editor and change the line 11, replacing “wpclassic” to “wp25″.

(Should be like @define("LB_THEME", "wp25"); )

Remember: Login-box only opens when you are not logged in system, so logout before test it.

Let’s start this blog launching a WordPress plugin. It’s the first plugin that I write to be released publicly. Although very simple, it seemed very useful according to my informal tests of usability.

Well, the plugin is called Login-box and its function is…

Login-box is a WordPress plugin that inserts in all your pages a login form, making faster the authentication process. As the Login-box is hidden, it doesn’t draws attention of your readers to this part of the blog that doesn’t interest them, but, for you (and the others editors of your blog), becomes quite practical to be opened with a simple combination of keys.

Simple, huh? Visit the Login-box page to see more info and download.

Ah! Yes, it uses the old theme of WordPress, used up to version 2.3.3. That’s because I writed the Login-box before officially release of WordPress 2.5. However, this can be corrected easily through themes. That’s right, themes! As with WordPress, the Login-box have themes support, that can be created if you know a little bit of CSS. So I will soon make available a theme that simulates the WordPress 2.5 login page.

Your theme

I don’t wanted see all blogs with the same Login-boxes, so I already did the plugin thinking to supporting themes. Make your own theme is very simple, just need some knowledge of CSS. Take a look at the file style.css, included in the folder of the standard theme, wpclassic, and learn how it was done. If you share your theme, let me know by comments so that I can divulge it here.

Next versions

Do you have some ideas for the next versions of the Login-box? Leave a comment, say what you think can be added, or that can be removed or modified… Today, this may seem a joke, but your opinion is REALLY very important for us!

And again, to download the plugin, go to Login-box page!