How-To
After the Deadline: Proofreading for WordPress.com
Description
Automattic announces the arrival of a new feature to WordPress.com: contextual spell and grammar checking from After the Deadline.
Flavor
WordPress.com (112), WordPress.org (248)
Language
Producer
Speakers
Date
September 9, 2009
Tags
Writing (6), featured (94), Announcement, proofreading, spellchecking (5), grammar, style (2), settings
September 9, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Grammar is useful for SEO ( i think )
September 25, 2009 at 12:04 am
yes I agree but, constitute a large proportion coding for seo.
September 10, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Search engines do not like spelling mistakes. You do not look good to your readers if you have lots of mistakes. Personally, i have to proofread every paragraph as i write
September 10, 2009 at 5:45 pm
This is really good
September 11, 2009 at 5:12 am
It was painful to watch, cause it flowed so slow, but i do’t blame the site for it, I blame my network. It would have been a great asset, but unfortunely I didn’t have the pleasure to hear the narrator.
September 11, 2009 at 3:15 pm
That was wonderul!!! Thanks
September 11, 2009 at 3:22 pm
This is great help. We can also make it faster.
September 13, 2009 at 1:53 am
This is a great feature. and I would be more than willing to help out anyone who would like to work on a Japanese or Chinese version.
September 13, 2009 at 12:22 pm
this is really useful
September 13, 2009 at 6:58 pm
awesome!!!
September 14, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Thanks, this will be so helpful.
September 14, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Will this be available as plugin for self-hosted WP installs or become embedded within some update soon?
September 15, 2009 at 12:35 am
It is actually already available for self-hosted WordPress, and has been for some time:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/after-the-deadline/
September 14, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Michael,
I enjoy your useful presentations.
Dan
P.S. the elevator background music is an unnecessary, annoying distraction.
September 15, 2009 at 12:41 am
awesome
September 18, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Great stuff!!
September 24, 2009 at 1:25 am
Wow, that is going to save me so much embarrassment
September 24, 2009 at 10:22 am
cool
September 25, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Great work! I’ve gone ahead and installed it straight away on my self-hosted blog and I’m really impressed. It almost makes me want to write more
September 28, 2009 at 6:41 am
really cool
October 1, 2009 at 11:40 am
I may check that out,but I need to get some thing fixed first. I’m using somebody else’s computer right now.
October 4, 2009 at 4:46 am
I am a new comer, so; late me to observe.
Thank you .
With best regards.
Sincerely
ashek ullak
October 4, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I think this is great!
Thank you,
IslandGirl
October 5, 2009 at 6:56 am
This is really great feature!!!
Thanks
Nishit Soni
October 28, 2009 at 1:26 am
I still don’t get why “passive voice” gets flagged so much.
October 28, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Hi Jay, by default passive voice and hidden verb flagging are disabled. If it’s getting flagged so much it’s because you have the flag passive voice option enabled. Go to your user profile to disable it.
Some styles of writing (technical writing, plain english) frown on excessive passive voice. It does muddle the writing.
http://www.plainlanguage.gov/howto/guidelines/bigdoc/writeActive.cfm
– Raphael
November 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Am new to this so looks helpful
November 26, 2009 at 5:12 am
This one will prop me up on the pedestal, and spread a net for me if I slip off.
December 28, 2009 at 1:36 am
Great stuff, I love Word Press. Its like having building blocks for the internet.
Thanks guys.
Len.
January 7, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Can someone explain to me why when you download the plugin, you’re not actually getting the software, just an interface to it? (I don’t mind, I’m just wondering what the reasoning behind this is). Thanks.
January 22, 2010 at 9:38 pm
To make After the Deadline smarter, a lot (really, a *lot*) of data is collected. AtD works by using contexts and detailed language models.
It’s far easier and more effective for AtD to store that information and provide it to you as a service.
January 7, 2010 at 8:22 pm
The proof-reader feature rocks!
But, the Visual Guides are absolutely amazing! .. Good show!
January 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm
I think I really need it. Is it WPMU Supported ?
January 22, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Yes, After the Deadline is fully compatible with WPMU.
January 22, 2010 at 10:21 pm
No need for this since modern browser got this already implemented !
January 26, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Modern browsers do have spell-checking, yes, but After the Deadline does quite a bit more. You can see it in action for yourself here: http://www.polishmywriting.com/