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Solid state drives

ramon fincken — Thu, 01 Jul 10 21:40:32 +0200

On second thought ... these domains are for sale!

Need a Tekstschrijver OR copywriter ?

ramon fincken — Mon, 07 Jun 10 21:46:22 +0200

Ow yes, I ve launched the following websites yesterday:
http://www.tekstschrijver-huren.nl
and
http://www.copywriter-huren.nl

and allready I have two copywriters who published their info for free

Join them! http://www.tekstschrijver-huren.nl/inschrijven/

[wordpress][solution] Use Gravityforms to add pages instead of posts

ramon fincken — Sat, 05 Jun 10 17:29:34 +0200

As you all know I love GravityForms to make dynamic contactforms.
http://www.gravityforms.com/ > Direct download

You can also use GravityForms to add posts, but today I needed to add pages.

Using this simple code ( http://www.ramonfincken.com/permalink/topic184.html ) I found out that /gravityforms/forms_model.php contained the call to wp_insert_post

Warnings:
* this will ALWAYS add a page instead of a post when using the post fields in the form configuration.
* you can still use categories, and tags, however you will need to have some PHP skills to show them on your site

Now it was easy:

Code:

FIND
$post_id = wp_insert_post($post_data);

BEFORE, ADD
// Ramon Fincken's hack to add a page instead of a post http://www.ramonfincken.com/permalink/topic217.html
$post_data['post_type'] = 'page';

http://www.gravityforms.com/ > Direct download

[wordpress][solution] How do I assign a specific body ID tag to each page

ramon fincken — Mon, 24 May 10 18:00:54 +0200

Nick Field ( http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/nick-field/a/219/814 ) asked this question on LinkedIn:
How do I assign a specific body ID tag to each page
http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?vi...=view_disc

My answer:

Solution how to add a unique ID to your posts or pages:
http://www.ramonfincken.com/uploads/topic216.txt

[solution][snipplet] function update_twitter_status() using the API

ramon fincken — Mon, 24 May 10 13:59:08 +0200

A simple function to update your twitter status using the API:

Thanks to http://woork.blogspot.com/2007/10/twitt...-page.html

Code:

/**
* A simple function using Curl to post (GET) to Twitter
* Kosso : March 14 2007 http://woork.blogspot.com/2007/10/twitter-send-message-from-php-page.html
* Ramon Fincken http://www.ramonfincken.com/permalink/topic215.html
* Warning: make sure your message is not more then 140 chars!
*/
function update_twitter_status($username,$password,$message,$mailto = NULL){

$message = substr($message, 0, 140);
$host = "http://twitter.com/statuses/update.xml?status=".urlencode(stripslashes(urldecode($message)));

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $host);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION, CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
// Look at the returned header
$resultArray = curl_getinfo($ch);

curl_close($ch);

if($resultArray['http_code'] == "200"){
$twitter_status='Your message has been sended! <a>See your profile</a> http://twitter.com/' . $username;
} else {
$twitter_status="Error posting to Twitter. Retry";
}
if(isset($mailto))
{
mail($mailto, 'twitter sent', $twitter_status);
}
return $twitter_status;
}

[solution][snipplet] function has_gravatar()

ramon fincken — Sun, 23 May 10 18:32:49 +0200

Looking for an elegant method to see if a user has a gravatar or not ..

I stumbled upon this url: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Gravat...a_Gravatar
>

Quote:

The trick to do this is to specify "404" as the default. In this case, the gravatar service will return a 404 error if no gravatar exists, instead of returning some default image. A real image will get a 200 code. It is best to check for 200, as some other errors might be returned as well, for other cases.

Code:

Works great, alltough I would have named the function has_gravatar($email); or user_has_gravatar($email);

So this is the code I use at http://www.ikzoekeensportpartner.nl :
Warning: you cannot simply copy paste this code below, but if you are a PHP coder, you'll know what to do

Code:

/**
* Checks if user has a gravatar or not
* @return boolean
*/
function has_valid_gravatar($email) {
// Craft a potential url and test its headers
$hash = md5($email);
$uri = 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/' . $hash . '?d=404';
$headers = @ get_headers($uri);
if (!preg_match("|200|", $headers[0])) {
$has_valid_avatar = FALSE;
} else {
$has_valid_avatar = TRUE;
}
return $has_valid_avatar;
}

/**
* Returns gravatar OR default avatar url (if no gravatar found)
*/
function create_gravatar_url($email, $size) {
$rating = 'R';
global $default_gravatar;
if (validate :: email($email)) {
if (overall :: has_valid_gravatar($email)) {
return $url = "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/" . md5($email) . "?r=" . $rating . "&default=" . $default_gravatar . "&size=" . $size;
}
}
return $default_gravatar;
}

find replace html tag

ramon fincken — Sun, 18 Apr 10 09:37:55 +0200

Are you sure?
I just tested this and no problem here. Did you select the right post type?

All instances of

Code:

1271341996237-300x129.png" alt="" width="300" height="129"

will be replaced with

Code:

1271341996237-300x129.png" alt="" width="25" height="35"

when server resources are available.

Query:

Code:

UPDATE LOW_PRIORITY xxxtable_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, '1271341996237-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\"', '1271341996237-300x129.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"25\" height=\"35\"') WHERE post_type = 'page' OR post_type = 'post' or post_type = 'trash'

Resulted post snipplet:

Code:

title="_1271341996237" src="http://www.domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1271341996237-300x129.png" alt="" width="25" height="35" />
</a>

Idea for NASA

Site admin — Sun, 28 Mar 10 22:13:44 +0200

tEST

[wordpress][solution] Seperate header image for posts/pages using Atahualpa theme

ramon fincken — Sun, 28 Mar 10 18:37:57 +0200

Do you want to upload your own header image for a specific post or page?

Use this plugin !
If you do not upload your header, the default header will be used !

Instructions:
http://www.ramonfincken.com/uploads/topic211.txt

[solution] A working WP Post thumbnail 0.1.8 Extended

ramon fincken — Sun, 28 Mar 10 17:41:07 +0200

Original url and source for explanation and images: http://www.seoadsensethemes.com/wp-post...ss-plugin/

Great plugin, however the default 0.1.8 version has some errors and the most recent version refuses to install. Look at screenshot #2 to see what this plugin does.

Screenshots at the bottom.

I've altered some functionality to make this version work as it was intended to work. I have tested this on 2.8.x till 2.9.2

Download
http://www.ramonfincken.com/uploads/topic210.zip

Installation

Code:

1) Download zipfile
2) Unpack zipfile and wp_post_thumbnail_0.1.8ext.zip to your harddrive

3)
COPY wp-content/plugins/*.* to [yourserver]/wp-content/plugins/*.*
COPY wp-content/uploads/*.* to [yourserver]/wp-content/uploads/*.*

Pay attention!
COPY wp-content/themes/yourthemename/wppt.xml to [yourserver]/wp-content/themes/[yourthemename]/wppt.xml

So if you use the Grid Focus theme, do this:
COPY wp-content/themes/yourthemename/wppt.xml to [yourserver]/wp-content/themes/grid_focus/wppt.xml

So if you use the Default theme, do this:
COPY wp-content/themes/yourthemename/wppt.xml to [yourserver]/wp-content/themes/default/wppt.xml

4) Make sure [yourserver]/wp-content/uploads/wp-post-thumbnail is writable by PHP/your webserver

5) Edit [yourserver]/wp-content/themes/[yourthemename]/wppt.xml

6) Go to wp-admin > Plugins and install the WP Post thumbnail

Code to get the URL of the image called pft_square, use this in your

Code:

img src="<?php CODE_HERE "

HTML to show the image.

Code:

get_post_meta($post->ID, 'pft_square', true); ?>

Extra info

The default thumbnail is 160px by 90px which floats to the top left corner of the content of your post.

If your WordPress blog uses a theme that comes with pre-configured set of thumbnail(s) to work with this plugin, the theme’s folder should contain an XML file called ‘wppt.xml‘ created by the theme developer. In this case, it will override the default thumbnail. For theme developers, more information on how to configure WP Post Thumbnail for your WordPress theme can be found in FAQ.

Q: I am developing a WordPress theme. How do I configure WP Post Thumbnail to work specifically for my theme?

WP Post Thumbnail - WordPress Plugin - Theme Developer Flow
Theme developer’s flow illustration (250Kb).
Opens in new window.

A: This is the purpose of which WP Post Thumbnail is written for. The current version of this plugin assumes that you, as theme developer, have basic knowledge of writing a configuration file in XML format and calling/placing the thumbnails’ custom field value within your theme.

For the visually inclined, click the thumbnail on the right to open an image that illustrates basically how theme developers can use WP Post Thumbnail to handle thumbnail(s) in their WordPress themes.

I have included a sample XML configuration file in the plugin’s main folder called ‘wppt.xml‘.

Each thumbnail has four properties:

<name> specifies a friendly name to appear in the thumbnail tab in ‘Write Post’ area.
<desc> a short description about the thumbnail
<width> thumbnail width in pixels
<height> thumbnail height in pixels

IMPORTANT: All fields are required!

Save your file as ‘wppt.xml‘ and put it in your theme’s folder (any folder will do). Blogs that uses your theme, and has WP Post Thumbnail plugin activated, will detect your ‘wppt.xml‘ configuration file.

Q: Where are all the cropped thumbnails stored?

A: They are stored in ‘wp-post-thumbnail‘ folder inside your WordPress default upload path. Eg. '/wp-content/uploads/wp-post-thumbnail' by default.

Screenshots

Developers view:
http://www.ramonfincken.com/uploads/top...shot-4.jpg

[solution] https://my.ing is loading too slow !

ramon fincken — Sun, 21 Mar 10 23:12:13 +0100

Darned, they have re-introduced the auto-field-focus feature again!!

Grumbl ... this JavaScript-code performs an auto focus when the page has loaded on your username.

However I type my username faster then the page is loading. Hence when I focus to the password field the page places my focus to the usernamefield again. This causes my password to be typed in front of my username IN the username field ! whaaargh !!

My IT/webdevelopment services

ramon fincken — Sun, 21 Mar 10 15:00:49 +0100

For your information:
My LinkedIn profile is listed on the top-navigation of this site ( browse my profile for LinkedIn recommodations! ).

My hourly rates start at 60 euros ex VAT ( 75 eurox ex VAT for WordPress and PhpBB scripting ).

Medior coders working for me have a lower rate: from 45 euros ex VAT.

Looking for a sportpartner? Does your team need an extra player?

ramon fincken — Sun, 21 Mar 10 11:25:51 +0100

I've added RSS support for the results and a new search option: sport + city

Check it out at : http://www.ikzoekeensportpartner.nl/zoe...oggen.html

Valid RSS / XML date

ramon fincken — Sat, 20 Mar 10 02:47:52 +0100

Do not use

Code:

date(DATE_RFC822);

use:

Code:

date(DATE_RSS);

instead. This gives a pass at the W3 feed validator as it has a full year (2010) instead of (10)

You can use this for at least:
pubDate
lastBuildDate

[solution][ubuntu] ubuntu mysql #1036 - Table 'xx' is read only

ramon fincken — Sat, 20 Feb 10 16:04:57 +0100

I moved some database files from my backup to my ubuntu pc with mysql running.

So far so good. I visited PhpMyadmin, database is there and tables too jay

But when deleting, editing/ adding some row/entry I got stuck with this message:

Code:

Mysql Said #1036 - Table 'xx' is read only

The solution is this:

Code:

$ sudo nautilus

Move your files to /var/lib/mysql/[database_name]
Now . make sure every directory/file is owned by Mysql and NOT root or your username !
Exit nautilus
Code:

$ sudo service mysql restart

And you're done!

Read on:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=411338
http://www.bigresource.com/Tracker/Trac...-ZZHBnJJf/