Monthly Archives: December 2009

The PHP Object Expands in PHP5

Posted on December 26, 2009 by W

Starting with PHP 5, the object model was rewritten to allow for better performance and more features. This was a major change from PHP 4. PHP 5 has a full object model. Among the features in PHP 5 are the … Continue reading →

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Good Practices in PHP

Posted on December 25, 2009 by W

Here are a few tips for those of you who’d like to write good code in PHP: Set up a Development Server Set up a development server or sandbox. Don’t write, test, or develop code on a production server. If … Continue reading →

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WPtouch iPhone Theme

Posted on December 23, 2009 by W

“With a single click, WPtouch transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android or BlackBerry touch mobile device.” Basically, this plugin will take your … Continue reading →

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Blogger Technology: Site Cleanup

Posted on December 21, 2009 by W

Just finished a cleanup on the David Coates: Answering Back blog. It uses blogger – which is interesting. It made me miss wordpress a lot. But surprisingly they allowed some cool things, like javascript and remote images, without any hassle … Continue reading →

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google donates $20 million to charity

Posted on December 21, 2009 by W

google donates $20 million to charity for Christmas / Holiday 2009 season Quote: “Because charities are experiencing their toughest year in decades, we have committed $20 million to helping those who help us all. Our gift to you is a … Continue reading →

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More Fields for WordPress 2.9+

Posted on December 21, 2009 by W

Update (3/22/10) I just added a link so you can download the version I am currently using with WP 2.9. It may not be perfect but it seems to be getting the job done well enough :) MoreFields for WordPress … Continue reading →

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WordPress Query Object Properties

Posted on December 20, 2009 by W

This is an example dump of the $wp_query object Here is the code snippet I used to create this. I unset all the post data with the two unset commands. global $wp_query; $forReturn .= $wp_query->found_posts; $temp = clone $wp_query; unset($temp->post); … Continue reading →

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Texas Catholic launches social media news story

Posted on December 12, 2009 by W

The Remembering Erin Lahr site went live today, in a new initative by the Texas Catholic to use social media as part of a pilot program for  sharing news using multimedia. Visit the site at http://www.erinkrielowlahrstory.com/

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vGameU: Students Offer Academic Game Perspectives

Posted on December 12, 2009 by W

Students enrolled in the “Video Games: Theory and Research” class at Wake Forest University decided to take what they’ve learned in class and put it together with their passion for gaming to help gamers and parents evaluate the best new … Continue reading →

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