Basically, if you’re looking for an easier way for you and your clients to manage information within WordPress, this is the perfect solution. It allows you to define your own content types and then:

1. Creates a separate database table for each data set.
2. Creates a class so that you can easily instantiate that class and use the data within your WordPress themes.
3. Gives you an easy to use CMS for managing your data. (or your clients).

I first implemented Pods on my own portfolio so that I can easily manage my portfolio items without having to worry about individual posts. It gives me a lot more flexibility and makes it much easier to manage.
My second implementation was for a law firm website. Rather than create separate pages and menu for each member of their team, I created a pod and made it available from the main admin menu – so they can easily add new team members as they need to.

This is really a must-have for any serious WordPress developer. Make sure to check out the following tutorial though – Mr. Christopher does a tremendous job of explaining how to use Pods.

Check out this menu, it auto adjusts the spacing between items.

CSS (sans color|padding):
div { width:100%; text-align:justify; }
a { padding:10px 20px; display:inline; }
span { display:inline-block; width:400px; }

Now I get a menu that spans the container with automatic spacing. With justified text the last line is not stretched. To force the single line to expand I added an element that is well beyond enough width to force a carriage return. Note that inline block only works in IE if the element is inline by default. In FF 2.0 inline-block is not supported, but can be cheated like so:
display: -moz-inline-block;
display: inline-block;

So… good luck!

So far I’ven’t found a solution to this issue, but I will probably have to by the end of the week.

Edit: Nope. I just set the post count to 10 to match the WP admin setting.

Apparently, and this is only with Internet Explorer, if a form is submitted with no form fields, an Internal Server Error is displayed. This is caused to a broken parent-child relationship that IE is looking for.

The solution: simple. Just add a hidden form field so that you know that you’ll at least have one form field sent.

Just add this simple query:

SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES=0;

Get the jar from sourceforge, then add it to your favorite Coldfusion class path.


<cfset oFile = CreateObject("java","java.io.FileReader") />
<cfset oFile.init(ExpandPath("some.csv")) />

<cfset oReader = CreateObject("java","au.com.bytecode.opencsv.CSVReader") />
<cfset oReader.init(oFile,",") />
<cfset arrCSV = oReader.readAll() />
<cfdump var="#aData#" />

First, get the app on iTunes. Next, show off your new diptych creations in the Diptic App Flickr pool. If you’ve questions, stop at the app’s website for instructions and FAQ. Get your friends to join in the fun and become a fan of Diptic on Facebook; while you’re at it you might as well become a fan of PeakSystems as well. Finally, if you’ve feedback or just want to sing our praises, then find us on Twitter.

YAY!

This is potentially a very convenient way to include a script regardless of SSL (http vs https), which will cause an alert or warning on computers with common settings. Unfortunately, this method does not work in Chrome. IE6 and FF3 will redirect to the appropriate full path with http(s). Chrome will assume the link is a relative local file, adding the prefix “file://”.

I assumed this was a typo, but the implementation guide is very deliberate in the “http” omission. I was surprised to find this works in some browsers and I wish it was a great revelation, however it is entirely impractical.

Array Search Prototype

Array.prototype.search = function(needle, from, strict)
{
   if(from == undefined || from >= this.length) from = 0;
   strict = strict == undefined ? false : strict;
   for(var a = from; a < this.length; a++)
   {
      if(this[a] == needle)
      {
         if(strict)
         {
            if(this[a].__proto__ == needle.__proto__)
            {
               return a;
            }
         } else {
            return a;
         }
      }
   }
   return -1;
};

Array Shuffle Prototype

Array.prototype.shuffle = function() {

   var myArray = new Array();
   for (i=0; i<this.length; i++) {
      var control = true;
      while (control) {
         j = int(random(this.length));
         if (myArray[j] == undefined) {
            myArray[j] = this[i];
            control = false;
         }
      }
   }
   return myArray;
};

Chroma Hash Demo