first wordpress plugin submission.
So today I had to write a plugin for wordpress. I don't personally use wordpress a lot. I like my drupal CMS which gives me better control. But none-the-less wrote a plugin to allow for inclusion of one post from within another post by simply adding the [include id=post_id] into the content of the other post.
Wordpress Plugin: WP-Include-Posts
Wordpress Plugin: WP-Include-Posts
WP-Include-Posts
Contributors: Thusjanthan Kubendranathan
Tags: include post
Requires at least: 1.5
Tested up to: 3.2
Stable tag: 3.2
Description
This plugin will allow you to include contents of one post into another post by adding the text
[include id=post_id_of_another_post] into the content of the current post. You can add as many
of these includes as you'd like.
Installation
1. Extract the contents of the archive
2. Upload the contents of the wp-note folder to your 'wp-content/plugins' folder
Creating IP to location based applications
Now a days people want data that is relative to them. This includes location specific dynamic data. There are two applications that I think have merit: ip2location and maxmind.
IP2location is $199 USD per server for the binary file to narrow an IP address down to the city level.
MaxMind is $370 per Site and $90/month for monthly updates of IP addresses.
jsonp cross domain ajax call
What is JSONP?
Jsonp is basically json formatting with padding. The padding essentially is set by the server side to automatically call the javascript function that is passed in in the default callback function. That is for example if our ajax is as follows:
$.ajax({
url: "http://someotherdomainurl/",
dataType: "jsonp",
data: {
search_term: request.term
},
success: function( data ) {
response( $.map( data, function( item ) {
return {
label: item.label,
value: item.id
}
}));
}
});PHP SOAP Server with Memcached queries
The new thing I wanted to try out this week was to implement a SOAP server using PHP to query against a MySQL database. I also add a memcached server to cache the query results for each SOAP call so that all queries are not hitting the database.
To install a memcached server on the Ubuntu Natty setup was simple. The following command will install memcache as well as the php libraries for memcache and soap:
apt-get install memcached php5-memcache php-soapUbuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) - Alpha released
Today was the release of Ubuntu 11.04 alpha which is suppose to utilize the new desktop Unity over Gnome. So had to try it.
Downloaded the i386 version from (http://www.softview.co.in/2010/12/ubuntu-1104-aka-natty-narwhal-alpha-1....) and setup a VMWare Workstation to host the alpha version. So far it seems quite stable.
Trac authentication on Dreamhost
Simply put, Trac authentication will not work on Dreamhost the way you like if you go with the .htaccess approach. Trac recommends putting the following in your .htaccess of your trac install:
<Location "/trac/login">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Trac"
AuthUserFile /somewhere/trac.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Location>However, dreamhost does not allow you to place any location directive from within your custom .htaccess files. This will result in an "Internal Server Error". Yes very descriptive indeed.
Whats next...
On Monday November, 15 2010 I hit the button on Simon Fraser University's system to graduate. Whats next? Shockingly, the feeling still hasn't yet hit me that I finished my masters in computer science. However, I have moved on. Monday, I picked up a book on objective-c and almost finished reading it now. My short term plan for the next few months is to write a few applications for the iPhone/iPad. I have a potential client that is interested in an iPad application and this will move me towards what I think would be the next big wave - the mobile development sector.
My Senior Supervisor Dr. Jian Pei
I was going to write about my senior supervisor in a summary in my defense. However, to describe a man like Dr. Jian Pei, I really needed to enter a new blog entry.
In life, we are not very often blessed to meet people of greatness. As my favorite quote from Isaac Newton states, "If I have seen a little further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants". This quote really does tell the story about Dr. Pei. This is the story of how I met this great person, Dr. Pei.
Thesis Defense
On November 9th, 2010 at 9 AM I successfully defended my Masters Thesis defense. It was an interesting experience. I was quite nervous but at the same time excited. With 3 days of no sleep, I was wired on something. So probably it was the excitement that finally another key milestone in my life out of the way. I passed with minor revisions. So now all that is left to do is make those revisions, send to Dr. Pei for review and then submit for publishing to the library at which point I can hit that button to apply to graduate. Looking forward to that.