Developing With WordPress http://www.kuilder.net A site to find out more about WordPress Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:07:10 +0000 en hourly 1 Adding posts by xml-rpc and displaying them in the sidebar http://www.kuilder.net/adding-posts-by-xml-rpc-and-displaying-them-in-the-sidebar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adding-posts-by-xml-rpc-and-displaying-them-in-the-sidebar http://www.kuilder.net/adding-posts-by-xml-rpc-and-displaying-them-in-the-sidebar/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:33:46 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=238 Read more »]]> I created a local a while ago that gets fed by xml-rpc from an application that plays my music, it logs albums that have been played and/or added again to the playlist).

As an example of what can be done you can now see what is currently being played at my home, under the ‘now playing’ heading.

I used a plugin Tags By Post it does the trick right now.
I have to prevent the posts to be listed in the standrad front page so Simply Exclude to the rescue.

The filtering is not working 100% yet, had to add a special recent plugin that filters out the tracks being played from the ‘Recent Posts’ listing: Special Recent Posts. but it is not working as I expect it to do. Also it is a bit stupid hat I need to add categories by ID and not by name (so you have to edit the category and then you can see the id in the URL.

I think in this case I might be better off to override the default functions that create the recent posts so I can filter the tracks out from the recent posts.

In the settins of your make sure that you allow messages by :
Settings->Writing-> Remote Publishing: “Enable the WordPress, Movable Type, MetaWeblog and Blogger XML-RPC publishing protocols.”

To enhance create a special user and a very obscure that is used to publish via rpc. (xmlrpconly, 78Y8ksdYjsd) and make sure that

So I needed some to create a post:

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jb::wpPostXMLRPC($title,$body,$excerpt,$categories,$keywords);
private static function wpPostXMLRPC($title,$body,$excerpt,$category,$keywords='',$encoding='UTF-8') {
$title = htmlentities($title,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$excerpt = htmlentities($excerpt,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$body = htmlentities($body,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
// $category = htmlentities($category,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$keywords = htmlentities($keywords,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding );

$rpcurl="http://www.mysite.com/xmlrpc.php";
$username="XXXX";
$password="yyyy";
$content = array(
'title'=>$title,
'description'=>$body,
'mt_excerpt'=>$excerpt,
'mt_allow_comments'=>0, // 1 to allow comments
'mt_allow_pings'=>0, // 1 to allow trackbacks
'post_type'=>'post',
'mt_keywords'=>$keywords,
'categories'=>array($category)
);
$params = array(0,$username,$password,$content,true);
$request = xmlrpc_encode_request('metaWeblog.newPost',$params);
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $rpcurl);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 1);
$results = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
return $results;
}
]]> http://www.kuilder.net/adding-posts-by-xml-rpc-and-displaying-them-in-the-sidebar/feed/ 2 Checking your site for malware http://www.kuilder.net/checking-your-site-for-malware/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=checking-your-site-for-malware http://www.kuilder.net/checking-your-site-for-malware/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:39:49 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=229 Read more »]]> I found this on a linkedin/worpress disccussion:

First check your here (there are more online , but these are most pertinent):
1. http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/
2. http://www.unmaskparasites.com
3. http://www.virustotal.com
4. http://www.phishtank.com
5. Google (to access a sites google info, add their domain to the end of this):
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=
example:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=jammuredefine.in

Then backup everything and put that backup somewhere safe. This is in case you have problems later on. Even though you could be backing up infected files, it is more important to have a backup up of your work, for if you make a cleaning your site, you will still have the backup(s).
1. http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
2. http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database
3. http://codex.wordpress.org/Restoring_Your_Database_From_Backup

Then read these:
1. http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked
2. http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779
3. http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/
4. http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/

Once your site is clean, then read this:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/checking-your-site-for-malware/feed/ 0 What not to like about plugins http://www.kuilder.net/what-not-to-like-about-plugins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-not-to-like-about-plugins http://www.kuilder.net/what-not-to-like-about-plugins/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:01:03 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=226 Some insist on setting their own styles, this is very annoying when it clashes with the theme you use. Needed to hack the related posts plugin to remove font settings (all window fonts too).

 

 

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/what-not-to-like-about-plugins/feed/ 0 Using a related post plugin and a plugin that sets a featured image depending on the category. http://www.kuilder.net/using-a-related-post-plugin-and-a-plugin-that-sets-a-featured-image-depending-on-the-category/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=using-a-related-post-plugin-and-a-plugin-that-sets-a-featured-image-depending-on-the-category http://www.kuilder.net/using-a-related-post-plugin-and-a-plugin-that-sets-a-featured-image-depending-on-the-category/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:41:30 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=220 Added 2 : a plugin to show related posts with a thumbnail: IGIT Related Post With Thumb and a plugin that adds default thumbnails to categories: FPW Category Thumbnails.

They seem to work well, I only have to fix the theme I am using (Sight 1.0 by WPSHOWER)  to display the images I use.

 

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/using-a-related-post-plugin-and-a-plugin-that-sets-a-featured-image-depending-on-the-category/feed/ 0 Speeding Up wordpress with gmetrix http://www.kuilder.net/speeding-up-wordpress-with-gmetrix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=speeding-up-wordpress-with-gmetrix http://www.kuilder.net/speeding-up-wordpress-with-gmetrix/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:53:07 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=193 Read more »]]> Found gmetrix .  This website can test the of youe and gives you tips on how to up your site.
Looks like it is worthwhile to use and especially test with it.

They have a special page for wordpress optimization

See if you kan turn on KeepAlive on the itself.

I added this to my htaccess:

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#speeding up the server
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# Don.t compress
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:exe|t?gz|zip|bz2|sit|rar)$ no-gzip dont-vary
#Dealing with proxy servers
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary User-Agent
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
<ifModule mod_expires.c>
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 1 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2592000 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 604800 seconds"
ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
</ifModule>
<pre><ifModule mod_headers.c>
 <filesMatch "\\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$">
 Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
 </filesMatch>
 <filesMatch "\\.(css)$">
 Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
 </filesMatch>
 <filesMatch "\\.(js)$">
 Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, private"
 </filesMatch>
 <filesMatch "\\.(xml|txt)$">
 Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, public, must-revalidate"
 </filesMatch>
 <filesMatch "\\.(html|htm|php)$">
 Header set Cache-Control "max-age=1, private, must-revalidate"
 </filesMatch>
</ifModule>
]]> http://www.kuilder.net/speeding-up-wordpress-with-gmetrix/feed/ 3 Found some nice themes http://www.kuilder.net/found-some-nice-themes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=found-some-nice-themes http://www.kuilder.net/found-some-nice-themes/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:00:53 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=189 Yesterday I came  across a nice website with just a few , all of them very good looking: wpshower

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/found-some-nice-themes/feed/ 0 Another plugin tested: connections http://www.kuilder.net/another-plugin-tested-connections/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=another-plugin-tested-connections http://www.kuilder.net/another-plugin-tested-connections/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:18:02 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=135 Looked at and tested a few , this time it was connections, this allows you to create a database of users, companies etc and create pages with shortcodes to display the list in various ways.

Good to know, works well except that the css/styling might not play nice with your current theme.

 

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/another-plugin-tested-connections/feed/ 1 Testing some plugins Fanpage connect http://www.kuilder.net/testing-some-plugins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=testing-some-plugins http://www.kuilder.net/testing-some-plugins/#comments Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:03:59 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=129 Read more »]]> Have been playing around with the Facebook Fanpage connect Pluging (More). Not quite sure if I understand it all and if it is working correctly yet. Hmm.. not appearing on fan page as promised?

At the moment I cannot get it to connect properly, the setup, promised as being simple, requires you to create an app in Facebook. The instructions are in a pdf and outdated, there is no proper installation guide on the website etc….

Currently the method as described on the fanpage connect Facebook page does bot work, this could be an error on Facebooks side.

Maybe I should also have a look at this plugin, at some stage: http://.org/extend//simple-facebook-connect/screenshots/

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/testing-some-plugins/feed/ 0 The right theme to modify http://www.kuilder.net/the-right-theme-to-modify/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-right-theme-to-modify http://www.kuilder.net/the-right-theme-to-modify/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:53:05 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=110 Read more »]]> I have been looking at a lot of for . especially one that is either easy to modify or on to make child with. So far I have had no luck, I am looking for a theme that does not use too much of its own style of coding and functionality but stays close enough to WordPress standards.

It would also be nice to have the for a single in one location so that it is easy to place elements from a placed where you want them.

]]> http://www.kuilder.net/the-right-theme-to-modify/feed/ 1 Simple Taxonomy http://www.kuilder.net/simple-taxonomy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=simple-taxonomy http://www.kuilder.net/simple-taxonomy/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:46:30 +0000 Gerrit Kuilder http://www.kuilder.net/?p=108 I tried a simple taxonomy for my photographs ,  I can now add Location and People tags, works quite well, I am  afraid it will take a long time to add all those tags to my pictures.

Oh yes, the plugin used is the simple taxonomy by yoast.

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