Good grief!!! Finally found the answer to an error I was getting when trying to upload a file using the jQuery Forms plugin (jquery.forms.js). I’ve used that excellent little plugin a lot in the past, but just got stumped on this simple little problem. Seriously, this was not fun. The Situation Using jquery.forms.js plugin in […]
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PHP – Sort a Multi-dimensional Array by Value for a Key
Here’s a problem I’ve run into a time or two with sorting arrays. I had a multi-dimension array that I needed to sort on a the values for a specific key (“name” in this case). This array is similar to what you would get back from a mysql database query when you use ARRAY_A to […]

WordPress: Add Your Plugin’s Settings Link to Admin Plugins Page
Hello, WordPress plugin authors! I’ve been envious of that little “Settings” link on the Plugins page in the Admin on several of the plugins I use on my blogs. I wanted one for my own PhotoSmash plugin! My first stop, Google, yielded no fruit, but persistence paid off. So, thanks to GD-Star Ratings and Shadowbox-JS, […]

WordPress: Add Scripts to the Pages You Want
WordPress makes it very easy to load Scripts into your blog. The beauty of the method that WordPress provides is that it allows plugins and themes to use the same script at the same time by ensuring the script is loaded only once. The problem we often run into is that not everyone plays […]
WordPress ReWrite – new Plugin Coming and a Hint
First of all, let me start by saying that Custom ReWriting in WordPress has consumed way more of my time than it ever should have. I have prayed and pleaded, even considered asking one of the WordPress Gurus on their message board, but I’ve not had much luck getting responses there (questions were probably so […]

Radio Buttons not Showing Checked in FireFox
In the process of building a WordPress plugin that I’m sure will sweep the nation 😉 , I came across a really annoying FireFox bug with Radio Buttons. The problem is that if you two groups of Radio Buttons (say 3 buttons in each group) and you set one button as Checked in each group, sometimes, […]

Hosting Your WP Plugin with Aptana and Subclipse – Video pt. 2
This is the 2nd part of this 3 part video series on hosting a plugin on WordPress.org. There are 3 easy steps to accomplish this, but you need to do them all and you have to do them in order. So if you haven’t already gotten your WordPress Subversion repository in an email, take a […]

How to Host a Plugin on WordPress – Video pt. 1
The first time I wrote a WordPress plugin, I thought, “Cool, I’m going to host this puppy on the WordPress website and I’ll get tons of traffic.” Then I got to the front door and they started talking about SVN. Then I took a look at what SVN (aka Subversion) was all about, and that […]

PhotoSmash Galleries WordPress Plugin Released
UPDATE: 7/12/2009 -PhotoSmash 0.3 has been released. Its new homepage is just getting started, so you might need to browse below if you don’t find what you looking for over at Smashly.net. Thanks for your patience! Release Candidate 2 version 0.2.996 (RC3 for 0.3.00) now available at WordPress. Final Release Candidate before going public with […]

Get ASP.NET DropDownList Selected Value with jQuery
With Microsoft’s recent announcement that they will begin shipping jQuery with Visual Studio, the little Javascript framework is about to hit the big time (it was already sort of big time, but this is BIG TIME). And rightfully so. I have been a Prototype and Scriptaculous user for over a year now. But I am […]