Tag Archives: plugin

Errors when upgrading WordPress via FTP

Posted on 03/04/2011 | Discussion 7 Comments | Filed under Plugins

Some server configurations, typically running Pure-FTPd, have trouble updating WordPress via FTP. When doing an upgrade or a plugin install things may start fine but fail in the middle. It’s a bummer during an update since your site is also … More

Plugin Update: PDF Bookmark bug fix and French translation

Posted on 11/30/2008 | Discussion Leave a comment | Filed under Example Code, Programming, Tools

If you are having problems with the bookmark plugin not working for some documents, this update (1.2) should fix that. The update also adds a French translation to the Bookmark menu and provides an installation path for Linux users. Thanks … More

Plugin Update: PDF Bookmark for Adobe Reader 8

Posted on 12/21/2007 | Discussion 1 Comment | Filed under Example Code, Programming, Tools

Some of you may already be using the PDF bookmark plugin I put together for Adobe Reader. It provides a quick and easy way to bookmark the page your on and return back to that spot later. It’s especially handy … More

Moment of Open Source Zen

Posted on 03/17/2007 | Discussion Leave a comment | Filed under Horn Tooting, Programming, Usability

Every day, as a developer, I’m grateful for the thousands of programmers around the world who have so graciously shared their time, knowledge, and programming code. I have access to millions of lines of free code at any moment through … More

Execute Rails Code Before the View is Rendered

Posted on 09/25/2006 | Discussion 5 Comments | Filed under Example Code, Programming

At one time, I was looking for a way to execute code for every action in my controller before the view was rendered. I saw this come up again yesterday in the #rubyonrails IRC channel so I looked at it … More

Writing a Custom FormBuilder in Rails

Posted on 09/19/2006 | Discussion 5 Comments | Filed under Example Code, Programming

I’m currently working on a Ruby on Rails application where I need lots of text fields that have the same properties. I decided to override text_field and have it output all of the extra attribues automatically. This helps keep the … More

Plugin: Bookmark A Page In Your PDF

Posted on 09/15/2006 | Discussion 162 Comments | Filed under Example Code, Programming, Tools

With the long, yet wonderful, books in PDF format these days (Agile Web Development with Rails by Dave Thomas and David Heinemeier Hansson with Leon Breedt, Mike Clark, Thomas Fuchs, and Andreas Schwarz [570 pages]; Programming Ruby by Dave Thomas, … More