+ twitter

So the idea then, is to leverage then is to utilize the ping.fm application from your website. If you’re using WordPress then you’re set, the simple no frills publish 2 ping.fm plugin will allow you to interact with ping.fm from your blog/website.

I’ve tested this out with the free open-source GPL First Person Shooter, Xonotic and a new site I just started dumbtubes.com. Both have twitter accounts that you can see publishing twitter.com/dumbtubes, twitter.com/xonotic. Xonotic also publishes to many other social accounts, see the Xonotic homepage to find other accounts.

Stay tuned for more wordpress tips.

WARNING, this plugin may cause other plugins options panels not to work. I’m not sure the cause yet but be aware that it can cause the sub settings of dedicated plugin setting groups to throw access errors.

NextGEN Voting is a plugin for the wordpress plugin NextGEN Gallery plugin. Keeping this in mind made the task of extending easier. NextGEN Gallery hooks into wordpress functions, NextGEN Voting hooks into NextGEN Gallery.

By default, NextGEN Voting hooks into the gallery view, giving access to a function that uses the image id for lookup. The only reason we see nothing if we try to paste the same template code into a page other than the recommended “nextgen-gallery/view/gallery.php” is because that function is not given access in any other view.

How-to Add Access to Use the Function in the Image Browser Template

Open “wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery-voting/ngg-voting.php”,

Look for:

add_filter("ngg_show_gallery_content", "nggv_show_gallery", 10, 2);

Add After:

add_filter("ngg_show_imagebrowser_content", "nggv_show_imagebrowser", 10, 2);

Look for:

function nggv_show_gallery($out, $gid) {
	return $out.nggc_voteForm($gid, $buffer);
}

Add After:

function nggv_show_imagebrowser($out, $gid) {
	return $out.nggc_voteForm($gid, $buffer);
}

Now we have given access to the function and can paste the following code into “wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/imagebrowser.php”:

<?php echo nggv_imageVoteForm($image->pid); ?>

Conclusion

I’ve tried to explain this in method in a way you can repeat an extend to suit your needs. By following the same logic and tracing the hooks, you can apply this however you might need.

You’ll want to keep “wp-content/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggfunctions.php” open as a reference for what hooks are available. You can find hooks by searching for “apply_filters(‘”, it will be the first parameter.

Here’s a sneak peak:

I’ve been busy with some design work the past few days, finishing up a few more entrecards and working close with clients to get a design that properly represents their business:

The ninjaz have been making some headway and we’re testing out a new host for ~5 game servers which will run NANL configs on. I go back to school in less than a week.

It’s a very simple install, just upload the contents of the zip to your plugins directory and activate it. A new menu will appear under your options tab giving you filtering options.

And you can check the status of your cache at anytime, deleting files when necessary.

This plugin is simple and useful. It should be integrated into the project.

Please refer to the README.txt if you’re having trouble.

It’s important to note… that if you have this installed and you’re making template changes, you will need to disable the cache or clear it every time to see the changes in real time.