Blog http://worth2read.org/blog Share your views here...Let the world read your opinions...See what others are telling... Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:20:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Wordpress Plugin : Send Notification by email when a post is published http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/02/21/wordpress-plugin-send-notification-by-email-when-a-post-is-published/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/02/21/wordpress-plugin-send-notification-by-email-when-a-post-is-published/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:05:00 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=137 Administrator, Author and Editor have the option to notify people by email when publishing the posts.

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Contact me at gsh [dot] james [at] gmail [dot] com for any customization.

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Email Notify ]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/02/21/wordpress-plugin-send-notification-by-email-when-a-post-is-published/feed/ 0 Changing layout of products page in Zencart http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/02/11/changing-layout-of-products-page-in-zencart/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/02/11/changing-layout-of-products-page-in-zencart/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:56:24 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=132 To change the layout of products page in zencart edit the following  file:

/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_info_display.php, and moving blocks of code to where you want them.

Each block is identified by and comments to make it easy to keep track of them.

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/02/11/changing-layout-of-products-page-in-zencart/feed/ 0 Inserting data into access database using Asp.Net http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/01/29/inserting-data-into-access-database-using-asp-net/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/01/29/inserting-data-into-access-database-using-asp-net/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:08:58 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=128 I was trying to insert data into access database from an asp.net page.

I could not find any samples in tutorials. So I thought to put the code (that worked for me) here. If anyone is looking for a sample I hope it would be helpful.

<%@ Import Namespace=”System.Data.OleDb” %>
<script runat=”server”>
Sub submit(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

Dim conCoaxis As OleDbConnection
Dim strInsert As String
Dim cmdInsert As OleDbCommand
Dim dtmDate As DateTime
   
dtmDate = DateTime.Now()
 
conCoaxis=New OleDbConnection(”Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;data source=” & server.mappath(”email.mdb”))
strInsert = “INSERT INTO email (Email, Fname, CompanyName, [Date]) Values (@Email, @Fname, @CompanyName, @Date)”
 
cmdInsert = New OleDbCommand( strInsert, conCoaxis )
 
cmdInsert.Parameters.Add( “@Email”, txtEmail.Text )
cmdInsert.Parameters.Add( “@Fname”, txtName.Text )
 cmdInsert.Parameters.Add( “@CompanyName”, txtCompany.Text )
 cmdInsert.Parameters.Add( “@Date”, OleDbType.Date).Value = dtmDate.ToString(”g”)  
  Try
   conCoaxis.Open()
   cmdInsert.ExecuteNonQuery()
   conCoaxis.Close()
   Response.Write(”Updated Successfully!<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>”)
   Catch
   conCoaxis.Close()
  End Try
 End Sub
</script>
<%@ Page Language=”VB” ContentType=”text/html” ResponseEncoding=”iso-8859-1″ Debug=”true” %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd“>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml“>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″ />
</head>
<body>
<form  runat=”server” id=”form1″ name=”form1″ method=”post” action=”">
  Name:     <asp:TextBox id=”txtName” runat=”server” /> 

Email:    <asp:TextBox id=”txtEmail” runat=”server” />
Company:    <asp:TextBox id=”txtCompany” runat=”server” />
 <asp:Button id=”id” text=”Submit” OnClick=”submit” runat=”server” />
</form> 
</body>
</html>

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2010/01/29/inserting-data-into-access-database-using-asp-net/feed/ 0 Compare title and category name in wordpress http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/09/24/compare-title-and-category-name-in-wordpress/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/09/24/compare-title-and-category-name-in-wordpress/#comments Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:05:37 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=120 cat_name; $post_no = get_post($post); $title = $post_no->post_title; $match=strcmp($cat,$title); if($match==0){ echo “match”; } else { echo “no match”; } The problem here is $cat = $category[0]->cat_name; returns the first category name, so we are comparing only [...]]]> I had come through a situation to compare the category name and post title for a wordpress post. The following functions and code helped me to do this.

$category = get_the_category();
$cat = $category[0]->cat_name;
$post_no = get_post($post);
$title = $post_no->post_title;
$match=strcmp($cat,$title);
if($match==0){
echo “match”;
}
else
{
echo “no match”;
}

The problem here is $cat = $category[0]->cat_name; returns the first category name, so we are comparing only the first category with the title. If we want to compare the second category we have to use $cat = $category[1]->cat_name;

I hope someone will write a better solution so that we can compare the array, category with title. I would appreciate if someone can post that…

in_array came to my mind, but it is case sensitive…

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/09/24/compare-title-and-category-name-in-wordpress/feed/ 1 Page rank | Alexa Rank | Back links | Indexed pages | Dmoz listing checker http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/27/page-rank-alexa-rank-back-links-indexed-pages-dmoz-listing-checker/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/27/page-rank-alexa-rank-back-links-indexed-pages-dmoz-listing-checker/#comments Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:44:59 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=110 Here is a free tool to find the statistics like Google page rank, Alexa popularity, Dmoz listed or not , Number of Google backlinks, Yahoo backlinks, All the web results, Altavista results etc – All in one step. Enter the URL , select the statistics you want and click on “Submit”.

Page rank Checker

Tool is free. For script contact me via email.

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/27/page-rank-alexa-rank-back-links-indexed-pages-dmoz-listing-checker/feed/ 0 Blank page for wp-admin http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/24/blank-page-for-wp-admin/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/24/blank-page-for-wp-admin/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:01:38 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=107 Just now, I had been in a horrible situation that I can see all my blog pages but when I go to http://worth2read.org/blog/wp-admin/ it appears as blank. That is I am completly locked out of the admin area.

I made a Google search for the solution and confused with lots of solutions that appeared.

However atlast I manged to get my admin page back, the solution that worked for me is as follows…

I checked the functions.php in my theme folder. There were some spaces at the top and bottom of the page. i deleted it.

I got my admin page back so that I can post this for you now.

I am posting it here thinking if anyone else came through such situation, it will be helpful for them.

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/24/blank-page-for-wp-admin/feed/ 0 Adding new widgets in wordpress themes http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/15/adding-new-widgets-in-wordpress-themes/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/15/adding-new-widgets-in-wordpress-themes/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:26:48 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=100 We can add new widgets by using functions.php in the theme folder.

For example I can add “Services I offer and Google Adsense in 2 ways
to the sidebars.

1. Code both to the page sidebar.php
3. Create widgets using functions.php file in the theme folder

Following code shows how I added a simple Adsense widget using functions.php

if (function_exists(’register_sidebar’))
{
register_sidebar_widget(__(’Adsense’), ‘google_widget’);
}

function google_widget() {
echo $before_widget;
echo $before_title;

echo”<li><h2>Sponsors</h2></li>”;
echo $after_title; 
?>
 <ul>
 <li>

Here comes Adsense code

</li>
 </ul>
 <?php echo $after_widget; 
}

function init_adsense(){
    register_adsense_widget(”Sponsors”, “google_widget”);    
}

add_action(”plugins_loaded”, “init_adsense”);

The above code gives a simple widget named adsense in the widget panel. From the widget list I can add it to the sidebar without disturbing sidebar.php file.

Update:

Just now, I  noticed another method,  if the widget contains text or HTML only. In such cases you can use text widgets. Add the already existing “Text widget”.

In the example above give the title as “Sponsors” and write adsense code in the box. It is the easiest way if the widget you are making contains only text or HTML.

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/15/adding-new-widgets-in-wordpress-themes/feed/ 0 A simple, cool wordpress theme (Yellow and Blue) http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/08/a-simple-cool-wordpress-theme-yellow-and-blue/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/08/a-simple-cool-wordpress-theme-yellow-and-blue/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:56:38 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=97 Here is the preview of a simple cool wordpress theme:

Theme Home page Preview

I will upload this free theme here as soon as it is finished, now some final touches…

Most of the colors can be changed using css.

Suggestions and new ideas will be very much appreciated…

Update: Download link : http://worth2read.org/blog/yellow_blue.zip

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/08/a-simple-cool-wordpress-theme-yellow-and-blue/feed/ 0 Adding Separate boxes for wordpress excerpts http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/08/adding-separate-boxes-for-wordpress-excerpts/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/08/adding-separate-boxes-for-wordpress-excerpts/#comments Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:05:28 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=82 In most of the themes the post container lists all the excerpts of the most recent posts in the home page. The following code will help you to break up each post into separate boxes.

Example: Theme Home page Preview

Using css we can make a 10px gap in-between each post, where the background of the page shows through.

In the page index.php we have

————————————-

<div id=”content”>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

   <div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>

 <div class=”title-bg”>   <h2 class=”title”>

<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” rel=”bookmark” title=”Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a>

</h2></div>
 <div class=”entry”>

     <?php the_excerpt(); ?>

     <p class=”links”>

<a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?>” class=”more”>&laquo;&laquo;&nbsp;&nbsp;Read More</a></p>

    </div>   </div>

  <?php endwhile; ?>

——————————————–

I was just copying the index page. Ignore the div tags you don’t want , but the following css code for content and post will help to add a separation between each post.

—————————–

#content {

float: left;

width: 600px;

border-left: 1px #BBBBBB dashed;

margin-left:10px;

}

.post {

padding-bottom: 15px;

line-height: 200%;

background-color:#FFFFCC;

margin-top:10px;

}

——————–

Here “background-color:#FFFFCC;” gives an yellow background and “margin-top:10px;” gives a gap with the background color mentioned in #content background color.

In this example it is white.

]]> http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/08/adding-separate-boxes-for-wordpress-excerpts/feed/ 0 Changing background color of an image using Photoshop http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/03/changing-background-color-of-an-image-using-photoshop/ http://worth2read.org/blog/2009/08/03/changing-background-color-of-an-image-using-photoshop/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:08:50 +0000 admin0 http://worth2read.org/blog/?p=75 Add New, Set Background contents as “Background color” Step3: Open up your image by selecting file -> open As you can see there are now two windows on your work space. Now follow the following steps to make the background transparent. Click on the window of [...]]]> Step1: Open Photoshop, click on the “Set background color”

Step2: Click File –> Add New, Set Background contents as “Background color”

Step3: Open up your image by selecting file -> open

As you can see there are now two windows on your work space.

Now follow the following steps to make the background transparent. Click on the window of your image and then…

Step 4: Double click on the layer in the layers palette on the right hand side of the screen by default. Click OK on the box that comes up.

Step5: Grab the magic wand tool and click on the white background.

Step6: Hit Delete on your keyboard.

Step7: Hit Ctrl + D on your keyboard.

Step8: Hit Ctrl + Shift + S on your keyboard and select CompuServe (*.gif) in the File Type dropdown. And select where you want your image to be saved.

Now you can drag your transperant object to your colourd canvas, for this use the Move tool.

Finally save it. Done !

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