Last Friday’s sunset was gorgeous!
Refract/Reflect Plug-in for the GIMP
OOh, wish I could compile this plugin, but it failed as a .c file wasn’t generated. Still, take a look at the Refract/Reflect Plug-in for the GIMP, must try to compile it later.
Macro Insects and Gardens
mytinygarden has some superb photos, and here’s several photos of insects. Scary or beautiful? You decide.
WordPress Multiuser 0.1.3
Here’s a new release of WPMU, and this is what’s new!
- Added enclosures support.
- Added blog post instant preview.
- Misc bug fixes and WP upgrades.
Go get it from the download page!
When upgrading just copy over your previous installation. It should work without running any upgrade script.
Calendar Script Tutorial
Here’s a nice way of adding a calendar graphic to your website – use the background= attribute of html to fool the eye!
Swans in Ballydehob
| Awwww! Such beautiful creatures! Majestic, rulers of their domain, proud! |

| Oh My God! He’s getting close! Must zoom out! |

| Aarrrggghhh! Jump back! Bloody thick headed bird went for me! |
Learning to See
All the best equipment in the world won’t help if you can’t see a good photo in a scene. I’m still amazed sometimes when I see what are lacklustre scenes in reality when they’re displayed on my monitor!
Enclosures in WordPress
This is test post. There’s an enclosure attached to this post so take a look at my rss2 feed to find it!
Add the URL of the enclosed media file by pasting it into the “Enclosures” text field. WordPress will figure out how big the file is, and the type of file automatically and save that data in a custom field. You can edit that data later through the usual custom field interface.
Because a remote server has to be contacted, it may take longer than usual to save posts with enclosures! This is normal, so wait until the page has completed loading!
Read more on enclosures to find out why they’re useful.
Currently, you have to add the enclosure in the “Enclosures” text field in the following format:
url_length_type or as an example: http://blogs.linux.ie/download/referers.gif_126007_image/gif
Thanks Matt for pointing out I had a problem with the “Host” line of my code – I left out the “:”
As an exercise I created an “enclosure” custom field handler. It returns the details of the custom field in an array which I print using the following Smarty code in post.html under the call to {custom_fields}:
{if $enclosure != ''}
<blockquote><b>Attached Enclosure</b><br />
File: <a href="{$enclosure.0}">{$enclosure.0}</a><br />
Length: {$enclosure.1} bytes<br />
Type: {$enclosure.2}<br /></blockquote>
{assign var='enclosure' value=''} <!-- reset enclosure variable again! -->
{/if}
The Global Test
Finally! The Global Test is available for all to see! My, my, makes for a good read! (via Matt)
Savant : GettingStarted
Savant is another PHP templating engine. Here’s the getting started guide, with a nice Model-View example.
