I found a simple plugin for WordPress called Exec Plugin from Priyadi’s Place. It will allow you to add dynamic php to your posts. Download the .txt file. Change the extension to .php and upload it to your wp-content/plugins dir. Use the Word plugin manager to activate it and off you go.
To use php in your posts just use the tags <phpcode> and </phpcode>. Then code away inside of there as if it were your favorite text editor. eg:
< ?php
$var = 'hello world';
print("$var");
if($var){
include("somefile.php" /* or ANY php parsable file extension*/);
}
?>
Pretty simple! I used it to include() an index page of links for my hurricane chronicles.
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I signed up for an account at blogflux.com.
It uses Google Maps to display where referrers are comming from for your blog traffic stats. It’s almost scarey on how far you can zoom in on any particular referrer. I’m hoping that these locations are ISP’s and not actual locations! See the 2 screenshots:
The zoom in feature goes a lot further than whats shown on the thumbnails above. You can see the stats for beginnercode.com.
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I added an image utility plugin for Wordpress. It’s called IImage Browser, and can be obtained at skriker’s blog. This thing works great. There is only 2 files to upload. I was up and running with it in a matter of minutes. There’s virtually no setup other than activating it in your plugin panel.
Within the write area of the admin panel, there is a button added for iimage browser.
It pops open a window letting you browse your image dir. Inside of it you can create a directory, upload files, and create thumbs.
Then while browsing you click on the image you want to add. You can add the pic to your entry, add thumbnail with link to main, or just create a link to the picture. Pointy clicky, and very user friendly.
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I returned safely from my trip on Sunday October 7th around 5pm. I’m still trying to catch up on work/emails and personal business. I did journal the entire trip on paper, and will hopefully get those entries up in the next few days. Please hang tight…
Today I added a podcast for the blog posts. The talkr service takes your blog entry, and will read it back to you. You can download it and listen to an .mp3 of any blog entry.
Membership was as easy as filling out a form. They give you the html to display their button. They also give you the code you need to add to give the link for the podcast in your template. In my template file. I added the link they gave me, and as they explain to do, add the permalink variable to the querry. In my case with this wordpress template it was the variable in post.php.
href=the_linkage_from_talker_< ?php the_permalink(); ?>
With this, anybody can listen to your blog!
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