The CSS3 :Not Selector – Kilian Valkhof

Will Wilkins — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:42:01 +0000

The negation pseudo-class, :notX, is a functional notation taking a simple selector […] as an argument. It represents an element that is not represented by the argument. – The CSS3 :not selector.

The Definitive Guide on Wordpress Syntax Highligher Plugins – Cagintranet Web Design

Will Wilkins — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:59:39 +0000

Cagintranet Web Design has reviews of various code syntax highlight plugins available for WordPress in The Definitive Guide on Wordpress Syntax Highlighter Plugins.

Chris also a lot of great WordPress articles in the archives that are worth the read.

Amazing Code Development Visualizations – code_swarm

Will Wilkins — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:50:49 +0000

code_swarm shows the history of commits in several open source software projects with visualizations. I really liked the one on the development of Python.

More Fixes to Popularity Contest

Will Wilkins — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:02:44 +0000

I posted a link a while back on how to fix the Popularity Contest plugin for WordPress 2.5. However, when converting this site back to WordPress, I found it doesn’t (completely) work if you haven’t previously installed the plugin.

The initial solution

Change line 59 of the popularity-contest.php file from:

require('../../wp-blog-header.php');

To:

require('../wp-blog-header.php');

If the needed tables (wp_ak_popularity_options and wp_ak_popularity) are not already in the database, the plugin will either not activate or show a SQL error. I haven’t dug too deeply into why the plugin is still unable to create the needed tables.

The patched solution

Pramudita posted on how to just add the tables manually using phpMyAdmin (or whatever you use to manage your database). However, copy and pasting the code from Pramudita’s site did not work on my database.

The final solution

I ended up exporting the tables from a WordPress database where Popularity Contest had previously been installed and used the generated SQL to create the needed tables in my new WordPress database.

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_ak_popularity`
-- 

CREATE TABLE `wp_ak_popularity` (
  `post_id` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `total` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `feed_views` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `home_views` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `archive_views` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `category_views` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `single_views` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `comments` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `pingbacks` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `trackbacks` int(11) NOT NULL default '0',
  `last_modified` datetime NOT NULL default '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
  KEY `post_id` (`post_id`)
) TYPE=MyISAM;

--
-- Table structure for table `wp_ak_popularity_options`
-- 

CREATE TABLE `wp_ak_popularity_options` (
  `option_name` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
  `option_value` varchar(50) NOT NULL default ''
) TYPE=MyISAM;

Once I added the two tables with the SQL above, I was able to go into the WP admin and activate the plugin.

NOTE: Use this code at your own risk. Make sure to back up any databases that you are working with prior to trying any of these changes!