If you’ve ever made a plugin or thought about making a plugin for wordpress which includes its own set of database tables, then the chances are (like most plug-ins) they wont remove the data when the plug-ins been de-activated.

In most cases this is to preserve the data in those tables, Just in case the user wants to reactivate the plugin with all the options still saved, or in other case’s, it’s just plain lazy?

The Function

<?php
function pluginUninstall() {
  global $wpdb;
  $thetable = $wpdb->prefix."your_table_name";
  //Delete any options that's stored also?
  //delete_option('wp_yourplugin_version');
  $wpdb->query("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $thetable");
}
?>

What you have to do is hook this Function into wordpress.
So when the plugin is de-activated you want this code to run…

The Hook

To do this, we call…

register_deactivation_hook($file, $function)

This wordpress function takes 2 parameters in order for it to work…

1. The File to be called
2. The Function to run

Example:

If your plugin is located in either of following locations
http://www.yourblog.com/wp-content/plugins/yourplugin.php or

http://www.yourblog.com/wp-content/plugins/yourplugin/plugin-name.php

then you can use this..

register_deactivation_hook( __FILE__, ‘pluginUninstall’ );

The __FILE__ will point to were your function is located, (The Current File your working in) and the 2nd part after the comma is the name of the function which is being passed, in this case were calling our pluginUninstall function, this will then remove all the options and tables that’s been added in the function.

Preserve Your Data

If your plugin needs to/or you want it to, keep some form of data behind after its de-activated, then you can simply write another function to handle that request, maybe you have an admin options page for your plugin? on there you can add a small section with a form, this can just have a button, which when pressed it can run the function and remove whatever data you would like…

You know of any other way? feel free to share!

The response was unprecedented – especially from installers who were given generous wholesale discounts by all of our resellers.

After reading an enormous amount of feedback we made some extra changes to the design in time for shipping to resellers next week:

• * Redesigned circuit to give a cleaner filter when switching to Vendor mode. No more read errors !
• * Enlarged solder points to give an easier flow to the Liteon PCB points – Noob friendly !
• * Added Read/Write Mode LED (RED)
• * Added Normal 360 Mode LED (Green)
• * Upgrade the switch to a stronger more robust model
• * Changed location of LED so they can be viewed when Liteon PCB is installed to its case
• * Slight improvement to the PCB shape so it sits firmly and accurately in place when soldering.

Expected in store: 18/01/2010

Using this piece of hardware, you can flash Read/Write to any liteon drive,

including the newest 93450, Using the simple 6 solder points on the PCB

you can install this in under a min, ( after you get your case and dvd player all un-boxed :) )

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Wishing you all the best for the new year, lets hope its a good one for all…

Marty.

When I turned 9 years old, Short Circuit was released in the US, shortly after its release  my family sat down to watch it on a fresh new pirate beta-max video; thanks go to our well connected sources working in the shipyards…

To my amazement.. I was watching this out of control robot; who was supposed to be  “Alive”… Now I wasn’t stupid; I knew it was a film(as a boy i loved movies and was fascinated how they were made.. bugged the hell out my dad!!), but in the back of my mind I knew after watching the film over 100 times, I wanted one of those robots, or ‘A robot’ and thought to myself….

“I cannie wait for the future.”
“Well have all these mad robots flying us aboot, way big lasers on em..“

Very similar to what I though the future would look like.

So I made one, Which just happened to be made from a few old broken tanks, old meccano set and all the electrical toys you could find…, if they weren’t broke give me 5 mins and they’d be ripped to fuck… that was the main source for battery packs, lights and wires!

That was all well and good when I was 9…, but that was 23 years ago! now im sitting here at 32 wondering were the Hell is all the robots of the future?  this is the future.. Isn’t it? looking at the modern technology now-a-days and how far we & technology has evolved over the last 2 decades bringing new innovations and inventions to the world everyday..

I’d like a revolutionary new robot,
packed to the rafters with amazing kick ass, out of the world features,
but its not going to happen…

Clark Boyd over at the BBC wrote an interesting article back in April – Robots of the future unveiled One thing that grabbed my attention was the tag line.

Experts predict that an aging world population and continuing global military conflicts will be the two main drivers of robot design and function in the coming years.

So basically, will we start seeing Iron man, GI-Joe looking prototype robot suits in the coming years, were a person can wear a robot like a piece of clothing?

Man I sure hope so!! but I also think to myself… Not in this Life time? But what if?

With the recently released video of Toyota’s humanoid robot which reminds  more and more like the robot from I-Robot, which runs to fetch the woman’s inhaler.

This brings a new lease of life for the robot industry with cutting edge tech loaded to the gunnels with fancy bits and bobs, but!! were will it be in another 29 years? will I have the house trained bicentennial man? I doubt it! but im sure there’s plenty of smart people out there willing to try!

Id like my futuristic robot now please along with flying cars, intergalactic travel ports with multi-raced species

We all know that’s a good few years away yet….

how long do you think it will be? Do you think we’ll see it in this life time?

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The biggest and best motorcycle only rally in Europe. This year we have more covered areas than ever including the ‘Back Street Heroes’ sponsored ‘BIG TOP’ – a huge circus tent featuring all our main attractions.

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The 24th Annual MAG – Farmyard Party dates has been added to the MAG website.

Friday, June 18, 2010 – Sunday, June 20, 2010

After last years successful event, the Dates for next years party has been posted, Im sure it will be an even bigger party than the year before, view the aftermath here, with bigger tents, more bands, its sure to be an eventful weekend…

The small town of Helmsley will have around 8,000 bikers ascend on the small town which is home to the Helmsley Castle, which is a medieval castle situated in the market town, located in North Yorkshire, England.

The castle was first constructed in wood around 1120 by Walter l’Espec. Walter had no children and on his death in 1154 the castle passed to his sister Adelina who had married Peter de Roos.

Location: Helmsley
Web: http://www.farmyardparty.com

What Else Is On?

INTO THE VALLEY
30 April – 2 May 2010
read more…

FARMYARD PARTY
18-20 June 2010
read more…

YORKSHIRE PUDDING
6-8 August 2009
read more

Visit the Motorcycle Action Group homepage for more info.

My Farmyard Aftermath: 2009

you can read the whole farmyard aftermath 2009 here

Getting there

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If you’re going let me know…

I’m sure theirs plenty to look forward to this year…

For my trials I used a version of Windows 7 Ultimate:

• This would display the version build 7000, bottom right hand side of the screen,
• Activate notice under it, to remind me every so often.
• Run Chew WGA 0.9 – The Windows 7 Patch (download below).
• The loading screen will appear and tell you that its working,
• Then after a few seconds rather than the stated,  it would be finished and ready to reboot.
• The version build and the activation notice was gone after re-boot.

After you download the file, there is a PDF with instructions and information about education usage etc..
but just double click the app to start

Features

* all-language compatibility
* works on Windows 7 all versions
* compatible with 32-bit and 64-bit file-systems
* no master boot record fiddling
* no risk of PC bricking
* very reliable patching mechanism
* windows updates work
* doesn’t use any keys
* full uninstaller included
* solid, clean, efficient coding
* tamper resistant (protect by CGA – Chew Genuine Advantage seal)
* hotfix resistant
* the most reliable chew-wga version yet

Isn’t she a beauty..

Yamaha Blaster 200cc 2003 model (I think)
needed a new clutch, 5 min job for shugtech…

The Quads all loaded up with nerf bars, wide rear axle, Paul philips racing exhaust.

im still to pick up a rear brake caliper & front light, not sure whether to go with the hulk look again, since its got a nice purple frame to match the Hulks shorts…

Comments always welcome…

Only show those child pages of the parent page,
Only when you are on that Parent page!

Below is the HTML framework for our sidebar navigation…

• Gallery
  • page 1
  • page 2
  • page 3
  • page 4
  • page 5

<ul>
   <li>Gallery
     <ul>
        <li>page 1</li>
        <li>page 2</li>
        <li>page 3</li>
        <li>page 4</li>
        <li>page 5</li>
     </ul>
   </li>
</ul>

When on the “PARENT” page,

The code in the sidebar, navigation menu or page,
will be populated with a list of Child Sub pages for THAT current PARENT page only…

Copy the code below into your sidebar, and try it…

  <?php if ( is_page() ) {
      if($post->post_parent)
      $children = wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order&title_li=&child_of='.$post->post_parent.'&echo=0');
else
      $children = wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order&title_li=&child_of='.$post->ID.'&echo=0');
      if ($children) {
   ?>
      <div class="sidebar">
<h2>Sub-pages of Current Page</h2>
<ul>
      	<?php echo $children; ?>
      	</ul>
      </div>
   <?php
} // End If Post
       } // End if is page
   ?>

As long as your Page has at least one associated child page, the list will be shown, if there are no child pages then the menu will not be shown.. this is handy if you’re sidebar is quite packed with elements/ads, this will be generated only on that parent page…

you can check out the example on the Shugtech Gallery website.
Each Gallery Album is a child of Gallery, so each image gallery is a separate wp page were the list of other Albums available is on the right hand sidebar…

As always feedback is welcome..

Get what you need for your 360 @

This method dosnt require the CK3 Probe/Spear Attachment tool..

Sentinelace over @ pothsprojects.com posted a good rundown on how you can de-crypt your lite-on key and flash your new firmware back to your lite-on drive…

Programs you’ll need
Jungle Flasher 1.65 – Website.
Openkey – Download OpenKey V2.0
L083info_32.exe – Rapidshare

Step 1

1. Connect the Lite-on to your pc like usual with the tray in half open mode.
2. Open JF 1.65 go to DVDKey 32 tab and click on the Create 83 Extract and click ok.
3. Once it tells you to “Move the tray to the full open position” with your hand pull the tray out fully then click ok.
4. Save the files.
5. Now in windows hit start run and type cmd.
6. Download openkey and save it to “c:\openkey“
7. Now in the command prompt type “cd c:\openkey“
8. Once inside the openkey directory type in “openkey.exe D608CG833907010F0.bin” then hit enter.
9. Your key should pop up in numbers and letters in groups of two write it down.

If you get this error, then you have a bad key and need to use method 2

METHOD 2

If you got the error above, then you simply need to use the L083info_32.exe program to get the proper bin file.
Check jungle flasher to see what port your SATA card is using for your drive.
Example of what you would type:

LO83info_32 0fd00

You will then be presented with a bin file of something like D609CG92690700FDF.bin

At this point,
go back to openkey and run it against your new bin file and you should get something like this:

At this point open jungle flasher back up.

You may want to test with a spare drive first to make sure this works..
to prevent bricking your drive!!

Load Ixtreme as target and choose manual spoof. Paste the key that openkey gave you in the top and then type in the barcode key into the second box followed by 3 spaces. In the drop down choose Lite-on 83850C and hit okay.

Go to the MTKflash tab and write your drive as usual. Test and confirm your spoofed drive works. Once confirmed you can dump that firmware and send a lite-on erase and flash like you normally would a lite-on.

I myself have used this method to personally test a few lite-on drives, each time using an old benq drive just to test the key on first prior to flashing the original lite-on. as always feedback is always welcome.