ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType image/vnd.microsoft.icon "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 3 month"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 3 month"
</IfModule>


function MYTHEME_preprocess_panels_pane(&$vars) {
// get the subtype
$subtype = $vars['pane']->subtype;

return $vars;
}

This allows me to rename the panel template in this format panels-pane–SUBTYPE-NAME.tpl.php.

If you have any problems send me an email and I’ll try and help.

MP3 to Post Plugin

What it does; scans a folder (mp3-to-post) in your uploads directory and creates posts using the ID3v2 title and comment to make the post title and post content respectively. It also attaches the MP3 file to the post and adds a link to the post content. Hopefully pretty straight forward.

Ideally, I’d like to get it to automatically create nested categories based on Artist and Album but I haven’t gotten that far yet and just want to get it out the door at this point.

If you have any questions please feel free to email me.

The way the layout works for various parts of the site design needs to change when in this viewing mode so I’ve needed a way to test for when this happens so I can use different css. Here is a little Modernizr test that adds a high-contrast/no-high-contrast class to the other Modernizr classes.

Modernizr.testStyles('#modernizr {background-color: rgb(171,239,86)} ', function(elem, rule){
  var backgroundColor = jQuery('#modernizr').css('background-color');
  Modernizr.addTest('high-contrast', backgroundColor !== 'rgb(171, 239, 86)'
    && backgroundColor !== 'rgb(171,239,86)'
    && backgroundColor !== '#abef56');
});

One problem I had was getting a reliable way of accessing the backgroundColor property from the DOM so I’ve had to use some jQuery ( not ideal I know ) as well.

Up until now I’ve been adding that extra information by hand because there haven’t been a lot of links but I figured there was a ripe oppurtunity to do some simple automation. I’ve created the following content filter that will automatically add the google analytics bit to each link in the content, you just have to put it in your theme’s function.php file. I also added a bit that tracks outbound links as well just because that might be handy info to have as well.

// google link filter
add_filter( "the_content", "google_external_link_filter" );

function google_external_link_filter($content)
{
  // load the content in to a dom object
  $dom = new domDocument;
  $dom->loadHTML($content);

  // find the A tags
  $xpath = new DOMXPath($dom);
  $links = $xpath->evaluate("//a");

  // loop through reach link and check if we need to add the google stuff
  foreach ($links as $tag)
  {
    // get link details
   $linkURL = $tag->getAttribute('href');
   $linkExtension = pathinfo($linkURL, PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
   $linkHost = parse_url($linkURL, PHP_URL_HOST);

   // get the site host
   $siteHost = parse_url(get_bloginfo('siteurl'), PHP_URL_HOST);	

   // check if the link has an extension or goes to another site
   if(!empty($linkExtension) || $linkHost != $siteHost)
   {
     // if the link goes to a file
     if(!empty($linkExtension))
     {
       $linkFileName = pathinfo($linkURL, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
       $tag->removeAttribute('onclick');
       $tag->setAttribute("onclick", "javascript: _gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/file/". $linkFileName . '.' . $linkExtension . "']);");
     }
     // if it goes to an external site
     elseif($linkHost != $siteHost)
     {
        // strip http://
        $cleanURL = str_replace('http://','',$linkURL);

        $tag->removeAttribute('onclick');
        $tag->setAttribute("onclick", "javascript: _gaq.push(['_trackPageview', '/external/". $cleanURL . "']);");
      }
    }
  }
  // update the content with the changes
  $content = $dom->saveHTML();

  return $content;
}

If you use it and find a bug or a better way of doing something let me know and I’ll update it.

• Firebug
• Web Developer
• ySlow
• Cache Status
• Page Speed

I’ve also designed it so it should degrade nicely with no javascript. The only things that I’ve used javascript for is the filtering of projects on the projects page, the lightbox and showing/hiding the archives and categories, none of which are super crucial to navigating the site in the long run.

Autothumb
This is best plugin for resizing images. I’ve found it most effective when I set image URLs in custom fields and then grab that info to generate resized images. This is really handy when people upload pictures and don’t have any concept about picture dimensions and where the image is actually going to go. It can even grab pictures from another host and resize those as well.

TDO Mini Forms
This plugin is great if you want people to submit posts or pages for your site. It lets people upload pictures and write everything you would need for a post; it also has built in moderation features and the forms that it makes are very customizable. I’ve used it several times for contest websites where people upload photos and descriptions.

Page Link Manager
When you need to hide pages from being listed in the wp_list_pages() function this plugin is really handy. It provides a simple page of with all the published pages in the site listed and select a checkbox to turn them on and off.

All In One SEO
Really great plugin to generate the basic metatags for your content without you actually having to write it in.

Link to Post
The WYSIWYG link button in wordpress drives me nuts. This plugin will add two new buttons to the WYSIWYG editor that will provide you with a list of pages or posts on your site that you can select from. No more copying and pasting links!

Page Links To
If you ever need to redirect a post/page to another location this plugin is great. Adds a simple field on the edit post page where you can type in the URL that you want that post to redirect to.

JPG Image Quality Plugin