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Detecting mixed case strings in ASP Classic

Corey — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:46:46 +0000

I needed to detect a mixed case string in classic ASP. I define a mixed case string as containing both upper and lower case characters, like AuxagGsrLpa. I could not find a free function on the web to make this decision, so I wrote one. = 65 and asc( currentChar ) = 97 and asc( [...]

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Detecting mixed case strings in ASP Classic

Matching MD5 hashes in ASP.NET and ASP Classic

Corey — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:48:00 +0000

The goal of this page is to put two MD5 code samples on the same web page, one for ASP classic and one for ASP.NET. String formatting (like ASCII vs UTF-8) can trip up coding these two routines. These two code samples will produce the same MD5 hash output. Classic ASP/VBScript MD5 The ASP code [...]

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Matching MD5 hashes in ASP.NET and ASP Classic

How to: add images to reddit sidebar

Corey — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:16:01 +0000

Here is one quick and dirty way to add an image to the sidebar of a subreddit. You must be a moderator of a subreddit in order to edit its stylesheet. Upload the image Add this CSS to the stylesheet: /* add image to the bottom of the sidebar */ .side .usertext-body{ padding-bottom: 400px; background: [...]

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How to: add images to reddit sidebar

gif2frames.exe: Extract frames from an animated GIF

Corey — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:25:55 +0000

I built a Windows 32 bit command line executable, gif2frames.exe. (Go to download) This tool will take an animated GIF image file and save a separate static image for each frame in PNG, BMP or JPG format. The reason GIFs are useful is because the files can be optimized to reduce the size on disk. [...]

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gif2frames.exe: Extract frames from an animated GIF

Top users WordPress plugin

Corey — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 21:57:13 +0000

I wrote a new plugin to list the contributors to a WordPress website. The comment and post counts are added together, and the top X users are listed in a simple table alongside the counts. See this plugin in use at http://www.fightthescams.com/thanks-for-commenting/ Download top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count.zip. Installation instructions Upload the `top-users-by-comment-plus-post-count` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory Activate [...]

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Top users WordPress plugin

Disable comment author links in WordPress

Corey — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:46:27 +0000

I just wrote a new plugin to disable commenter names from linking to the website URLs they may provide when commenting. Some themes allow commenters to provide a home page URL along with their comment. The comment author’s name then becomes a link to that website wherever it appears on your site. This plugin removes [...]

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Disable comment author links in WordPress

WP: Add content to the bottom of every post

Corey — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 02:34:07 +0000

I wrote a new WordPress plugin last week, July of 2011. This plugin is a simple filter that adds some content to the bottom of each post. I thought for sure a plugin like this would already exist, and I was surprised to find a few very complex solutions with way more features than necessary. [...]

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WP: Add content to the bottom of every post

“Time ago” formatting in ASP classic

Corey — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 20:59:41 +0000

Today, I needed to convert a time stamp like “1/25/2011 10:42:11 AM” to a readable sentence format like “2 months and 6 hours ago.” Here’s the code I came up with: function timeAgo( byval time ) sentence = "" hits = 0 piecesAgo = array( 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ) piecesTotals = array( [...]

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“Time ago” formatting in ASP classic

Export comments WordPress plugin

Corey — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:22:18 +0000

I launched a new WordPress plugin to export a blog’s comments. Specifically, this plugin creates a tab-delimited text version of the wp_comments database table. Options include approved, pending or spam (or any combination of) comments. This page will soon expand. For now… Download this plugin from WordPress.org Originally published at TacticalTechnique.comExport comments WordPress plugin

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Export comments WordPress plugin

WordPress comment paging creates duplicate content

Corey — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:40:13 +0000

I learned something today about WordPress that I would like to share. The “break comments into pages” feature can create duplicate content for all posts that have only a single page of comments. I made this graphic to explain exactly what happens. Click to enlarge: Originally published at TacticalTechnique.comWordPress comment paging creates duplicate content

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WordPress comment paging creates duplicate content