Category: WordPress

  • DRAFT: Launch and Learn: Lessons in Multimedia Training

    DRAFT: Launch and Learn: Lessons in Multimedia Training

    “The Shape of Learning: How Media Consumers Become Media Producers”
    http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2014/01/the-shape-of-learning-how-media-consumers-become-media-producers/

    “Launch and Learn: Lessons in Multimedia Training”
    http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2014/10/launch-and-learn-lessons-in-multimedia-training/

  • Launch & Learn NOTES

    Mishmash of notes and quotes for building the next PBS Idea Lab article…

    The story

    1. MOOCs Miss the Mark: MOOCs don’t work for most learning situations.
    2. Old Is the New New: Look to F2F classes for what does work.
    3. Edu Evo: “Discussion Up” courseware.

    (more…)

  • Facebook / o2

    Facebook Group features and info architecture (and whether these can be replicated in WP.com’s P2 — soon to be o2):

    • Thread-level of 1 (Post and Comment)**
    • Sort Posts by most recent activity (Post or Comment timestamp)***
    • Live notifications*
    • Comments on the homepage*
    • Front-end posting/commenting*
    • Inline editing*
    • Display activity since last user login***
    • Private messages
    • Chat via
    • Link preview (thumbnail, title, excerpt)
    • Audio: Link preview w/ embedded player*
    • Video: Link preview w/ embedded player*
    • Tag site member autocomplete*
    • Likes*
    • Upload photo (w/ text)*
    • Upload video (w/ text, display w/ player)*
    • Upload file (w/ text, display w/ link)*
    • Post types (photo, link, question)***

    (more…)

  • MOOCs Current

    World Press Photo Academy Connected Learning https://www.facebook.com/wpphconnected

    Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Social Media for Journalists: The Basics http://open.journalismcourses.org/course/view.php?id=16&section=1

    MulinBlog J-School Audio Photo Slideshow Storytelling http://www.mulinblog.com/mooc/course/view.php?id=9

    Code School Backbone.js https://www.codeschool.com/courses/anatomy-of-backbonejs

    Code School Front-End Formations https://www.codeschool.com/courses/front-end-formations

    Done

    Coursera (U of TX) Energy 101 https://www.edx.org/course/utaustinx/utaustinx-ut-1-01x-energy-101-667

  • Jetpack Carousel Audio

    Jetpack Carousel Audio

    Kelly Roberti, Jazz bassist, Bozeman MT, painting by Pascal Martos
    Kelly Roberti, Jazz bassist, Bozeman MT, painting by Pascal Martos

    Testing the Jetpack Carousel Audio plugin:

  • Post Format- Video

    test: post format-video

  • Post Format- Audio

    test: post format-audio

    /**
     * Change attribute for WP audio shortcode and embed .
     *
     * Default preload attribute is 'none' which shows time as 'O:OO'.
     * Setting attribute to 'metadata' displays time upon page load.
     */
    function soundsshares_audio_preload( $html, $atts, $audio, $post_id, $library ) {
        $html = str_replace( 'preload="none"', 'preload="metadata"', $html );
    
        return $html;
    }
    add_filter( 'wp_audio_shortcode', 'soundsshares_audio_preload', 10, 5 );
    
  • Widows

    http://css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/4949/widow-cleaning-in-post-titles-vs-/p1

    function widowKiller($text) {
    	$return = $text;
    	$arr = explode(' ',$text);
    		$arr[count($arr) - 2].= ' '.$arr[count($arr) - 1];
    		array_pop($arr);
    		$return = implode(' ',$arr);
    	return $return;
    }
    
    function widowKilledTitle() {
    	global $post; $text = the_title('','',false);
    	$return = $text;
    	$arr = explode(' ',$text);
    		$arr[count($arr) - 2].= ' '.$arr[count($arr) - 1];
    		array_pop($arr);
    		$return = implode(' ',$arr);
    	echo $return;
    }
    

    http://imgiseverything.co.uk/articles/removing-typographic-widows-in-wordpress-page-titles/

  • Meetup 2013-02-13

    Theme 2013

    Twenty Thirteen: http://twentythirteendemo.wordpress.com/

    MP6: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mp6/

    Plugins:

    • Article: http://transom.org/?p=30590
    • Plugin directory: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/co-authors-plus/
      • image
      • description
      • author
    • Reviews
    • Free: donate
    • Code standards
      • conflict/collision
      • Clean up: uninstall.php, tables?
      • function_exists
      • prefix: function, classes, constants, globals
      • headecon_function()
        tells you it’s yours (not wp_)
        5.3 namespace: http://de3.php.net/manual/en/language.namespaces.php

      • metadata options key name: http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2009/12/10/wordpress-option-namespacing/
      • files: server vs client
      • plugin x 3:
        1. functions file: http://codex.wordpress.org/Functions_File_Explained
          Theme dependent.
        2. plugins folder:/wp-content/plugins/
          Theme-independent functionality; activation required.
        3. “must use” plugins: /wp-content/mu-plugins/my-custom-functions.php
          Theme-independent functionality, w/o requiring activation.
          http://justintadlock.com/archives/2011/02/02/creating-a-custom-functions-plugin-for-end-users
    • Changelog