wp.me is a shortURL service from Automattic. Matt, father of WordPress said “it’s a short link, about 70% smaller than the permalink for this post. WP.me is the only two-letter .me domain in the world.Every blog and post on WordPress.com has a WP.me URL now. These are all exposed in the using rel=shortlink. It doesn’t work for any URL in the world, just WP.com-hosted ones. The links are permanent, they will work as long as WordPress.com is around.WP.me is spam-free, because we are constantly monitoring and removing spam from WP.com”

Automattic added Get Shortlink to WordPress,where is it exactly? Matt also said a “Get Shortlink” button next to your permalink when you edit or write a post, and when you click it you’ll get a popup with the beautiful link already highlighted for your copy and pasting pleasure.

Back to P2 idea, i found that P2 is a great theme to communicate between team members or company employees, It has in-front UI for add/edit posts, reply comments, however no Get Shorlink?

I had an idea to add wp.me or Get Shortlink to P2 theme in early January. No wp.me shortlink tool in that theme at the time (or still ?) I spent some amount of time for a fun modification

First, install WordPress.com Stats plugin or known as wp stats plugin
After that, lets get our hands dirty with code

1. Open entry.php and add

if ( function_exists(‘get_shortlink’) ) : ?> | <a href=”" rel=”shortlink”>Shortlink</a>else : endif;

Add it below

if ( current_user_can(‘edit_post’, get_the_id() ) ) :

This means you only use that when you logged in.
Why did I add Shortlink only for logged in users? because we are going to show Shortlink in same area with Edit Post, when you click Edit it will pop-up editor box under content in P2.

2. Add a function to show Shortlink in AJAX way
Open inc folder, edit ajax.php. Find line 5, where the class P2Ajax is. Add below function inside class P2Ajax {

function get_shortlink_ajax() {
check_ajax_referer(‘ajaxnonce’,'_inline_edit’);
if ( function_exists(‘get_shortlink’) ) :
$post_id = $_GET['post_ID'];
$post_id = substr( $post_id, strpos( $post_id, ‘-’ ) + 1 );
echo get_shortlink($post_id);
else :
endif;
}

3. Last step is the most difficult step. I added a function for AJAX but it wont work with step 3.
Still in same folder, that’s inc folder, now open p2.js
Go to line 406, where you see this code

case “post” :
var thisPostEditArea;
if (inlineEditPosts != 0 && isUserLoggedIn) {
thisPostEditArea = $(element).children(‘div.editarea’);
thisPostEditArea.editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ‘edit’,loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘?action=prologue_load_post&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ‘content’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’,rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ”, loadtext: p2txt.loading,
cancel: p2txt.cancel, submit: p2txt.save, tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’,
submitdata: {action:’prologue_inline_save’, _inline_edit: nonce}});

$(element).find(‘a.post-edit-link’).click(function() {
thisPostEditArea.trigger(“edit”);
return false;
});
}

Add below code after above lines,

var thisShortLinkArea;
if (inlineEditPosts != 0 && isUserLoggedIn) {
thisShortLinkArea = $(element).children(‘div.editarea’);
thisShortLinkArea.editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ’shortlink’,loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘?action=prologue_load_post&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ’shortlink’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’,rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ”, loadtext: p2txt.loading,
cancel: p2txt.cancel, tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’});
$(element).find(‘a.shortlink’).click(function() {
thisShortLinkArea.trigger(“shortlink”);
return false;
});
}

Go to line 488, change

if ((inlineEditPosts || inlineEditComments ) && isUserLoggedIn) {

to

if ((inlineEditPosts || inlineShortLink || inlineEditComments ) && isUserLoggedIn) {

Go to line 558, where you see this code

if (inlineEditPosts && isUserLoggedIn) {
$(‘div.editarea’).editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ’shortlink’, loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘?action=prologue_load_post&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ’shortlink’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’, rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ‘/>’, loadtext: p2txt.loading, cancel: p2txt.cancel,tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’,});
$(‘#main a.shortlink’).click(function() {
$(this).parents(‘li’).children(‘div.editarea’).trigger(“shortlink”);
return false;
});
}

Add below code after above lines

if (inlineEditComments && isUserLoggedIn) {
$(‘div.comment-edit’).editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ‘edit’,loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘?action=prologue_load_comment&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘comment_ID’,name: ‘comment_content’, type : ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’, rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ‘>’, loadtext: p2txt.loading, cancel: p2txt.cancel, submit: p2txt.save,
tooltip: ”, width: ‘90%’, submitdata: {action:’prologue_inline_comment_save’, _inline_edit: nonce} } );
$(‘a.comment-edit-link’).click(function() {
$(this).parents(‘h4′).next(‘div.comment-edit’).trigger(“edit”);
return false;
});
}

Open folder js, edit p2.js.
Go to line 472

var thisPostEditArea;
if (inlineEditPosts != 0 && isUserLoggedIn) {
thisPostEditArea = $(element).children(‘div.editarea’);
thisPostEditArea.editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ‘edit’, loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘&action=get_post&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ‘content’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’,rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ”, loadtext: p2txt.loading,
cancel: p2txt.cancel, submit: p2txt.save, tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’,
submitdata: {action:’save_post’, _inline_edit: nonce}});
jQuery(element).find(‘a.post-edit-link’).click(function() {
thisPostEditArea.trigger(‘edit’);
return false;
});
}

Add below code after above lines,

var thisShortLinkArea;
if (inlineEditPosts != 0 && isUserLoggedIn) {
thisShortLinkArea = $(element).children(‘div.editarea’);
thisShortLinkArea.editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ’shortlink’, loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘&action=get_shortlink_ajax&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ’shortlink’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’,rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ”, loadtext: p2txt.loading,
cancel: p2txt.cancel, tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’});
jQuery(element).find(‘a.shortlink’).click(function() {
thisShortLinkArea.trigger(’shortlink’);
return false;
});
}

After that, go to line 614, where you see this code

// Bind actions to comments and posts
if (inlineEditPosts && isUserLoggedIn) {
$(‘a.post-edit-link’).live( ‘click’ , function() {
$(‘div.editarea’).editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ‘edit’, loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘&action=get_post&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ‘content’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’, rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ”, loadtext: p2txt.loading, cancel: p2txt.cancel,
submit : p2txt.save, tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’,
submitdata: {action:’save_post’, _inline_edit: nonce}});

$(this).parents(‘li’).children(‘div.editarea’).trigger(“edit”);
return false;
});
}

Add below code after above lines,

if (inlineEditPosts && isUserLoggedIn) {
$(‘a.shortlink’).live( ‘click’ , function() {
$(‘div.editarea’).editable(ajaxUrl, {event: ’shortlink’, loadurl: ajaxUrl + ‘&action=get_shortlink_ajax&_inline_edit=’ + nonce,
id: ‘post_ID’, name: ’shortlink’, type: ‘autogrow’, cssclass: ‘textedit’, rows: ‘3′,
indicator : ”, loadtext: p2txt.loading, cancel: p2txt.cancel,
tooltip : ”, width: ‘90%’, onblur: ‘ignore’});
$(this).parents(‘li’).children(‘div.editarea’).trigger(“shortlink”);
return false;
});
}

View P2 with Get Shortlink demo (it also uses Private Only plugin)
Username: user01
Password: 123456

What is Private Only plugin?
Private Only will redirect all users who aren’t logged in to the login form where they are shown a user-friendly message It also block Feeds”

It is compatible up to WordPress 2.9.1 with new features been added to that version, blocked RSS Feed (which was leaked on early version, i fixed that) and Custom Login, you can change background page, login form, disable wordpress logo, button Log In text color.

Download on wordpress.org plugin directory

Download for PC/Mac
1024×768

1900×1200

iPhone version

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season!

The error, Connection Timed Out popped up in the middle of upload process, sometime was after progress bar showed 100%.

No, it wasn’t the server caused the problem. That wasn’t Passive Connection problem, which also can cause Connection Timed Out. This small problem can trick you. You think the server do it, but it isn’t when you are sure with your server.

It was FileZilla. The solution is simple. Open FileZilla > Edit > Settings > Timeout in seconds, default is 20, change it to higher value like 300 > OK

Simple. isn’t it?

I tried to re-setup ICS Wizard in router and main network adapters in router and client computers, Network Connections > right-clicked Local Area Connection, Properties > Internet Protocol > Properties, type the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway. Note: only router has empty Default Gateway

FYI, Local Area Connection use local IP address, its Subnet Mask and local Default Gateway. You can use range 192.168.0.1 – 192.168.0.255 or 192.168.1.1-192.168.1.255.

Microsoft Documentations tells you to use range 192.168.0.1 – 192.168.0.255, because ICS Wizard likely to setup that range.
You can read how to setup ICS or in short term, Internet Sharing here. My experience below could be used for both range of IPs

I won’t explain ICS Wizard again, because that isn’t subject of the article. This article for you who have problems with Internet Sharing, which you did setup and did work well before problem arise.

Re-setup didn’t help. I concluded it must be something unrelated with Network that may blocked the internet sharing. That’s virus or worm. I scanned all three computers using Avira AntiVir Personal. No virus or worm in scan results. Then I realized the Avira was going to be expired. I removed Avira from all computers. I did scan the computers, no need to worry about virus and worm. Of course, before you remove Avira, you should check quarantine folder, because some anti-virus could release them sometimes. Delete whatever in quarantine folder

I also did reset IE, Internet Explorer controlled Internet Online/Offline behavior when no setup proxy in Firefox, Chrome, Opera or other browsers, even Yahoo Messenger affected by IE. Go to Tools on Menu bar > Internet Options > Advanced > Reset Internet Explorer Settings > Reset, follow instructions on the screen

Next, I ran a set of commands to clear and flush WinSock (run this on router and clients),
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset reset.log
netsh winsock reset catalog
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew

Press enter after each command.

Reboot the computers and see if that makes a difference if not then it could either be a corrupt registry file or firewall problem (If that’s registry, i suggest to re-install Win XP. If that’s firewall, disable WinXP firewall)

After reboot, i did setup router and client computers IP Addresses, Subnet Masks and Default Gateways. Default Gateway IPs in clients must use Router IP Address (router doesn’t have Default Gateway)

Now, last but important setup DNS to router IP Address
After everything okay, you can install Avira back again

It was a fun project and I learnt more about WP E-Commerce, in case you don’t know, WP E-Commerce made by Instinct. I’ve been using WP E-Commerce for clients. It’s an easy to use e-commerce plugin for WordPress. I recommend you to use it for any e-commerce site with WordPress.

When I started the project, I realized the theme is already great. It looks like a quick and easy project, just look and update it, but in this case, i want to go through the theme, make sure it’s fit with what Dan asked.

I installed the theme on Fresh WordPress 2.8.2 installation with WP E-commerce 2.7.2. I found bugs on WP E-Commerce that day, reported it back to Dan Milward, then ran through all features in Crafy Cart. I was taking note of features need to be updated. I ran theme on three browsers, Safari 3, Firefox 3 and IE7. I wanted to make sure the theme works on 3 premium browsers. One bug related to browsers compatibility was headers, it was showing odd alphabets on Safari. Other bugs mostly minors.

New Drop Shop look was the most challenging. I was trying to change Drop Shop position from default (horizontal on footer) to vertical position on right side. Why did I do that? It because the default position blocked footer.  At the end of project, we liked the default position . I also changed backgrounds for light and dark Drop Shop, created two new stylesheet for them, these new styles are included with Craft Cart final product. Not just that, I also made a neat effect where there’s a link under Shopping Cart to show and hide drop shop to allows people see footer, this feature isn’t availabe for final product (feel free to contact me for Crafty Cart mods). Drop shop is a shopping cart with neat effect on WP E-Commerce. It makes possible for your shoppers to drag and drop your goods onto it. When I delivered the Crafty Cart, it had 3 choices of Drop Shop positions, default, vertical (under sidebar), on fly. Only one make it to final product, that’s default

Besides Drop Shop, my task was to update Product Slider to be compatible with Crafty Craft. Drop Shop and Product Slider are add-on modules for WP E-Commerce. You can buy it at Instinct Gold Cart Shop
 
We also did update Crafty Cart comments  to be compatible with WordPress 2.8 or above. Old Crafty Cart used Prior WordPress 2.8 comments functions

See screenshots below. Don’t forget to download Crafty Cart 2.0 Beta 1.

This how to will show you how to remote a Windows computer, screen sharing it in Mac with WiFI connection or with Ethernet available

Setup Remote Desktop Connection

First thing you need a software to connect Mac with Windows, Remote Desktop Connection Client. Download the software from Apple site.

Install it like other software in Mac. You’ll see a Remote Desktop Connection icon in Application folder.

Configure the built in Airport Express or Ethernet to have IP statics and are on the same network. Open Network Preferences, Choose Airport then click Advanced button, go to TCP/IP tab, set Configure Ipv4 to Manually, type IP address, subnet mask and router IP.

Setup Ethernet same way with Airport Express

Configure Remote Desktop Connection

Before you can remote your Windows computer, configure the Remote Desktop Connection software to use themes, play sounds from Windows. The later feature is very cool, because you can play mp3 store in Windows to your Mac. Go to RDC menu, launch preferences.

Display Tab allows you to control how Windows look on Mac, you can get full screen size window, tick show desktop background like your windows, tick Windows themes will display your Windows themes on Mac

Sound Tab provides three choices, tick On the Macintosh computer only will play your Windows sound on Mac. But when you tick On the Windows-based computer only, it will play the Sounds on Windows, no Sounds will be transfer to Mac. Or you can turn sound off, tick Do not play sound

Remote and Screen Sharing Windows Computer

Run the Remote Desktop Connection , you’ll be presented with a simple interface, it will ask you Windows computer IP or name then click Connect button

A window popup ask you to insert Windows login. The username and password same with your Windows login. Match Domain with Computer Name in Windows system properties. Click OK

After that, you will see Windows login usually apear on Windows, insert Windows username and password one more time. Voila you can remote your Windows computer now!

Conclusion

Mac is powerful when it comes to networking even with Windows. It’s only a matter of minutes to setup, fast and easy access

Now, you can collaborate with someone else who use Windows or use it as transition from Windows to Mac.

Feel free to let us know what do you think about this. Is it a tool you find a particularly useful?

You turn macbook on after the battery is full, resume your download and find out that there’s no resume command when you open Safari.

It sucks when it’s happening in the middle of big files download.
Don’t get angry too soon.
Clear you download window but don’t reset Safari.
You may not know Safari saved all downloads in download directory.
Open download directory, find Safari icon with loading bar on it. That shows that file is Resume Download file from Safari. Click it twice, Safari download window pop up ..bingo! Your download back on

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