Earlier today the I uploaded my first plugin to the WordPress extend directory, an inventory display and management plugin made for my current employer PGI Auto. Admittedly this plugin is a little abstract for the average site user but if your an automotive dealer, or making a site for one, and your using the Autobase inventory management system, this this will set you up right. It covers the full gamut of features including importing from multiple sources at once. it designed with gull customizability in mind, with movable and selection filters and display option on the search page and a customizable module layout of the details page. If your not to into the customization you can enable a default white stylesheet or turn it off to be left with a bare skeleton. Continue reading “Fist Plugin in the WordPress extend directory: PGI Inventory Plugin”
Ajax sites with real URL using history.pushState()
If your building a ajax based site then one of the problems you bound to come up on is how to handle pages. There common way to do this, the hastag (#), placing all the information you need to load the desired page after the tag and using the javascript window.location.hash to get it and process the request. This works great, I’ve used it myself before, but it does post 2 problems. Continue reading “Ajax sites with real URL using history.pushState()”
Get photo EXIF data with PHP
The EXIF data of a photo contains a lot of information, time taken, device taken with, geolocation, even a thumbnail for your use. Best part of all is that it requires no work on you or your users part to compile the data, just read it and fill the database as needed. Today I’m going to talk about how you can grab this information via PHP. Continue reading “Get photo EXIF data with PHP”