WP Plugin : Sort Admin Menus

July 9th, 2008

A simple WordPress plugin that sorts the items in Settings, Plugins and Manage dashboard menus in A-Z order. […] Continue Reading…

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Posted by Jānis Elsts

How To Get Redirect URL In PHP

July 5th, 2008

HTTP redirects usually have the response status 301 or 302 and provide the redirection URL in the “Location” header. I’ve written three complementary PHP functions that you can use to find out where an URL redirects to (based on a helpful thread at WebmasterWorld). You don’t even need CURL […] Continue Reading…

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How To Automatically Post Deviations to Twitter

June 30th, 2008

DeviantART is a huge artist community. Twitter is a huge… blogging thing. Obviously some kind of combination/mashup is mandatory, so I figured out how to get your deviations automatically posted to Twitter. Yeah, I’m bored.

First, you will need to figure out your DeviantART RSS feed address. The generic form […] Continue Reading…

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Mars Phoenix In Spore

June 26th, 2008

Behold, my lame attempt to recreate the robotic spacecraft in Spore Creature Editor! 😛

You can’t really make asymmetric creatures in the Creature Creator, so I couldn’t add all the equipment to the top surface. Also, no parts match the solar panel coloring well enough, […] Continue Reading…

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How To Create a MySQL Database In cPanel With PHP

June 24th, 2008

A PHP class that uses cURL to log in to cPanel. Can create MySQL databases and users, add users to databases, list existing databases, and more. […] Continue Reading…

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Posted by Jānis Elsts