Out of Control®

Updated Ping List: October 21st 2009 This is a quick hack and a ping server list. The hack is to allow ping servers that require a port number that has more than 4 digits (i.e. icerocket.com requires port 10800). The list is mostly from this post, and has been edited due to a couple of [...]

We are finally getting around to moving our Out of Control™ website to ExpressionEngine. WordPress for us just has too many security updates, and the recent massive change to the control panel just isn't too our liking. We also find that after much tweaking and optimizing, one of our larger sites FindMacStuff is still just [...]

I have finally written my first EE extension. It is a simple little extension that will automatically resize any imaged linked to in the Discussion Forum module of Expression Engine, and for that matter, any place that the [img] tags are used, as this extension hooks into the main [img] tag functions. It is free [...]

PLAIN TEXT CODE: {exp:query sql="SELECT (m_field_id_10) as member_field FROM exp_member_data WHERE  member_id='<?php global $SESS; echo $SESS->userdata['member_id'];?>'"} {exp:weblog:entries weblog="{my_weblog}" entry_id="{chapters}" dynamic="off"} <li><a href="/weblog/{url_title}">{title}</a></li> {/exp:weblog:entries} {/exp:query} I had to use as {member_id} does not get understood inside of the {exp:query sql=''}{/exp:query} tag set.

Today I realized that I need to create a new category here for code snippets. I keep misplacing them, and a lot of them are really simple and really forgettable. You can view code snippets here.

PLAIN TEXT CODE: {exp:member:login_form return="site/index"} <p><label>Username</label><br /> <input type="text" name="username" value="" maxlength="32" class="input" size="15" /></p> <p><label>Password</label><br /> <input type="password" name="password" value="" maxlength="32" class="input" size="15" /></p> {if auto_login} <p><input class='checkbox' type='checkbox' name='auto_login' value='1' /> Auto-login on future visits</p> {/if} <p><input class='checkbox' type='checkbox' name='anon' value='1' checked='checked' /> Show my name in the online users list</p> <p><input type="submit" [...]

It is late and I am tired, so just one fast post tonight. Shortly I am hoping to convert this WordPress site to Expression Engine. I have been using ExpressionEngine for some time now and greatly enjoy it. Especially since this latest incarnation of WordPress, I am have not been completely happy with WP. So, [...]