Denzel Designs » Recent Posts http://denzeldesigns.com Singapore WordPress Plugin and Theme Developer Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:59:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Changes to post image function names in WP2.9RC1 http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/12/changes-to-has_post_image-and-the_post_image-in-wp2-9rc1/ http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/12/changes-to-has_post_image-and-the_post_image-in-wp2-9rc1/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:57:46 +0000 Denzel http://denzeldesigns.com/?p=359 Upgraded to WordPress 2.9 RC 1 in my localhost and got function errors saying has_post_image() is undefined.

I thought I had upgraded my theme to use the WordPress 2.9 post thumbnail feature. But why the error?

After searching online for answers. I came across this thread in WordPress Taven mentioning the changing of the function names.

Apparently, has_post_image() has been changed to has_post_thumbnail() and the_post_image() has been changed to the_post_thumbnail().

]]> http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/12/changes-to-has_post_image-and-the_post_image-in-wp2-9rc1/feed/ 2 Change maximum file upload size in WordPress http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/11/wordpress-maximum-upload-size/ http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/11/wordpress-maximum-upload-size/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:14:12 +0000 Denzel http://denzeldesigns.com/?p=349 Recently encountered a problem when uploading a large video to my web hosting server, for testing out my new WordPress Plugin to play self-hosted videos. I found out that the web hosting provider only allows 2M uploads by default. So, I checked with my web hosting provider (Hostmonster.com), and the online support says the maximum upload limit can be changed, up to 50M. So, I googled more and came up with the following solution.

1. Check with your web hosting provider for the maximum file uploading size allowed.

2. Create a text file named php.ini with the following content to change the default php setting.


[PHP]
upload_max_filesize = 50M
post_max_size = 50M

3. Upload the newly created php.ini into WordPress wp-admin folder. There is no need to upload php.ini to other folders.

That’s it.

P.S. Please note that there is no option in WordPress to change the file upload size. It is controlled by the Web Hosting Provider.
I am using PHP5 configuration and not the PHP fastcgi.

]]> http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/11/wordpress-maximum-upload-size/feed/ 0 Expanded My Post Meta Box http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/11/expanded-my-post-meta-box/ http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/11/expanded-my-post-meta-box/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:29:43 +0000 Denzel http://denzeldesigns.com/?p=340 Here is a screenshot of my theme admin meta box.

AdminMetaBox

I specially coded a meta box for my theme, so that I can control my theme layout more efficiently. There are custom field settings for post thumbnail, tweetcount button, post banner, add to cart button, view cart button, etc. There is a list of sidebar for me to choose, so that I can have any sidebar I want for that particular post or page!

Anyone interested to know can read up on the tutorial on WordPress Codex. If you want to code a Post Meta Box for your theme, you can always hire me!

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Hope more users or developers give my plugin a high rating!

Thanks!

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Decided to include tangle.com because of a song called New Creation found on Closer to The Start

Accidentally stumbled upon this song from tangle.com and decided to check out closertothestart.com and found the same video on vimeo. So here it is, enjoy!

]]> http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/08/video-sidebar-widgets-update/feed/ 0 How to disable Plugin upgrade notification http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/07/how-to-disable-plugin-upgrade-notification/ http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/07/how-to-disable-plugin-upgrade-notification/#comments Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:44:04 +0000 Denzel http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/07/how-to-disable-plugin-upgrade-notification/ Whenever there is a plugin upgrade WordPress will display a notification in your plugins admin.

If for any reason you do not want to upgrade and wants to disable the notification, Just change the version number in the plugin’s main php file.

For example, if you do not want to upgrade Video Sidebar Widgets to version 2.1, as this version is only an inclusion of support for Google Videos and you do not need it. Just open video-sidebar-widgets.php using the plugin editor and change the version number to a greater number. The version number can be found on the top of the plugin file.

/*
Plugin Name: Video Sidebar Widgets
Plugin URI: http://denzeldesigns.com/wordpress-plugins/video-sidebar-widgets/
Version: 2.0
Description: A video sidebar widget using WordPress 2.8 Widgets API to display videos such as Vimeo, YouTube, MySpace Videos etc. Requires at least WordPress 2.8.1. Now including Random Video Sidebar Widget to randomly display 1 out of 5 preset video.
Author: Denzel Chia
Author URI: http://denzeldesigns.com/
*/

Just change Version 2.0 to 4.0 and the notification will disappear.

]]> http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/07/how-to-disable-plugin-upgrade-notification/feed/ 0 Thank you for using my plugins! http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/07/thank-you-for-using-my-plugins/ http://denzeldesigns.com/2009/07/thank-you-for-using-my-plugins/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:35:01 +0000 Denzel http://denzeldesigns.com/?p=303 These few days have been the happiest times since I started writing WordPress Plugins. There has been a spike in traffic on this site and all thanks to WordPress Bloggers who use my plugins. Especially, users of Video Sidebar Widgets. Thanks to users who tweeted about Video Sidebar Widgets as WordPress Plugin of the day!

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