Emacs file and directory browsing
Emacs has Dired, a great method for browsing directories; especially in combination with ido-mode, I prefer it to Windows Explorer, OS X Finder, Gnome Nautilus, or anything else I’ve used over the decades to browse file systems. You can quickly begin entering paths, and Dired helps you with directory and [...]
Author Archives: Gregory Grubbs
Emacs Power: remote servers and shell commands
Posted in Development, emacs, wordpress Tagged emacs, geekhood, power, remote server, secure shell, tramp, wordpress 4 Comments
How I became a programmer (thank you, Captain Kirk)
With JJ Abrams rocking our worlds with new Star Trek energy, I thought I would give thanks to the Trek franchise for helping me find my vocational path.
Posted in General Interest Tagged Captain Kirk, computer, programmer, Spock, Star Trek, startrek 1 Comment
One-button website publishing using WordPress-mu
I’m kinda loving on WordPress MU. One of my recent projects required building web sites that pulled from a shared database. WordPress MU allowed me to create a one-button website builder for my client. WordPress MU calls them blogs, but my client will map a unique domain to each blog, and, well, [...]
Posted in Development, wordpress, wordpress-mu Tagged automated, creation, plugin, website, wordpress, wordpress-mu 2 Comments
How to get your command line PHP script working with WordPress-MU 2.7
OK, this one is obscure. I only post about what I can’t find on Google!
Until recently it has been possible to run command-line PHP scripts that include wp-config.php or wpmu-settings.php, in order to give those scripts access to WordPress globals like $wpdb, functions such as wp_insert_post etc.
These scripts worked with WordPress-MU until recently [...]
Posted in Development, wordpress, wordpress-mu Tagged Ajax, command line, php, web server, wordpress, wordpress-mu, wpmu 1 Comment