Archive for March, 2009
Main Buddypress environment object
I was looking for the cleanest way to reorganize some menu items and I happened across the core buddypress environment object: $bp.
To access this you will have to make it a global first.
global $bp;
echo $bp->loggedin_user->fullname;
This echos ‘admin’;
There are lots of good tidbits in there so if you are going to be doing some major [...]
Fun with the windows host file
Does apple.com use apache? It does on my PC.
If you want to use a domain on your PC instead of localhost, your windows host file is the key.
On XP or Vista, go to c:windows\system32\drivers\etc and open the host file. This file has no extension so don’t let that trick you. With vista you will have [...]
“More Fun Than A Sharp Stick In The Eye”
We just got finished with the video for my companies new Lanwndart game. Its pretty fun.
Wish I could tell you where the game is but we don’t have those mechanisms in place for some reason.
I am trying to change that.
WPMU Manually Approve New Members on Local Install
We had the conversation yesterday about local installs of WPMU and the problem with activating new users since email can be difficult (impossible?) to send out from your local pc.
First, the 2 reasons for wanting a local install are:
For local development of a site that will eventually made live
For a company intranet. Stuff that you [...]
Install WPMU on localhost with Xampp
I recently wanted to install WPMU (thats WordPress Multi User) locally and had a tough time in the process.
I finally got it worked out and like most things, it is actually quite easy if you leave out all the stuff that gets you in trouble.
I use Xampp to run apache locally, but I assume this [...]
