Places a navigation menu anywhere on a page. You can specify a menu by it’s name or ID number: [embed_menu] [embed_menu menu=”my_menu”] [embed_menu menu=13] ID number can be seen by going to “Appearance” -> “Menus” -> “Select a menu to edit:” and check the /” dummy=”menu=## in the address [embed_menu] without specifying which one shows… Read more »
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Groups File Access
Groups File Access WordPress Plugin www.itthinx.com SEE: http://www.itthinx.com/documentation/groups-file-access/ Groups File Access WordPress plugin Copyright (c) www.itthinx.com LICENSE RESTRICTIONS This plugin is provided subject to the license granted. Unauthorized use and distribution is prohibited. See COPYRIGHT.txt and LICENSE.txt. This plugin relies on code that is NOT licensed under the GNU General Public License. Files licensed under… Read more »
Document Repository management
Document management is difficult, and past strategies (de facto, not well-thought-out) have not worked for more than about 3 years at a time. To avoid future problems: Use PDF files only when: the document is intended to be printed, and the printed version needs to be in the same layout format as the original document, or, the document… Read more »
Move a site . sql
UPDATE `wp_site` SET `domain`=REPLACE(`domain`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_sitemeta` SET `meta_value`=REPLACE(`meta_value`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_options` SET `option_value`=REPLACE(`option_value`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_3_options` SET `option_value`=REPLACE(`option_value`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_4_options` SET `option_value`=REPLACE(`option_value`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_blogs` SET `domain`=REPLACE(`domain`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_posts` SET `post_content`=REPLACE(`post_content`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_3_posts` SET `post_content`=REPLACE(`post_content`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE `wp_4_posts` SET `post_content`=REPLACE(`post_content`, ‘insidelaw’, ‘lawmaint’); UPDATE… Read more »
Externships system
WordPress Externships system Working version now at https://insidelaw.gsu.edu/externships/ Admin page “Externships” on dashboard, allows “Bulk Actions” of “Edit” to set (but not reset[a]!?!) categories, type and semesters. Bulk edit can also place selected Externships into “Draft” status to hide from listings Two complete systems – the “default” posts listings and the “shortcode-implemented” “selector” Opportunities listing. Default system:… Read more »
Rackspace Export redirection list
Rackspace Export redirection list The Redirection plugin on RackSpace is version 2.2.13 (as of May 22, ‘14) which has a bug in the export routine. Use the URL below: http://law.gsu.edu/wp-admin/tools.php?page=tools.php?page=redirection.php/” dummy=”sub=csv/” dummy=”module=1/” dummy=”token=
Manually add new users
How to manually add new Campus ID users to InsideLaw and LawMedia. Separate instructions are used to add existing users to sub-sites. Users without Campus IDs are to be discouraged on InsideLaw as this presents security risks to the FERPA-protected data therein. Other CoL WordPress instances are less likely to have FERPA data, so a… Read more »
Custom content and taxonomy
Custom post types (such as “externship”) are created by CCTM Custom taxa are created with the WCK – Custom Fields and Custom Post Types Creator[1] A few hard-learned points: for publish/edit/delete capabilities, on the CCTM “Advanced” tab, set only the “Capability Type” as a singular noun name and do not check “Map Meta Cap” or… Read more »
show_content at scheduled times
Schedule to show_content shortcode NOTE: BUG – causes a 502 Bad Gateway error (PHP SIGSEGV – core dumped) error is embedded within an Events Manager Pro page. Allows a section of a page to be shown on the web site only during a specified time period. Note that entire posts can be scheduled to appear with… Read more »
Web Alerts from gsu.edu
NOTE: 3/10/2015 – Found that the University has re-configured their server to deny access to the cached notification page: “Forbidden – You don’t have permission to access /wp-content/cache/rave-alert/index.html on this server.” Disabled the cron job – no time for such games. {ead} Notices that are displayed on gsu.edu are retrieved (once every 2 minutes), cached, and… Read more »