[wp-hackers] Re: wp-hackers Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1

Michael Torbert mrtorbert at gmail.com
Sat Mar 1 03:43:46 GMT 2008


Are we in need of mentors?

Michael
mrtorbert at gmail.com

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:37 PM,
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>    1. RE: Google Summer of Code 2008 (Brian Layman)
>    2. Re: Google Summer of Code 2008 (Lloyd Budd)
>    3. downloads? (Stephen Rider)
>    4. Re: downloads? (Richard Brown)
>    5. Re: downloads? (Otto)
>    6. Re: downloads? (Barry Abrahamson)
>    7. Can't use wp_list_pages multiple times on a template      file
>       (Jeremy Boggs)
>    8. Re: Can't use wp_list_pages multiple times on a template  file
>       (Austin Matzko)
>    9. Re: GSoC Proposal: Integrate WP-cache / WP Super Cache    into
>       WordPress (Ronald Heft)
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>  Message: 1
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:10:27 -0500
>  From: "Brian Layman" <Brian at thecodecave.com>
>  Subject: RE: [wp-hackers] Google Summer of Code 2008
>  To: <wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com>
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com
>  [mailto:wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Lloyd Budd
>  Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:52 AM
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Google Summer of Code 2008
>
>  On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:07 AM, Peter Westwood
>  <peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk> wrote:
>  >
>  >>  ~From my experience last year I think we would do better to have a set
>  of
>  >>  front line mentors with a student each and then a number of backup
>  >>  mentors for the students to refer to when the primary mentor is
>  >>  busy/unavailable.
>
>  >A backup mentor is a great idea, or if two mentors are passionate
>  >about the same project then co-owning a project would seem like a
>  >great approach as well.
>
>  I would agree.  It helps to have conversation to ensure things are going
>  correctly.
>
>
>  >>  We also need to centralise the reporting and feedback a bit more
>
>  >I don't think that was a problem, the problem if there was one, was
>  >mentors not following up on missed reports or other commitments.
>
>  I do think that a report should be submitted by the mentors every two weeks.
>  Just as it helps the students to report progress, it will help the mentors.
>
>  >  I am will to Mentor again this year - I would prefer to be a backup
>  >  mentor this year though as I will be out of touch for part of the active
>  >  program period and around the time of the mid-term evaluation
>
>  With a backup system there I agree the participation will be more rewarding
>  for all involved and will probably increase the number of volunteers.  It
>  makes me more excited about the program.
>
>
>  ______________________________________________
>  Brian Layman
>  b5media Inc.
>  www.b5Media.com / www.TheCodeCave.com
>  Skype: BrianLayman
>  Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/brianlayman
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>
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>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>  Message: 2
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:50:00 -0800
>  From: "Lloyd Budd" <lloydomattic at gmail.com>
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Google Summer of Code 2008
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
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>  On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Brian Layman <Brian at thecodecave.com> wrote:
>  >
>  >  >>  We also need to centralise the reporting and feedback a bit more
>  >
>  >  >I don't think that was a problem, the problem if there was one, was
>  >  >mentors not following up on missed reports or other commitments.
>  >
>  >  I do think that a report should be submitted by the mentors every two weeks.
>  >  Just as it helps the students to report progress, it will help the mentors.
>
>  That is a brilliant idea!
>
>
>  >  >  I am will to Mentor again this year - I would prefer to be a backup
>  >  >  mentor this year though as I will be out of touch for part of the active
>  >  >  program period and around the time of the mid-term evaluation
>  >
>  >  With a backup system there I agree the participation will be more rewarding
>  >  for all involved and will probably increase the number of volunteers.  It
>  >  makes me more excited about the program.
>
>  Does that mean you are volunteering again this year?
>
>  Thank you,
>  --
>  Lloyd Budd | Digital Entomologist | | Skype:foolswisdom
>  WordPress.com | WordPress.org | Automattic.com
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>  Message: 3
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:50:03 -0600
>  From: Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com>
>  Subject: [wp-hackers] downloads?
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID: <8B7008E5-02FB-42E3-9231-105D03CF3B08 at striderweb.com>
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>
>  Is it just me or are the main WordPress download links completely
>  broken?
>
>  The zip tries to load as a page.  If I "save link as..." it gives me
>  a 1MB file that can't be opened. The other download just gives me a
>  file that can't be opened.
>
>  :\
>
>  Stephen
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>  Message: 4
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:52:25 +0000
>  From: "Richard Brown" <rich at cregy.co.uk>
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] downloads?
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID:
>         <8b9d21f20802291152u7fa97015ud92ffe7225b6f967 at mail.gmail.com>
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
>  Hi Stephen
>
>  On 29/02/2008, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com> wrote:
>  > Is it just me or are the main WordPress download links completely
>  >  broken?
>  >
>  >  The zip tries to load as a page.  If I "save link as..." it gives me
>  >  a 1MB file that can't be opened. The other download just gives me a
>  >  file that can't be opened.
>  >
>  No there is definitely something broken!
>  --
>  Kind regards
>  Rich
>  http://www.cregy.co.uk
>  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
>  Romans 12 v 1
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>  Message: 5
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:09:36 -0600
>  From: Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com>
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] downloads?
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID:
>         <161617690802291209w265acae3m22be2c7aac085cc6 at mail.gmail.com>
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>  Something wrong with the headers, it's coming back with a content type
>  of text/html on all the zip and tar.gz files.
>
>  On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Richard Brown <rich at cregy.co.uk> wrote:
>  > Hi Stephen
>  >
>  >
>  >  On 29/02/2008, Stephen Rider <wp-hackers at striderweb.com> wrote:
>  >  > Is it just me or are the main WordPress download links completely
>  >  >  broken?
>  >  >
>  >  >  The zip tries to load as a page.  If I "save link as..." it gives me
>  >  >  a 1MB file that can't be opened. The other download just gives me a
>  >  >  file that can't be opened.
>  >  >
>  >  No there is definitely something broken!
>  >  --
>  >  Kind regards
>  >  Rich
>  >  http://www.cregy.co.uk
>  >  Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.
>  >  Romans 12 v 1
>  >
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>  Message: 6
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:28:01 -0500
>  From: Barry Abrahamson <barry at automattic.com>
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] downloads?
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID: <3934A52E-5D8B-4901-A92A-28A5DEEEE4F2 at automattic.com>
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>  On Feb 29, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Stephen Rider wrote:
>
>  > Is it just me or are the main WordPress download links completely
>  > broken?
>  >
>  > The zip tries to load as a page.  If I "save link as..." it gives me
>  > a 1MB file that can't be opened. The other download just gives me a
>  > file that can't be opened.
>
>  Sorry, fixed.
>
>  Barry
>
>  --
>  Barry Abrahamson | Systems Wrangler | Automattic
>  Blog: http://barry.wordpress.com
>
>
>
>
>
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>  Message: 7
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:48:17 -0500
>  From: "Jeremy Boggs" <jeremyboggs at gmail.com>
>  Subject: [wp-hackers] Can't use wp_list_pages multiple times on a
>         template        file
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID:
>         <b42f987d0802291448m466c8731x17572c9b59992774 at mail.gmail.com>
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>  Hi List,
>
>  Prior to version 2.2.2 I was able to use the wp_list_pages() function
>  multiple times with different arguments, like so:
>
>                         <ul id="nav">
>                         <?php wp_list_pages('exclude=14,22,144&title_li=&sort_column=menu_order&depth=1');
>  ?>
>                         </ul>
>
>                         <?php if(is_page(11)) { ?>
>                                 <ul id="subnav">
>                                         <?php wp_list_pages("title_li=&child_of=11&sort_column=menu_order&depth=1");
>  ?>
>                                 </ul>
>                         <?php } ?>
>
>  I had this code in the header.php file in my template. After upgrading
>  to 2.3.2, however, the page fails to load beginning with the second
>  use of the wp_list_pages function. If I change the arguments in the
>  second instance of wp_list_pages to match the arguments in the first,
>  however, the page loads fine. In other words, I can no longer use
>  wp_list_pages multiple times with different arguments.
>
>  Has anyone else come across this problem, and if so is there a fix? or
>  am I missing something?
>
>  Thanks!
>  Jeremy
>
>  --
>  Jeremy Boggs
>  Creative Lead, Center for History and New Media
>  George Mason University
>  4400 University Drive, MSN 1E7
>  Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
>  http://chnm.gmu.edu
>  --
>
>
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>
>  Message: 8
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:01:17 -0500
>  From: "Austin Matzko" <if.website at gmail.com>
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] Can't use wp_list_pages multiple times on a
>         template        file
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID:
>         <674b4a3b0802291501m6dad1cecie6c00945c034e2b8 at mail.gmail.com>
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>  On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Jeremy Boggs <jeremyboggs at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >  Has anyone else come across this problem, and if so is there a fix? or
>  >  am I missing something?
>
>  Both lines produce lists as expected for me in trunk WordPress,
>  mutatis mutandis. I'd check to make sure you have the right page ids,
>  that there aren't interfering plugins, etc.
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>  Message: 9
>  Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:36:52 -0500
>  From: "Ronald Heft" <ron at cavemonkey50.com>
>  Subject: Re: [wp-hackers] GSoC Proposal: Integrate WP-cache / WP Super
>         Cache   into WordPress
>  To: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>  Message-ID:
>         <eff2e86c0802291936m5190811qfef244b25c307119 at mail.gmail.com>
>  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
>
>  DD32,
>  I'm not exactly sure what you're referring to with plugins. Are you saying
>  that including an HTML caching solution directly into WordPress is a good
>  idea as plugins are no longer guessing if WP-cache is installed, or are you
>  saying something else?
>
>  On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:37 AM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
>
>  > Just a quick note:
>  >
>  > Keep in mind that the Object Cache has been removed from WordPress 2.5 (By
>  > default; Users can still add-in memcached/mysql memory tables/the original
>  > object cache via the override file wp-content/object-cache.php)
>  >
>  > The main reason for removing it was that it was not enabled by default,
>  > and that there were more issues with it than benifits(IMO).
>  >
>  > A HTML Cacher would be a nice inclusion in core, But its hard to enable as
>  > pure included plugin material, Due to the fact that its either enabled or
>  > disabled according to the file being present in wp-content/ or not.
>  >
>  > I think WordPress would benefit more from only loading the required files
>  > in the long run, As thats something that Plugins cannot help with.
>  >
>  > On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:29:42 +1100, Matt <speedboxer at gmail.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Ronald Heft <ron at cavemonkey50.com>
>  > wrote:
>  > >> Regarding things like APC and memcache, correct me if I'm wrong, but I
>  > do
>  > >> not think the majority of web hosts would be able to support those
>  > >> solutions. Very few people would benefit.
>  > >
>  > > I don't think APC and memcache work as well in shared environments...
>  > >
>  > > It'd be interesting to see what kind of plugins would be made off of
>  > > such a system. A plugin that changes the theme when the site's under
>  > > stress would defiantly be interesting.
>  > >
>  > >
>  >
>  >
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