Contact Daniel Hanly

x Cancel
posted 2 years ago

Wordpress Events Plugin to work with Existing Category Structure?

Hi Guys,

I have a series of categories on my website that are fixed, i.e. The client has specifically asked that I leave them.

Now however, they would like me to add an events plugin so they are able to add events.

Every plugin I've found insists that you create your own event specific categories, thus losing the permalinks structure and the menu structure that is already in place.

If I wanted to add an event to Category 1 because it's subject matter is related to Category 1, then I can't.

Does anyone know of a way to either modify an existing events plugin to this purpose, or of a plugin that already implements it?

Thanks in Advance, Dan

posted 2 years ago

Google Chrome for Mac - Broken Fonts Fix

http://danielhanly.com/articles/view/45

I've been successful in creating a script to fix the issues regarding Broken Fonts in Google Chrome for Mac. It's not an ideal fix, because the nature of the fault is a bug in Chrome itself so not something we can immediately account for.

I feel I should mention that this issue is caused by some special circumstances like Clashing Fonts and Unresolved Duplicates, including compatibility with different font managers (I use Font Book and Linotype Font Explorer X), something in this configuration causes the issue. Read more about the ins and outs of the problem here.

Basically, I've created a script that you can run in Terminal that clears and refreshes your Font Cache. All details are in the article.

The script was automated and packaged by myself but first written by SurgeWorks manager Mauro Dalu.

posted 2 years ago

Why Unit Test?

I've read a lot about unit tests and how they can help me. Every website I visit that offers a reason for unit testing just give a load of marketing nonsense about how it'll improve the code I write.

To me, spending extra time coding unit tests to run costs money, so to do it, I need to make a pretty convincing case.

Why would I need to unit test? I understand this is a pretty open question and feel free to slap my wrists for that, but I've heard too much about unit testing to ignore it, yet at every turn I can't help but think it's just adding to my workload.

Update
I appreciate the responses! Thanks guys. It's safe to say you've convinced me to look into it a bit deeper!

I normally develop with PHP, which of the many Unit Testing frameworks should I experiment with?

posted 2 years ago

DanielHanly.com Personal Website Design

http://www.danielhanly.com/

When developing websites for clients I have a penchant for knowing what best goes into each section of the website. Unfortunately this doesn't ring true for personal projects.
I've been developing my personal website as a side project for a long time, on/off and I've now felt (as I predicted) that I'm 'stuck'. I've got my blog up and running in CakePHP but I'm unsure about the layout of both the homepage and the blog pages itself. Also, my footer is boring at best and I'm 'stuck' on how to fill it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.