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    <entry>
      <title>repeet and blank calendar cells</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/62477/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2007:forums/viewthread/.62477</id>
      <published>2007-10-10T07:59:02Z</published>
      <updated></updated>
      <author><name>fodney</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>For some reason once I started using the repeet plug in my blank calendar cells don&#8217;t show  the previous and next months day numbers.&nbsp; They are simply empty.&nbsp; What I mean is that this code below doesn&#8217;t seem to work with repeet.&nbsp; Has anyone had this problem?</p>

<p>&#123;if blank&#125;<br />
&lt;td class=&#8216;calendarBlank-big&#8217;&gt;&#123;day_number&#125;&lt;/td&gt;<br />
&#123;/if&#125;</p>

<p><br />
Thanks</p>
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      </content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Plugin mp3info</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/93469/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.93469</id>
      <published>2008-10-09T21:15:25Z</published>
      <updated></updated>
      <author><name>Arthur Joyce</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>I installed the plugin mp3info in order to get the length and size automatically of mp3 files that I upload via ftp. I&#8217;m using the files for a podcast that is published on iTunes and would like to be able to <b>not</b> have to enter in the data for the duration of the file and the size of the file when I publish the entry.</p>

<p>But, I can&#8217;t get it to work. I even created a completely blank template and then pasted in the usage data that is given in the explanation of the plugin. I uploaded an mp3 file to the root level of my website and used that as my file and path info. This is what I have inserted for that information:
</p><blockquote><p>&#123;exp:mp3info file=&#8220;http://cmachurch.org/EverybodyLoves.mp3&#8221; path=&#8221;/home/cmachurc/public_html/&#8221;&#125;<br />
version id = &#123;version_id&#125;<br />
version = &#123;version&#125;<br />
layer id = &#123;layer_id&#125;<br />
layer = &#123;layer&#125;<br />
protection = &#123;protection&#125;<br />
bitrate = &#123;bitrate&#125;<br />
sampling rate = &#123;sampling_rate&#125;<br />
padding = &#123;padding&#125;<br />
private = &#123;private&#125;<br />
channel mode = &#123;channel_mode&#125;<br />
copyright = &#123;copyright&#125;<br />
original = &#123;original&#125;<br />
filesize = &#123;filesize&#125;<br />
length = &#123;length&#125;<br />
&#123;/exp:mp3info&#125;</p></blockquote>

<p>I installed this in a template called &#8220;test&#8221; and you can see the results that  you get when you run that page at <br />
http://cmachurch.org/index.php?/site/test/</p>

<p>But, be advised that it must be looping because it never seems to end loading. So, if you open this page, just close it after you see what it&#8217;s doing, else it will eat your processes. </p>

<p>I would have expected some results but instead get error. If anyone can give me more information as to why this is happening, I would be grateful. Thanks</p>
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    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>PHP Markdown Extra Plugin</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/52344/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2007:forums/viewthread/.52344</id>
      <published>2007-05-14T15:00:00Z</published>
      <updated>2008-10-10T07:54:47Z</updated>
      <author><name>Aaron K</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>I consider the Markdown plugin to be a necessary addition to each and every EE site that I develop, and so I&#8217;ve taken it upon myself to update the existing plugin to use PHP Markdown Extra by Michel Fortin.&nbsp; This should be used as a replacement for the current plugin, rather than an additional one.</p>

<p>If you&#8217;re unfamiliar with the benefits that PHP Markdown Extra provides, please check out <a href="http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/">http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/</a>.&nbsp; To sum it up, here are the new features:</p>

<p>* Use Markdown inside HTML blocks<br />
* Add id attribute to headers<br />
* Tables<br />
* Definition lists<br />
* Footnotes<br />
* Abbreviations</p>

<p>There shouldn&#8217;t be any issues with the plugin, since all I&#8217;ve done is overwritten the old Markdown code with the new version, and changed some of the text in the plugin information section.&nbsp; Enjoy!</p>

<p><b><a href="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/55195/pi.markdown.zip">Download Now!</a></b></p>

<p><b>Update:</b> 10/10/08 - Plugin now uses Markdown Extra 1.2.2. I also stripped out some extra code that was only used for WordPress compatibility. And, since the forum will not let me upload the file due to the &#8220;invalid content for its MIME type&#8221; error, you will need to download the file from the URL above.</p>
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    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Plugin: Members</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/93489/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.93489</id>
      <published>2008-10-10T03:32:46Z</published>
      <updated>2008-10-10T03:33:41Z</updated>
      <author><name>Laisvunas</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>Hi,</p>

<p>I would like to present to your attention a new plugin called &#8220;Members&#8221;. Its purpose is similar to Yoshi Melrose&#8217;s <a href="http://expressionengine.com/downloads/details/member_info/">Member Info</a> plugin - to display info about individual members based on each member&#8217;s id number.</p>

<p>There are two main differences between my plugin and that of Yoshi:</p>

<p>1) Members plugin adopts entirely different style - it uses variable pairs for every member within exp:members tag instead of simply tag pairs for every member. This allows more control over parsing order because it is possible to wrap with exp:members tag other ExpressionEngine tags.</p>

<p>2) Members plugin can output the values both from fields of exp_members table and from member profile custom fields; Member Info plugin deals only with fields of exp_members table.</p>

<p>PARAMETERS:<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; 1) date_format - Optional. Allows you to specify how the output of <br />
&nbsp; the date variables&#8217; should be formatted. Default value is &#8220;F %j%S, %Y&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; About date formatting see <a href="http://expressionengine.com/docs/templates/date_variable_formatting.html">here</a>. <br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; 2) localize - Optional. Allows you to specify if the date should be localized.<br />
&nbsp; Possible values are “yes” and “no”. Default is “no”.<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; 3) change_y - Optional. Allows you to specify what should be outputted<br />
&nbsp; in case variable&#8217;s value is &#8220;y&#8221; (this value means &#8220;yes&#8221;).<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; 4) change_n - Optional. Allows you to specify what should be outputted<br />
&nbsp; in case variable&#8217;s value is &#8220;n&#8221; (this value means &#8220;no&#8221;).<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; VARIABLE PAIRS<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; 1) &#123;single_member id=&#8220;9&#8221;&#125;&#123;/single_member&#125; - this variable pair should be used to wrap<br />
&nbsp; single variables. No single variable outside this variable pair will be parsed by <br />
&nbsp; exp:members tag! <br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; Parameter &#8220;id&#8221; of the &#123;single_member&#125;&#123;/single_member&#125; variable pair is<br />
&nbsp; required. This parameter allows you to specify id number of the individual<br />
&nbsp; member.<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; SINGLE VARIABLES<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; As a single variable can be used any field name of the table exp_members. Also<br />
&nbsp; as a single variable can be used the name of any member profile custom field.<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; The only exception is this: the value of &#8220;password&#8221; field of the table exp_members<br />
&nbsp; will not be outputted by &#123;password&#125; variable; empty string will be outputted instead.<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; USAGE<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; Say, you need to output the values of the fields &#8220;username&#8221;, &#8220;last_visit&#8221;, &#8220;notify_by_default&#8221; <br />
&nbsp; from the table exp_members and the values of member profile custom fields<br />
&nbsp; &#8220;contacts&#8221; and &#8220;preferred_language&#8221; for the members having member id 7 and 11.<br />
&nbsp; To achieve this you can use the code as this:</p>

<p>&nbsp; </p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">members date_format</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%D, %F %d, %Y - %g:%i:%s" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">localize</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"yes" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">change_y</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"yes" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">change_n</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"no"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;single_member id</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"7"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;Username</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;username&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Last visit</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;last_visit&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Notify</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;notify_by_default&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Contacts</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;contacts&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Preferred language</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;prefered_language&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">single_member&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;single_member id</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"11"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;Username</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;username&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Last visit</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;last_visit&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Notify</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;notify_by_default&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Contacts</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;contacts&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Preferred language</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;prefered_language&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">single_member&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">members&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>Changelog:</p>

<p>-1.0 // Initial release</p>
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    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Plugin: CSVGrab</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/41783/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2006:forums/viewthread/.41783</id>
      <published>2006-12-18T11:12:41Z</published>
      <updated>2008-05-16T04:27:52Z</updated>
      <author><name>Andrew Weaver</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>CSVGrab is a variation of one of my other plugins <a href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/37598/">FeedGrab</a>, and allows you to import data from a CSV file into a weblog.</p>

<p>Usage is similar to FeedGrab, the template:</p>

<p></p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">csvgrab url</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://www.url.co.uk/products.csv" <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">weblog</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"5" <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">title</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"1"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">skip</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"6"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">delimiter</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"TAB"<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">encloser</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">""<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">use=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"2|3" <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">fields</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"prod_description|prod_keywords" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>imports a tab delimited CSV file into the weblog with id of 5, skipping the first 6 lines. </p>

<p>It uses column 1 as the title field, and columns 2 and 3 as the custom fields prod_description and prod_keywords. </p>

<p><i>delimiter </i>is the character that separates the columns, <i>encloser </i>is the character that wraps the column. </p>

<p>eg, &#8220;Title&#8221;,&#8220;Description&#8221;,&#8220;Keywords&#8221; has a comma delimiter and a quote encloser.</p>

<p>The plugin was developed for a particular client&#8217;s requirements - let me know if there are any future development requests.</p>

<p><br />
Edit: Please see the <a href="http://www.brandnewbox.co.uk/products/details/csvgrab/">CSVGrab</a> page to download current version</p>
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    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Plugin: Child Categories</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/87639/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.87639</id>
      <published>2008-08-08T05:27:43Z</published>
      <updated>2008-09-01T11:07:30Z</updated>
      <author><name>Laisvunas</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I would like to present to your attention a new plugin called &#8220;Child categories&#8221;. Its purpose - to display a list of subcategories for a given category.</p>

<p>PARAMETERS:</p>

<p>&nbsp; 1) parent - Optional. Use it to specify parent category id number.<br />
&nbsp; You can stack parent categories using pipe character e.g. parent=&#8220;3|16|28&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; 2) sibling - Optional. Use it to specify child category id number<br />
&nbsp; (plugin will find parent category and other child categories).<br />
&nbsp; <b>Either &#8220;parent&#8221; or &#8220;sibling&#8221; parameter MUST BE defined.</b><br />
&nbsp; 3) weblog - Optional. Use it to specify weblog name. Pipeline character and &#8220;not&#8221; are supported.<br />
&nbsp; 4) site - Optional. Use it to specify site id number.<br />
&nbsp; 5) child_categories_sort_by - Optional. Use it to specify sort order<br />
&nbsp; of child categories. This parameter accepts three values: &#8220;name&#8221; (child<br />
&nbsp; categories will be sorted by name), &#8220;id&#8221; (child categories will be sorted <br />
&nbsp; by id number), and &#8220;custom&#8221; (child categories will be sorted using custom order <br />
&nbsp; as defined in control panel). Default value is &#8220;name&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; 6) child_categories_sort_direction - Optional. This parameter accepts two values: &#8220;asc&#8221; and &#8220;desc&#8221;. Default value is &#8220;asc&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; 7) show_empty - Optional. Allows you to specify if child categories having no<br />
&nbsp; entries should be displayed or not. This parameter accepts two values: &#8220;yes&#8221; and &#8220;no&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; Default value is &#8220;no&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; 8) entries_sort_by - Optional. Allows you to specify sort order of entries.<br />
&nbsp; This parameter accepts two values: &#8220;title&#8221; and &#8220;date&#8221;. Default value is &#8220;date&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; 9) entries_sort_direction - Optional. Allows you to specify sort direction<br />
&nbsp; of entries. This parameter accepts two values: &#8220;asc&#8221; and &#8220;desc&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; Default value is &#8220;desc&#8221;.<br />
&nbsp; 10) entries_limit - Optional. Allows you to specify how many entries posted into <br />
&nbsp; child category should be displayed. This parameter accepts as its value an integer<br />
&nbsp; or &#8220;none&#8221;. Default value is &#8220;10&#8221;. Value &#8220;none&#8221; means that all entries will be<br />
&nbsp; displayed.<br />
&nbsp; 11) date_format - Optional. Allows you to specify PHP date format string<br />
&nbsp; (Not ExpressionEngine&#8217;s date format string!). Default value is &#8220;Y-m-d&#8221;.</p>

<p>VARIABLE PAIRS:<br />
&nbsp; <br />
&nbsp; 1) &#123;parent_category_start&#125;&#123;parent_category_end&#125; - Allows you to specify portion of<br />
&nbsp; code which will be iterated as many times as there are parent categories.<br />
&nbsp; Single variables available for use inside this variable pair:<br />
</p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;parent_category_id&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_name&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_url_title&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_description&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_image&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p><br />
&nbsp; 2) &#123;child_category_start&#125;&#123;child_category_end&#125; - Allows you to specify portion of<br />
&nbsp; code which will be iterated as many times as there are child categories.<br />
&nbsp; Single variables available for use inside this variable pair:<br />
</p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;parent_category_id&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_name&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_url_title&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_description&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_image&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_id&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_name&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_url_title&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_description&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_image&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_order_num&#125;<br />&#123;entries_total&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p><br />
&nbsp; 3) &#123;entries_start&#125;&#123;entries_end&#125; - Use it to specify portion of<br />
&nbsp; code which will be iterated as many times as there are entries posted into child<br />
&nbsp; category. Single variables available for use inside this variable pair:<br />
</p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;parent_category_id&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_name&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_url_title&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_description&#125;<br />&#123;parent_category_image&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_id&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_name&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_url_title&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_description&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_image&#125;<br />&#123;child_category_order_num&#125;<br />&#123;entries_total&#125;<br />&#123;weblog_name&#125;<br />&#123;weblog_short_name&#125;<br />&#123;weblog_url&#125;<br />&#123;title&#125;<br />&#123;url_title&#125;<br />&#123;entry_date&#125;<br />&#123;count&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p><br />
4) &#123;entries_wrapper_top_start&#125;&#123;entries_wrapper_top_end&#125; - Use it to specify top part of the code with which you want to wrap output of &#123;entries_start&#125;&#123;entries_end&#125; variable pair.<br />
5) &#123;entries_wrapper_bottom_start&#125;&#123;entries_wrapper_bottom_end&#125; - Use it to specify bottom part of the code with which you want to wrap output of &#123;entries_start&#125;&#123;entries_end&#125; variable pair.<br />
The tag &#123;exp:child_categories&#125; MUST contain at least one variable pair  out of <br />
&#123;parent_category_start&#125;&#123;parent_category_end&#125;, &#123;child_category_start&#125;&#123;child_category_end&#125; and &#123;entries_start&#125;&#123;entries_end&#125; variable pairs and each single variable MUST BE inside relevant variable pair.</p>

<p>SINGLE VARIABLES:<br />
&nbsp; <br />
1) &#123;parent_category_id&#125; <br />
2) &#123;parent_category_name&#125; <br />
3) &#123;parent_category_url_title&#125; <br />
4) &#123;parent_category_description&#125; <br />
5) &#123;parent_category_image&#125; <br />
6) &#123;child_category_id&#125; <br />
7) &#123;child_category_name&#125; <br />
8) &#123;child_category_url_title&#125; <br />
9) &#123;child_category_description&#125; <br />
10) &#123;child_category_image&#125; <br />
11) &#123;child_category_order_num&#125; - outputs number used for custom ordering of<br />
&nbsp; categories. <br />
12) &#123;entries_total&#125; - outputs total number of entries posted into child category. <br />
13) &#123;weblog_name&#125; - outputs full weblog name. <br />
14) &#123;weblog_short_name&#125; - outputs short weblog name. <br />
15) &#123;weblog_url&#125;<br />
16) &#123;title&#125; <br />
17) &#123;url_title&#125; <br />
18) &#123;entry_date&#125; <br />
19) &#123;count&#125; </p>

<p>&nbsp; EXAMPLE OF USAGE:<br />
&nbsp; <br />
</p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">child_categories parent</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"18|29" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child_categories_sort_by</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"custom" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">child_categories_sort_direction</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"asc" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">show_empty</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"yes" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">entries_sort_by</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"date" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">entries_sort_direction</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"asc" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">entries_limit</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"3" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">site</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"1"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;parent_category_start&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">h1</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a href</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;homepage&#125;/category/&#123;parent_category_url_title&#125;/"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;parent_category_name&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">h1</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;parent_category_end&#125;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;child_category_start&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">h2</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a href</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;homepage&#125;/category/&#123;child_category_url_title&#125;/"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;child_category_name&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">h2</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Total entries</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;entries_total&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">br</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;child_category_end&#125;<br /><br />&#123;entries_wrapper_top_start&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ul</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;entries_wrapper_top_end&#125;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;entries_start&#125;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">li</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a href</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;weblog_url&#125;&#123;url_title&#125;/"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;title&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Weblog</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;weblog_name&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">posted</span><span style="color: #007700">: </span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;entry_date&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">li</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;entries_end&#125;<br /><br />&#123;entries_wrapper_bottom_start&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ul</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;entries_wrapper_bottom_end&#125;<br /><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">child_categories&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>
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    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>NEW &#45; Custom Drop Down Creator…</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/80142/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.80142</id>
      <published>2008-05-21T12:52:35Z</published>
      <updated>2008-10-09T03:50:53Z</updated>
      <author><name>Mark Bowen</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>Hiya,</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s another one for anyone that might be interested. This allows you to re-create a drop-down menu in a form if you have a custom field of type drop-down.</p>

<p>Instructions are fairly simple :</p>

<p><b>Version 1.0.1 - Added initial_value_value and initial_value_option parameters</b><br />
</p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">select id</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;exp:custom_drop_down:field_id field_name="</span><span style="color: #0000BB">drop</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">down</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#125;" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">name</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;exp:custom_drop_down:field_id field_name="</span><span style="color: #0000BB">drop</span><span style="color: #007700">-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">down</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#125;"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">custom_drop_down field_name</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"drop-down" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">initial_value_value</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"my-value" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">initial_value_option</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Choose an option&amp;hellip;"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">option value</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;value&#125;"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;value&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">option</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">custom_drop_down&#125;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">select</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p><br />
<i>If you leave the initial_value_option=&#8221;&#8220; parameter blank then nothing will be output and you will just get your options without an initial one.</i></p>

<p><br />
<b>Version 1.0</b><br />
</p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">select id</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;exp:custom_drop_down:field_id field_name="</span><span style="color: #0000BB">field_name_goes_here</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#125;" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">name</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;exp:custom_drop_down:field_id field_name="</span><span style="color: #0000BB">field_name_goes_here</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#125;"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">custom_drop_down field_name</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"field_name_goes_here"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">option value</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;value&#125;"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;value&#125;</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">option</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">custom_drop_down&#125;<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">select</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>Hope it helps.</p>

<p>Best wishes,</p>

<p>Mark</p>

<p>
</p><blockquote><p>
<b>Disclaimer</b><br />
<i>I&#8217;m pretty sure this should just work as advertised but please don&#8217;t sue me if anything goes wrong <img src="http://ellislab.com/images/smileys/wink.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="wink" style="border:0;" /></i>
</p></blockquote>
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    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>Twitter Timeline: Autolinking URLs</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/87578/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.87578</id>
      <published>2008-08-07T16:25:58Z</published>
      <updated></updated>
      <author><name>Nathan Pitman (Nine Four)</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>Hopefully Derek will see this&#8230; <img src="http://ellislab.com/images/smileys/smile.gif" width="19" height="19" alt="smile" style="border:0;" /></p>

<p>I&#8217;m using the Twitter Timeline plug-in and wonder if it&#8217;s possible to force it to auto-link URLs? I&#8217;ve tried wrapping the &#8217;&#123;text&#125;&#8217; variable with the &#8216;Auto-link&#8217; plug-in but no luck. I guess becuase I&#8217;m trying to execute one plug-in inside another (sounds like a bad idea!).</p>

<p>Could the Twitter Timeline plug-in be extended to include the option to have EE parse the text variable with it&#8217;s typography class?</p>
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      </content>
    </entry>

    <entry>
      <title>EE’s Textile implementation broken&#63; Doesn’t match “official” Textile output</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/92960/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.92960</id>
      <published>2008-10-05T08:04:12Z</published>
      <updated>2008-10-06T09:08:55Z</updated>
      <author><name>beep</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>ExpressionEngine’s Textile plugin seems to be a bit borked, at least when comparing its output to not only <a href="http://textism.com/tools/textile/">the official implementation</a> but a few others (e.g., TextMate).</p>

<p>Here&#8217;s an example: I was writing <a href="http://unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/an-event-apart-2009/#comment-607">a comment on my blog</a>, and typed in the following Textile snippet:</p>

<p></p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">bq</span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Hopefully you’ll be there</span><span style="color: #007700">.<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Hey</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Todd"</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">http</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #FF8000">//unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/an-event-apart-2009/#comment-606—at the moment, I’m actually speaking at Seattle and San Francisco. So basically, I’m currently on the lineup for the _not_-Boston AEA(An Event Apart)s. But hey, do keep an eye on the "MS&amp;S(Markup and Style Society)":http://markupandstyle.org/, and hopefully we can catch up soon. </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>Here&#8217;s what <a href="http://textism.com/tools/textile/">the official Textile page</a> returns:</p>

<p></p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">blockquote</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Hopefully you’ll be there</span><span style="color: #007700">.&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br />&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">blockquote</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /><br />&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Hey</span><span style="color: #007700">, &lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a href</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/an-event-apart-2009/#comment-606—at"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Todd</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">the moment</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">I’m actually speaking at Seattle </span><span style="color: #007700">and </span><span style="color: #0000BB">San Francisco</span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">So basically</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">I’m currently on the lineup </span><span style="color: #007700">for </span><span style="color: #0000BB">the </span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">em</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">not</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">em</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;-</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Boston </span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">acronym title</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"An Event Apart"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">AEA</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">acronym</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">s</span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">But hey</span><span style="color: #007700">, do </span><span style="color: #0000BB">keep an eye on the </span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a href</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"http://markupandstyle.org/" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">title</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Markup and Style Society"</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">MS</span><span style="color: #007700">&amp;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">S</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">a</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;, and </span><span style="color: #0000BB">hopefully we can catch up soon</span><span style="color: #007700">.&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>This is what ExpressionEngine returns, however:</p>

<p></p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">bq</span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Hopefully you’ll be there</span><span style="color: #007700">.<br />&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /><br />&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Hey</span><span style="color: #007700">, &amp;</span><span style="color: #FF8000">#8220;Todd&amp;#8221;:http://unstoppablerobotninja.com/entry/an-event-apart-2009/#comment-606—at the moment, I’m actually speaking at Seattle and San Francisco. So basically, I’m currently on the lineup for the &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt;-Boston &lt;acronym title="An Event Apart"&gt;AEA&lt;/acronym&gt;s. But hey, do keep an eye on the &lt;a href="http://markupandstyle.org/" title="Markup and Style Society"&gt;MS&amp;S&lt;/a&gt;, and hopefully we can catch up soon.<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>A few things seem to be going on here:</p>

<p># Block-level elements such as blockquote, h1, h2, etc. are ignored by the Textile plugin if they appear on the first line of the textarea.<br />
# Links aren&#8217;t processed if any non-URL characters are appended to the &lt;code&gt;&#8220;link&#8221;:URL&lt;/code&gt; string.</p>

<p>There is, I believe, some wacky processing with lists (both ordered and unordered) as well, but I don&#8217;t have a test case handy. I&#8217;ve just experienced a lot of output inconsistencies with the plugin, and thought I&#8217;d raise the issue.</p>

<p>If anyone has any insight, it’d be much appreciated.</p>
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    <entry>
      <title>NEW &#45; SCM Access…</title>
      <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/93232/" />      
      <id>tag:expressionengine.com,2008:forums/viewthread/.93232</id>
      <published>2008-10-08T02:48:26Z</published>
      <updated></updated>
      <author><name>Mark Bowen</name></author>
      <content type="html">
      <![CDATA[
        <p>Hi there,</p>

<p>Just another very very quick one here. This plugin was written to <a href="http://expressionengine.com/forums/viewthread/91907/">help out in this thread here</a> so that you can have a way on your single entry pages of checking if a user has already purchased an item using the Simple Commerce Module. May have uses so thought I would post it up here in the plugins forum for all to see.</p>

<p><br />
<b>Usage :</b></p>

<p></p><div class="codeblock"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">weblog</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">entries weblog</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"default_site" </span><span style="color: #0000BB">limit</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"1"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br /><br />&#123;exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">scm_access entry_id</span><span style="color: #007700">=</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"&#123;entry_id&#125;"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#125;<br /><br />&#123;if no_access&#125;<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">No results here </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">no_access</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;if</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">else&#125;<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;</span><span style="color: #0000BB">This shows </span><span style="color: #007700">if </span><span style="color: #0000BB">you </span><span style="color: #007700">do </span><span style="color: #0000BB">own the entry</span><span style="color: #007700">&lt;/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">p</span><span style="color: #007700">&gt;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">if&#125;<br /><br />&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">scm_access&#125;<br /><br />&#123;</span><span style="color: #007700">/</span><span style="color: #0000BB">exp</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">weblog</span><span style="color: #007700">:</span><span style="color: #0000BB">entries&#125; </span>
</span>
</code></div><p></p>

<p>Best wishes,</p>

<p>Mark</p>
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