Sneak Peak of Gravity Forms Order Forms

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Dan Cannon

Just ran across this video which showcases some of the upcoming Gravity Forms Order Form functionality. Pretty cool stuff. It’s pretty amazing how quickly the development of this plugin progresses. You can download Gravity Forms here.

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Android Game Review: Fruit Ninja

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Dan Cannon

The extremely popular iPod/iPhone game Fruit Ninja has been ported over to Android so now we can enjoy fruit slicing good times as well. The game plays almost exactly the same as the it’s iPhone counterpart and is extremely fun.

A bargain in my opinion at only .99

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2010 Savannah Craft Brew Fest

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Dan Cannon

This past Saturday (8/4/2010) I had the privilege of going to the Savannah Craft Brew Fest in Savannah, GA. The event was held at Savannah International Trade and Convention Center overlooking the Savannah River.

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Top Celebrity Websites Running WordPress

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Dan Cannon

Yesterday I wrote a blog post featuring the Top 10 Celebrity Websites running WordPress.

It’s over on the Nicasio Design Blog, so go check it out.

Read More at Nicasio Design →

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My New, Personal URL Shortener

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dan Cannon

http://dc1.me is now up and running (although just going to that domain will just bring you right back to here). I now have my own personal URL shortener. No more flaky issues with the traditional shorteners. Now I get to have my own issues.

How I did it after the break.

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cForms vs Gravity Forms for WordPress

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dan Cannon

Gravity Forms recently had a promotion to get a developer’s license for a little cheaper than normal. Looked like a pretty good deal for me so I jumped on it. I was previously using cForms on all of my personal sites, as well as on client sites for Nicasio.

While cForms got the job done, there were several issues that bothered me. This is a brief comparison of the 2 plugins and why I will be using Gravity Forms from now on.

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Gotta Love Custom Post Types

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dan Cannon

I just converted my subject icons in each of my post headings to WordPress custom post types. I just registered the new type, added 2 custom fields – 1 for the PNG image and 1 for a category ID to each Icon post type, added some dynamically generated CSS to the headers and bam. Now it’s much quicker to add icons for new subjects (before I had to upload the image and manually make the CSS modification). I’m going to try to wrap it all in a plugin and automate it a bit. Will post the code when I get around to it.

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Automating Your WordPress Plugin with WP-Cron

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Dan Cannon

As I mentioned in a previous post I gave a presentation last weekend on Automating your WordPress plugin with WP-Cron. The code example can be downloaded here. Here are my slides from the presentation:

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Tweetdeck for Android

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Dan Cannon

My new favorite Android app has to be Tweetdeck.

I use Tweetdeck all the time on my desktop and I have been anxiously waiting until it was released for Android so I can have the same functionality with me anywhere I go. Now I have it, as Tweetdeck for Android Beta is officially out.

This app has replaced Tweetcaster, Facebook, and Foursquare for me on my phone. Now I only have 1 sleek app running in the background at any given time. I love that I can get updates from all my social media services and share across all of them as well.

The only thing missing for me is support for Facebook Places which seems like it would be easy enough to integrate into a production version.

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What I’ve Been Up To

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Dan Cannon

Well, obviously I have been neglecting my personal blog the last couple of months.

I do have somewhat good excuses though. I’ve released a new WordPress plugin called Related Posts by Category Widget. I spoke about Automating Your WordPress Plugins With WP-Cron at WordCamp Savannah. I’ve been working on custom web apps for Fortune 500 clients at Nicasio Design. I’ve also been spending way too much time playing with the new Tweetdeck for Android app. I’ve also been trying to spend as much time as possible at Tybee Beach this summer.

So as you can see I’ve been pretty busy, and any blog negligence should be promptly excused.

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