http://erikreagan.com/ The Blog and Projects of Erik Reagan en erik@erikreagan.com Copyright 2010 2010-04-08T19:36:17+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/projects/train-ee-client-handoff/ http://erikreagan.com/projects/train-ee-client-handoff/ ExpressionEngine 2.x brings to the table a few additions to add-on types. The easiest entry into add-on development is unquestionably the newly added “Accessory”. Accessories are little nuggets in the Control Panel of an ExpressionEngine site that display pieces of information helpful to the person in the CP. Train-ee Client Handoff is designed to be a template and learning Accessory for those looking to build these helpful add-ons for their client projects. ]]> ExpressionEngine 2010-06-02T20:59:59+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/projects/redirect-helper-lite/ http://erikreagan.com/projects/redirect-helper-lite/ Redirecting can be a hairy thing if you don't know how to do it. Redirect Helper Lite is here to make that part of your life easier now. With a few clicks and strokes of the keyboard you can setup simple URL redirects for your ExpressionEngine site. You can also use Redirect Helper Lite to setup and track campaigns that utilize special URLs on your site. ]]> ExpressionEngine 2009-11-24T06:59:48+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/projects/er-developer-toolbar/ http://erikreagan.com/projects/er-developer-toolbar/ This is a tool that no ExpressionEngine developer should be without. ER Developer Toolbar creates a beautiful bridge between the front end of your ExpressionEngine site and the control panel with direct links for things like global variables, template editing, cache clearing and more. It is there when you need it and gets out of the way when you don't. Be sure to check out the video demo before you try it out for the first time. ]]> ExpressionEngine 2009-11-11T13:30:13+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/blog/update-to-my-twitter-plugin-for-expression-engine/ http://erikreagan.com/blog/update-to-my-twitter-plugin-for-expression-engine/ ER Tweet Me yesterday (now version 1.1.1). Now URLs are automatically linked up if they are not already a link. If the twitter feed you're pulling in somehow already turns URLs into live links then it should not have any negative effect. So, go download and enjoy the new update. Remember, it's compatible with both EE 1.6.x and EE 2.x (since the 1.1.0 release). ]]> Development 2010-04-08T19:24:16+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/blog/building-websites-footer-credits/ http://erikreagan.com/blog/building-websites-footer-credits/ I asked a simple question on twitter and got more responses than I expected. Some of the answers also caught me off guard so I thought I'd extend the question to the blog so we had more room to chat and discuss. The question was regarding how many people/firms add their credits to the footer of the websites they build. At Ideal Design Firm we've been doing that since I can remember but lately I've questioned the purpose it serves. I can't recall a single instance where a client has asked us to remove our name or logo but I also can't recall an instance where we've received business from it. I'd discuss my suspicions as to why those have been our results but that's another topic. ]]> Development 2010-03-31T01:04:55+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/blog/there-is-no-spoon/ http://erikreagan.com/blog/there-is-no-spoon/ This post is for my fellow EE'ers. I will not be using full names or many links and will not be educating you on what happened as this is intended for people who are already aware of the scenario. If you'd like to read about it I suggest reading EE Insider's post "The Matrices" or Travis Smith's post "The FieldFrame Controversy Explained". They are both 3rd party views on the event and recommended readings with good insight. This purpose of this post is not to explain what happened, but rather to expand on and clarify some of my personal thoughts. ]]> Personal 2010-03-29T01:48:13+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/blog/programming-flashback/ http://erikreagan.com/blog/programming-flashback/ As noted on my obligatory "about" page I started my development with HTML 3.2 while in middle school. The vast majority of my development experience has been with the web but while I was in high school I didn't have the opportunity to carry around a laptop from which I could work. Somewhere along the way I started using Texas Instruments (TI) graphing calculators. One of the fun things about these calculators was that you could easily write your own programs in BASIC directly from the device and run them. This is a great time passer...during class (I wonder if mom and/or dad read this blog). Today I found an archive download online for a TI-89 application I wrote and I wanted to share the "readme" file with everyone. It's funny. ]]> Personal 2010-03-24T19:35:02+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/blog/logging-actions-in-your-expressionengine-add-ons/ http://erikreagan.com/blog/logging-actions-in-your-expressionengine-add-ons/ I've recently given some thought to a piece of EE that I have never had a great need for. Control Panel logging. Out of the box, ExpressionEngine logs certain actions that are performed in the CP saving the Site ID, Member, IP Address of that member, date/time and the action performed. This can be very useful when trying to figure out when something happened and who may have done it. It can also help see how many people might be logging in under the same account from various locations (IPs). This is all great but quite limited considering the number of actions for which this occurs. ]]> Development 2010-03-01T15:00:16+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/blog/redirect-helper-lite-updated-with-cp-logging/ http://erikreagan.com/blog/redirect-helper-lite-updated-with-cp-logging/ utilizing the Control Panel Log in ExpressionEngine and recording with certain actions were performed in your add-ons. To display how this might be used I have updated my Redirect Helper Lite module with such a feature. Now when any redirects are added, modified or deleted the action is recorded to the Control Panel Log along with the standard info of the data/time, Member info, and site ID. If you're a code diver you can check out the mcp.redirect_helper_lite.php file for the changes near the top of the file. ]]> Development 2010-03-01T15:00:01+00:00 http://erikreagan.com/projects/entry-category-count/ http://erikreagan.com/projects/entry-category-count/ included in the documentation. ]]> ExpressionEngine 2010-02-08T14:23:07+00:00