scriptygoddess

if you’ve ever had to spec a design before (and put in dummy copy) this link might come in handy. It’ll generate “greek” text for you - just the right amount you need.
subterrane’s lorem ipsum generator

I’ll be deleting this post soon, probably - just wanted to say that between having a visitor and going on vacation, I’ve really fallen behind on stuff… I owe a ton of people emails, responses, requests for help, etc. etc. It may take me awhile, but I’ll be catching up on things this week. Sorry for the delay.

Update: okay - if I haven’t replied yet, or answered questions you’ve asked here, please let me know. I think I’ve covered everyone, but I could be wrong. And before I delete this, I just want to make sure no one feels like I forgot them.

A friend of mine (Heather, of urbancombatdriving.com) is using this PHP slide show script, available at zinkwazi.com. She’s using the slideshow script to display her 2002 photos on her photos page.

While I haven’t used the script myself yet (been insanely busy with my own coding project) I’ve really liked how the script works. From glancing over the script, it seems to be relatively easy to implement, too.

Now that MT has an option to use MySQL to store its information, there’s greater possiblity in sorting and presenting the data.

Take this tutorial that Brenna wrote up for example - outputting templates, using the mysql database. It’s a great example of what can be done with PHP and MySQL and MT.

I have a feeling that there will be more ideas like this in the future as people start playing more with MT 2.2!!

I know I haven’t been posting around these parts lately, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t had my hands dirty with some good old fashioned PHP. Most of what I’ve been doing is for pMachine (although I’d love to get into the new mySQL version of MT!) which is already documented on my site.

However, I come to you today to share my newest found and lately my favorite built in php function, substr
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