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Gravity Forms Shortcode Explained

Zack Katz — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:10:36 +0000

This post is about Gravity Forms, a WordPress contact form plugin.

What are shortcodes?

Think of shortcodes as a placeholder for where other content will be displayed: instead of “Insert a Gravity Forms form here,” we use the gravityform shortcode. Learn more about shortcodes on WordPress.org.

The Gravity Forms `shortcode` has five pieces:

[gravityform id=# name=TEXT title=boolean description=boolean ajax=boolean]

id (required) – The ID of the form, as displayed on the Gravity Forms Edit Forms page in the Id column
name (required) - The name of the form.
title – Show the title to users? Default is true; set to “false” to disable
description – Show the form’s description to users? Default is true; set to “false” to disable.
ajax – Submit the form without refreshing? Default is false; set to “true” to enable.

Gravity Forms Shortcode Examples:

[gravityform id=1 name=Example Form title=false description=false ajax=true]
Will result in Form #1 being displayed without a title or description, with no-refresh entry submission.

The shortcode above could be read as: “Insert Gravity Forms Form #1 here. Do not show the title or description. The form should use Ajax to submit entries.”

[gravityform id=2 name=Another Form]
Will result in Form #2 being displayed. The title and description will be displayed (they are true by default), and entries will require a page-load (ajax is off by default).

[gravityform id=3 name=Yet Another Form description=false ajax=true]
Will result in Form #3 being displayed. The title will be displayed, but the description will not. Entries will not require a page-load (ajax is turned on).

Any questions?

This post has been created to make explicitly clear how the Gravity Forms shortcode works. If you have any unanswered questions, please leave them in the comments below and they will be answered.

Enable PDF Uploads in CubeCart 4

Zack Katz — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:17:51 +0000

The CubeCart file and image uploader in the product editor only allows for a small set of file types: jpg, gif, jpeg, png, swf, fla, jpg, gif, jpeg, png, avi, mpg, and mpeg. If you want to upload a PDF in CubeCart, you will have to manually FTP it into the uploads folder, and even then the file browser won’t show you PDFs. If you try to upload PDFs, you’ll get the following alert: “Invalid file type.” Well here’s how to fix that.

1. Make the uploaded file type valid.

Go to [your site]/admin/includes/rte/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/config.php

Near the bottom of the file (around line 191), you should see this:

$Config['AllowedExtensions']['uploads'] = array('jpg','gif','jpeg','png','swf','fla','jpg','gif','jpeg','png','avi','mpg','mpeg') ;

Add additional file formats you want to include, or you can replace the code with this (which adds a ton of file extensions):

$Config['AllowedExtensions']['uploads'] = array('7z', 'aiff', 'asf', 'avi', 'bmp', 'csv', 'doc', 'docx', 'fla', 'flv', 'gif', 'gz', 'gzip', 'jpeg', 'jpg', 'mid', 'mov', 'mp3', 'mp4', 'mpc', 'mpeg', 'mpg', 'ods', 'odt', 'pdf', 'pdfx', 'png', 'ppt', 'pxd', 'qt', 'ram', 'rar', 'rm', 'rmi', 'rmvb', 'rtf', 'sdc', 'sitd', 'swf', 'sxc', 'sxw', 'tar', 'tgz', 'tif', 'tiff', 'txt', 'vsd', 'wav', 'wma', 'wmv', 'xls', 'xml', 'zip')

Save the file

2. Make the files visible in the file browser

Now that you can upload files, you want to be able to see them in the file browser.

Go to [your site]/admin/includes/rte/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/commands.php

Around line 71, find the following code:

elseif(preg_match('/\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|swf)$/i',$sFile))

and replace it with this:

elseif(preg_match('/\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4})$/i',$sFile))

Now, every normal file extension should be visible

3. Enjoy uploading non-image files to CubeCart

It’s pretty silly that CubeCart limited this in the first place, but at least the fix is relatively painless. Remember – if you upgrade CubeCart in the future, these changes will be lost.

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Two Easy Ways to Add “nofollow” to WordPress Menu Items

Zack Katz — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:21:44 +0000

By default, WordPress menus don’t have the ability to add “nofollow” to the link items…but WordPress 3.0+ has the functionality built in.

This tutorial will show you how to add nofollow to specific items using the new wp_nav_menu() function.

Enable nofollow in WordPress 3.0 nav menus

1. Click the “Screen Options” tab

2. Check the “Link Relationship (XFN) box

Notice all the other options for menu items (posts, tags aren’t enabled by default) and menu item properties (link targets, classes, descriptions).

3. Enter “nofollow” as the Link Relationship (XFN)

Then save the menu. Voila!

There’s an alternative way to do this as well.

You can add this to the functions.php

Using the code below, you can automate this whole process, which would be nice if you want to do this all at once.

You can also specify only to add nofollow to only one menu location or one menu.

add_filter('walker_nav_menu_start_el', 'nofollow_menu_items', 1, 4);
function nofollow_menu_items($item_output, $item, $depth, $args) {
	$nofollow = array(105,268); // Menu item id's (View page source and menu-item-123)
	$location = ''; // Use 'primary' to only filter header menu in twentyten
	$menu = ''; // Use menu names to filter by menu

	if(
		in_array($item->ID, $nofollow)
		&& (!empty($location) && $args->theme_location == $location || empty($location))
		&& (!empty($menu) && $args->menu == $menu || empty($menu))
	) {
		$item_output = str_replace('
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How to Add an `Edit Product` Link for Interspire Shopping Cart

Zack Katz — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:54:13 +0000

Why can’t I just click a link to edit the product I’m viewing?

Interspire, I love ya, but the Interspire Shopping Cart has some silly omissions. Like a simple “Edit Product” link if you’re logged in as an administrator. Instead, you have to go to the backend, search for the product, then edit it…which takes a solid 20 seconds.

Well, I got tired of that, so here’s a way to generate a proper Edit Product link.

Part 1: Generate the link

In includes/display/ProductDetails.php:

Find $this->SetProductVariations();. Add this in a line below it:

$this->SetEditProductLink();

Add this following code just before the last, closing curly bracket in the file }

/**
 * Create a link to allow users with permission to edit products from the products page
 */
public function SetEditProductLink()
{
	$GLOBALS['EditProductLink'] = '';
	if(!isset($GLOBALS['ISC_CLASS_ADMIN_AUTH'])) { $GLOBALS['ISC_CLASS_ADMIN_AUTH'] = GetClass('ISC_ADMIN_AUTH'); }
	if($GLOBALS['ISC_CLASS_ADMIN_AUTH']->HasPermission(AUTH_Edit_Products)) {
		$GLOBALS['EditProductLink'] = sprintf('%1$s', 'Edit Product', $GLOBALS['ProductId'], "Edit product ‘{$GLOBALS['ProductName']}’");
	}
}

Part 2: Place the link

Now the link will be generated in the global variable EditProductLink in your template’s ProductDetails panel.

Go to your template
Find Panels/ProductDetails.html
Add %%GLOBAL_EditProductLink%% to your template where you want the link. I like it after the add to cart button (%%SNIPPET_ProductAddToCart%%).
You’re all set!

Lots of time saved by all…

Hopefully this helps save you some frustration while polishing your Interspire store.

Un-Ban Yourself from WHMCS Administration

Zack Katz — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:50:19 +0000

Is your IP banned from your own WHMCS?

Who can remember all their passwords all the time? I have a password manager, and I still don’t get it right. I use the WHMCS software to manage client hosting and such, and so sometimes I get locked out of my own system because I’ve tried too many times to log in!

Here’s how to un-ban yourself:

Log into your cPanel or website database administration panel
Enter phpMyAdmin
Look for a database ending in _whmcs
Browse that database
Browse the table named tblbannedips
Refer to your WHMCS ban notification where it says your banned IP address (such as “Your IP 12.345.12.345″)
Find the entry in the tblbannedips where the ip column matches your IP address
Click the X in that row to delete the ban
Re-access your WHMCS ban-free!

Maybe some day, my password management applications and my browsers will play nicely together. Unlikely, though