Ben.Stolovitz http://ben.stolovitz.com Ben.Stolovitz - Web Designer, Programmer, Musician, Random Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:23:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Nifty: CraftBukkit Mac Launcher http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/02/2011/craftbukkit-mac-launcher/347 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/02/2011/craftbukkit-mac-launcher/347#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:20:56 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=347 Step right up and download the extraordinary, hyperpowerful, stupendous CraftBukkit Mac Launcher!

Features

  • CraftBukkit Essentials built in!
  • Permissions available, too (not automatically)
  • World backup
  • World autosave
  • Mind-bogglingly easy to use!
  • Vanilla mode (use default Minecraft server if CraftBukkit isn’t working)
  • Plugin backup
  • Plugin download
  • GitHub!
  • Crafty integration

Main page here

Bukkit page

]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/02/2011/craftbukkit-mac-launcher/347/feed 2 New site! http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/09/2010/site-finished/276 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/09/2010/site-finished/276#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:51:41 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=276 Tada! After months of work, I have finally uploaded the completed remodel of Ben.Stolovitz.com. Let me know your thoughts.

I’ve also updated permalinks so the URL actually looks like a sentence. For example this link looks something like this,

http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/09/2010/site-finished/276

or, in English

Ben Stolovitz says on 09/2010 site finished

]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/09/2010/site-finished/276/feed 6 WordPress 3.0 Havok http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/06/2010/wordpress-3-0-havok/245 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/06/2010/wordpress-3-0-havok/245#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:58:24 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=245 Just a quick update; my site has been flickering because of some permalink issues owing to WordPress 3.0.

What’s worse is that I upgraded my local copy of WordPress 3.0- and accidentally deleted every single file of my theme for this site, so I have to start over. Oh well, I guess its an excuse to build it better.

]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/06/2010/wordpress-3-0-havok/245/feed 0 The smell of a new site is in the air! http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/02/2010/the-smell-of-a-new-site-is-in-the-air/238 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/02/2010/the-smell-of-a-new-site-is-in-the-air/238#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:25:46 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=238 The new Ben.Stolovitz.com is almost done!

Here’s a preview of what to come:

Click for bigger!

It's almost done!

It's almost done!

Digg!]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/02/2010/the-smell-of-a-new-site-is-in-the-air/238/feed 0 What do you want to see in bsFunctions? http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/what-do-you-want-to-see-in-bsfunctions/234 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/what-do-you-want-to-see-in-bsfunctions/234#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:14:14 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=234 Hey, kids! bsFunctions hosts lots of features (1) but we are looking to program EVEN MORE! What do you want to have implemented in bsFunctions? Comment for new features!

]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/what-do-you-want-to-see-in-bsfunctions/234/feed 0 WP_list_taxonomies http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/wp_list_taxonomies/219 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/wp_list_taxonomies/219#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:43:35 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=219 NOTE: Bad error fixed.
Current item used to be defined as tax_item_#current_item instead of tax_item_# current_item.
Bad CSS error; also modified the output from tax_item_# to display current taxonomy name, as well as added a new class with (taxonomy name)_item. Should make it easier to theme.

WordPress is very, very powerful, but there are a few things its lacking. Namely, listing the items of things other than pages & categories in nice little lists.

Now, I could wait until the guys at WordPress came and made a function, or I could program one myself… Which one do you think I did?

BSFunctions 1.1

This may or may not be the beginning of the BS WordPress collection, so download it and see!

To call this function, just type in <?php bs_list_taxonomies(‘taxonomy_name_here’,'extra_args_here’) ?>

Please use this wherever, I want to see my work out!

Modify, modify, modify as well but PLEASE leave the author statement intact, add yourself as a second author if you want.

/**
* @author Ben Stolovitz <ben@stolovitz.com>
*
* @uses wp_parse_args
* @uses get_terms
* @uses get_bloginfo
*
* @param string $taxonomy Required. The taxonomy you want to list.
* @param array $args Optional. Override default arguments.
* @return string Returns an HTML list of items in a taxonomy.
*/
function bs_list_taxonomies($taxonomy, $args=”) {
$defaults = array(
‘title_li’ => ucfirst($taxonomy),
‘echo’ => 1,
‘tack_on’ => 1,
‘no_value’ => ‘None’,
‘no_value_link’ => ”
);
$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
$term = get_terms($taxonomy);
$output = ‘<li> ‘ . $r['title_li'] . ‘ <ul>’;
if ( $r['tack_on'] ) {
foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {
if ($key != “C” && $key != $taxonomy) {  // We don’t want duplicates of our taxonomy
if ( $querystring ) $querystring .= ‘&’;
$querystring .= $key.”=”.$value;
}
}
}
if ( ! $_GET[$taxonomy] ) {$a = ‘current_item’;} else {$a = ”;}
if ( $querystring ) {
$output .= ‘<li><a title=”‘ . $r['no_value'] . ‘” href=”‘ . get_bloginfo(url) . ‘/?’ . $querystring . ‘”>’;
} else {
$output .= ‘<li><a title=”‘ . $r['no_value'] . ‘” href=”‘ . get_bloginfo(url) . ‘/’ . $r['no_value_link'] . ‘”>’;
}
$output .= $r['no_value'] . ‘</a></li>’;
foreach ($term as $current) {
if ( $_GET[$taxonomy] == $current ) {$a = ‘ current_item’;} else {$a = ”;}
if ( $querystring ) {$b = ‘&’; } else {$b = ”;}
$output .= ‘<li><a title=”‘ . $current->name . ‘” href=”‘ . get_bloginfo(url) . ‘/?’ . $querystring . $b . $current->taxonomy . ‘=’ . $current->slug . ‘”>’;
$output .= $current->name;
$output .= ‘</a></li>’;
}
$output .= ‘</ul></li>’;
// $output=apply_filters( whatever_you_want, $output);
if ( $r['echo'] ) {
echo $output;
} else {
return $output;
}
}
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]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/last-sunlight-on-deviantart/216/feed 0 Delays, Delays, and a Site in a Week http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/delays-delays-and-a-site-in-a-week/213 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/delays-delays-and-a-site-in-a-week/213#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:09:40 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=213 Ugggh…

I just switched to a new computer, just got a notification that PerfectPonchos is due in a week, and – in short- will not be able to finish Ben.Stolovitz.com for a few weeks….

]]> http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/12/2009/delays-delays-and-a-site-in-a-week/213/feed 0 Ben.Stolovitz.com http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/11/2009/ben-stolovitz-com/211 http://ben.stolovitz.com/says-on/11/2009/ben-stolovitz-com/211#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:28:43 +0000 Ben http://ben.stolovitz.com/?p=211 Why is my site in the title? Hmm…
I know! I like to self reference! – no.

Actually, I’m announcing that in (hopefully) about a week or two, you will be looking at the new… improved… Ben.Stolovitz.com!!!

Ben.Stolovitz.com is being converted to mirror more what I do- it will be a portfolio site with a blog attachment (this blog).  However, for you die-hard readers out there (sarcasm):

1. A cookie can be embedded on your site to automatically load the blog page instead of the portfolio page.

2. NEW! Asides will be posted when I have a teeny bit to say

3. NEW! Link to my social networking

4. NEW! On every site of the blog there will be a “recent posts” pane.

5. I will still posts things on my blog, just for you guys!

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It is a study of the rule of distribution for piano (as you know the real song has no piano).

Listen now!

Michelle (Piano ver. of Beatles song _Michelle_)

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