TextBug
TXP's gTxt strings displayed in their original places on TXP's admin UI
Switch Textpatterns admin language to TXP’s core text strings aka gTxt_strings and see them all in place.
TextPattern Cheatsheet
Cheatsheet in PNG or PDF of all TXP tags
Section and Category Pull-down Menus, Part II
In continuation to Mary’s previous article:
Section and Category Pull-down Menus, here is how to have these as simple category selects, provided, you have one article assigned per category
How to transmit arbitrary information with zem_contact
zem_contact is a plugin which extends Textpattern with a set of custom tags supporting email contact forms.
How to transmit arbitrary information with zem_contact introduces some of the inner workings of that plugin, and how to use it for more than just transferring a visitor’s name and address.
Creating Article Popups in Textpattern
Open articles in popup windows
Recently I wanted to open up the article body in an new window. On the page I had set up I exposed the title and the excerpt and then an link to where the article body was opened up in a new window. Below I will briefly cover how I did.
Advanced Sort By
Not happy with article and article_custom's sort by features? Roll your own.
The "sortby" attribute is a direct interface to the database language SQL. That means you have all the sort power in the world.
Online Plugin Packaging Tool
Online Textpattern Plugin Packaging Tool
Textpattern Source Reference
Quickly find Textpattern functions and definitions
So here’s the first thing that my new site will host. A full blown Textpattern reference.
Restricting search to one section
Restricting search to one section
Link Template 2 File
Import/Export Templates, Forms and CSS.
A simple export script that iterates through your forms, templates and css and exports them to a folder. The second script updates the database with the exported files.
How to Speed Up Your Textpattern Web Site
How to Speed Up Your Textpattern Web Site
Have you noticed your installation of Dean Allen’s Textpattern to be serving up pages a little slower than expected? Puzzled by those ridiculously long render times? Here’s 4 helpful tips to get your site moving.
Disable logging for your home IP.
I got sick of seeing my home IP address in the logs (usually more of them than anything else). Changed a couple of lines in textpattern/publish/log.php and now my logs almost never change.
Image Replacement without plugins
How to use native tags to replace text with images
<div class="<txp:section />"><h2><txp:section /></h2></div>
This is really simple but read on for more info.
Articles Sorted By Custom Fields
Stuff like Last Name
Hiding and customizing the comments form and system
Hiding the comments form and customizing the comments in general
This is the documentation of a few of the steps I took to achieve a customized comments system..
i had stated in the forum that i would like to be able to:
have the comments show only when you click on ‘comments’, rather than having the comments and commentform (particularly) shown fully when on a single_article page.
so here’s how i successfully managed this on mine…
btx_bookmarklets
Bookmarklets for a "Blog This" feature
article vs. article_custom
difference between txp:article and txp:article_custom
<txp:article /> is NOT the same as <txp:article_custom />
They cannot be interchanged. This is perhaps one of the most common confusions for Textpatterners.
External Javascript In TXP
It’s possible to use the CSS database in Textpattern to store external javascript so that it doesn’t have to be embedded in the page template.
txp_plugin_template
Txp Plugin Template for Developers
Style-switcher (non-plugin)
Style-switcher script, independent of Textpattern code
A nice little style-switcher script that can work independently of Textpattern, and can be set up with very little fuss.
Section and Category Pull-down Menus
Create article pull-down menus, by section or category.
Display Section Title
The original contents of this tip are outdated, and no longer necessary. See the section…
Using Phplist for a newsletter in Textpattern
Here are the steps involved for including the Phplist newsletter in your textpattern site.
Editing user priveleges
Change user permissions
See TextBook entries: User Roles and Permissions Modifying User Account Roles and Privileges
Including PHP scripts
Enable php includes and scripts in Textpattern
Are you trying to embed PHP scripts or run php includes in your Textpattern site? not working?
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