George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Roll Your Own Social Media Buttons

I recently tested out several WordPress’s social media share plug-ins and disappointed with unnecessary injections of JavaScripts and CSS. Some services even use their own site as a gateway to server up the social media services. I was frustrated and ended up rolling my own, thanks to this blog post. Here’s my customized codes:

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=<?php the_permalink();?>&t=<?php the_title(); ?>" target="_blank"><img src="facebook.png" alt="Share on Facebook"></a>

<a href=”https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/confirm?hl=en-US&url=<?php the_permalink() ?>” target=”_blank”><img src=”google-plus.png” alt=”Share on Google+”></a>

<a href=”http://twitter.com/share?text=<?php the_title(); ?> -&url=<?php the_permalink() ?>” target=”_blank”><img src=”twitter.png” alt=”Share on Twitter”></a>

<a href=”http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=<?php the_permalink() ?>” target=”_blank”><img src=”linkedin.png” alt=”Share on LinkedIn”></a>

Sass

$ sass --watch style.scss:style.css --style compressed

// Import
@import "normalize";

// Variables
$body_font: 'Georgia', serif;

// Mixin
@mixin rounded_corners($rounding) {
-webkit-border-radius:$rounding;
-moz-border-radius: $rounding;
-o-border-radius: $rounding;
border-radius: $rounding; }

Apache Rewrites

Redirect non-www to www with .htaccess


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Example: law.gmu.edu to www.law.gmu.edu


Add trailing slash (/) to URL:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.sample.com/$1/ [QSA,L,R=301]

Example: law.gmu.edu to law.gmu.edu/

Upgrade Notes

WordPress: Just hit the upgrade button

MODX: 1.06

  • Follow Upgrading Guide (Alternate Method).
  • Back up config.inc.php and document.parser.class.inc.php
  • Once upgraded, change default sort order in resource tree:if (!isset($_SESSION['tree_sortby']) && !isset($_SESSION['tree_sortdir'])) {
    // This is the first startup, set default sort order
    $_SESSION['tree_sortby'] = 'menuindex'; // Change menuindex to a value of your choice.
    $_SESSION['tree_sortdir'] = 'ASC';
    }
  • PHx Bug & pageTOC issue: The fix is to increase the pcre.backtrack_limit setting in php.inifrom 100000 to 800000

    [Pcre]
    ;PCRE library backtracking limit.
    pcre.backtrack_limit=800000

Modifying the document.parser.class.inc.php

Add the following codes when upgrade:

// START CODE BY PAUL BOHMAN/DONNY TRUONG
// Ability to get all documents, whether deleted or unpublished, added by Paul Bohman
if ($published == '*') $sqlPublished = '';
else $sqlPublished = "AND sc.published=$published";
if ($deleted == '*') $sqlDeleted = '';
else $sqlDeleted = "AND sc.deleted=$deleted";
// END CODE BY PAUL BOHMAN/DONNY TRUONG

And here:

$result= $this->getTemplateVars($vars, "*", $docid, $published, "", "", $sep, $deleted=0);
// The deleted option above was added by Paul Bohman/Donny Truong

Remember to add the codes for CASifying MODX as well.