General Dynamics Itronix Laptop Software Drivers

Posted on March 16, 2008
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IX250 IX260 and IX260+ (plux) Drivers

Here is a collection of all drivers for these laptops that I’ve once again updated after digging them out of the archive directory.

I get a lot of emails and traffic to the original post regarding the laptop drivers I had assembled.  After spending a great deal of time locating them, I packaged them up in to a single download which I’ve updated again today. 

Back when I purchased a handful of these laptops on ebay I discovered that none of them came with driver software which made the task daunting to get an OS loaded. 

These machines are not top of the line in CPU and memory speed but I can’t suggest a better more affordable or durable computer to toss in your truck to go camping or fishing or even for use in service vehicles for lawn care, construction, security services, or anything where you need mobile computing. The mere fact that these computers can connect to a standard Motorola 9211 radio makes them ideal for contractors that want to use them for GPS mapping among other things.

Next on my list is a pair of vehicle mounts and a pair internal radio updates.  To visit the updated collection of software drivers please visit the Downloads Area

WordPress Post Planner Plugin

Posted on March 10, 2008
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Effective content planning for your WordPress blog.

Some time ago I had a friend write me a small PHP application of sorts that was used to assist in the assembly of well structured written content following the 5 paragraph narrative format of a thesis writing project.  Having built the mini-app for one of my classes, the idea behind the tool was based almost entirely on the process of good writing.  Taking from the influence of the Scott Forshmans English Writing Handbook, the mini-app was essentially a collection of RTF generators where fields were filled in depending on the format chosen.

Now, you may have seen or even used content generators in Microsoft Word or other popular document publishing solutions, but none seemed to exist for the web and certainly none seemed to exist for blogging. If a blogger could publish content based on pre-formed and well structured writing formats, the expected quality of the content should increase right?

Well, after looking at all the old documents I had on writing styles and processes taught in grammar schools and English classes, I came up with an idea to make many of these "rote format" methods of writing a tool for bloggers by building a WordPress plugin to assist in the writing process.  Although many professional bloggers tend to use offline tools for drafting content, many I’ve spoken with said that the tools for truly professional writing and editing are not available in most blogging solutions although they wish such tools were. So, I ran the idea by my coder in order to take that mini application and turn it into yet another FREE Plugin for WordPress that will help bloggers write better content, online.

Writing Better Content! WordPress blogging 101

What this next plugin will feature basically centers around the process of writing and the management of resources specific to writing using formats often found in good research writing taught in schools and colleges.  So here is a brief summary of what is currently in this plugin and what is pending prior to release.  Again, this plugin is being released as a FREE plugin for WordPress.

POST PLANNER PLUGIN FEATURES

When you sit down to write, how do you approach a writing project?  For me it always begins with the idea of what the subject should be about and then I write down a clear statement of who the target audience is before I begin to write (in most cases that is).  With my audience in mind and an idea of their expectations I write according to those expectations presenting to them my ideas and thoughts related to the subject I write.  I may start out with a thesis statement of sorts and certainly an introduction that may either fully set the expectation of the content or I’ll shoot from the hip and use a technique in writing I learned where you take a person one direction only to arrive at another.  A common technique in politics you may have noticed.  

So what this plugin seeks to do is simple, it seeks to provide you a way to write content based on optional structure and methods of writing while providing essential tools for writing good content. 

More than just a collection of available pre formatted fields to fill in, this plugin will feature some basic file management and even analytical tools for testing keyword density and other SEO important things prior to publishing your post or page.  Now in the test I have been able to get the keyword analyzer to work rather quickly, but some of the features of the plugin are going to clearly require a person well versed in AJAX and mootools which I’m actively seeking now. 

Mark, my programmer, has also assisted me in the creation of the admin interface which will feature a modified version of the FCK editor along with some drop down user defined preselects for rapid publishing of content.  With the plugin a writer will be able to organize notes, organize resources, gather files and other media elements, prior to the writing stage. Getting the ducks all in a row as the cliche goes makes the writing process much easier. Now its a lofty goal naturally for some features I have planned but my sincere objective is to make this plugin worthy of serious use by any professional writer or journalist by providing features many in such a line of work would require.

Does this replace the standard POST editor page? In part, yes especially with the addition of some new fields and the customized editor.

I’ll get you a screen shot later today of what we have already come up with.

Product Downloads Page Update!

Posted on March 10, 2008
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WordPress Real Estate Plugin, also released

I’m updating the downloads page for many of the items that were blocked later today so please check back. The Featured Listings WordPress plugin and other plugins are available now so please feel free to drop me a line regarding features ideas, bugs and general feedback as I’m already planning the next release of this plugin.

Also, I’ve added a few templates for Open Realty and a variant for the new pending fork release titled "EZ Pro Realty". Since template compatibility isn’t 100% due in part to several modifications to the core, I’ve ported some of the older Open Realty templates in my inventory to work with the new "pathfinder" release of EZ Pro Realty.

 

Page Peel Open Ads Now Available

Posted on February 26, 2008
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Flash Page Peel Effect with Open Ads Advertisements

Well it took me longer than I wanted but the page peel effect now works with Open Ads in rendering the advertisements. I’ll have this packaged up by morning with reworked documentation and added to the product list for those interested in using it.

No major changes from the past version this version does require you to have the latest OpenAds from OpenAds.org and requires you to plublish ads using the using the JavaScript method.   More on this later when I get it packaged up.

UPDATED FEB 27th 9:14 AM || SMALL UPDATE REQUIRED

While my coder was fixing the Featured Listings Anywhere code to include animated featured listing display he spent a great deal more time cleaning up the config.php file for me and as such the Page Peel Open Ads tool is going to be a day late. I’m sincerely sorry for the delay but such events dictate our schedule.

Page Curl Effect – Open Ads

Posted on February 23, 2008
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Page Flip and Page Curl Updates – Open Ads

Some time ago I purchased the resell rights to a product called Page Flip which we have since modified extensively.  I made the post here http://www.jaredritchey.com/flash-pagepeel-pageturn-effect.html originally.  Well after receiving the update changes to Open Ads It appears that the page curl snippet breaks. So I’m going to have my coder revamp that this weekend.

Previously this tool worked just fine with Open Ads and the guide that was included showed how to make it show up on select pages in your WordPress blog by using the custom fields feature and a snippet of PHP.  Well as it stands if you update your Open Ads your page curl will simply not work if you are generating ads from it.

I’ll try and get an update published tomorrow if I can get my coder to finish today.  Please remember, that if you purchased the existing version you will receive a FREE update once the code is completed.  Same is true of any purchases on any of my plug-ins that are commercial.

CRE Loaded Releases Major Update

Posted on November 16, 2007
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Chain Reaction Ecommerce (CRE), makers of the popular open source shopping cart CRE Loaded, announce the release of CRE Loaded 6.2 SP1 with several new services, partner tie-ins, and essential updates and fixes. All CRE Loaded 6.2 storeowners (applies to Standard, Pro and Pro B2B applications) can visit www.creloaded.com and download SP1 for FREE.

New CRE Loaded Admin Panel Features

CRE MerchantSM for the best rates in credit card processing.
CRE MessengerSM for free in-store sales and customer-service chat.
New Partner Integrations available inside the CRE Loaded 6.2 SP1 admin panel:

PayPal Pro integration and PayPal certification – CRE Loaded

In addition to the integration of PayPal certification and PayPal pro features, this service pack update also includes the addition of BuySAFE transaction bonding service. The BuySafe transaction bonding service is used to enhance customer trust and security.

Additionally, features in this update included with CRE Loaded brings the MyStoreRewards pay-per-performance buyer-loyalty program as anticipated.

CRE Loaded with Godaddy.com

Google Feed support enhancements.
Enhanced Create Order and Edit Order functions for better product selection.
Enhancements to Sub-Product handling to provide more consistent functionality.
Major enhancements to the Affiliate presentation and reporting to reduce confusion.
Enabled editing of product prices when editing an order.
Fixes applied to the backup.php and backup_mysql.php to better support compression.
Corrections to the PayPal IPN module to support Invoice Number and Printing.
Easy Populate Advanced Import / Export updated to work in a PHP 5.2 environment.
Several enhancements to better support special characters, such as apostrophes, in product names and attributes.

A major change to Sessions to provide more stability.
Correction to Date handling for Spanish-language sites.
Several enhancements to Coupon handling and functionality.


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