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20 user Inbound TCP connection limit in Windows 7 – Super User

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/05/14

(Thanks to a “Missed Post” problem on WordPress.com, this one didn’t get posted on the scheduled date. Sorry for any inconvenience)

You need to be administrator to see the output of the “net config server” command.

The inbound/outbound limit is 20:

Running ‘net config server’ at the command-line suggests that Windows 7 can support up to 20 inbound / 20 outbound incomplete connections.

–jeroen

via: Inbound TCP connection limit in Windows 7 – Super User.

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On the research list: Kidi.Net: Kinderen VEILIG op het Net via Giovanni Praet (giovannipraet) on Twitter.

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/05/14

(Thanks to a “Missed Post” problem on WordPress.com, this one didn’t get posted on the scheduled date. Sorry for any inconvenience)

I must try to see if this is going to work with my mentally retarted brother: Kidi.Net: Kinderen VEILIG op het Net.

–jeroen

via: Giovanni Praet (giovannipraet) on Twitter.

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How to Fix Temporary Profile in Windows 7

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/05/11

(Thanks to a “Missed Post” problem on WordPress.com, this one didn’t get posted on the scheduled date. Sorry for any inconvenience)

You can fix the “temporary profile” in Windows 7 if you have access to the registry.

So it totally depends on how tight security at your clients is, and how fast their alternative processes are…

–jeroen

via: How to Fix Temporary Profile in Windows 7.

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Which “Posting categories” overview do you like most?

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/04/14

I’m experimenting with the Posting categories overview page as a prequel to a proper tag cloud (and a series of posts on how to get there).

Please let me know in the comments which of the below ones you like most:

  1. Left:
    HTML tree with post count per category
  2. Middle:
    HTML tree with font size indicating post count
  3. Right:
    HTML tree with post count per category and font size indicating post count

(For comparison, you need a big screen; the most popular choice will survive on the Posting categories page).

–jeroen

via: Posting categories « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of Wiert stuff. Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in CSS, Development, HTML, Power User, SocialMedia, Software Development, Usability, User Experience (ux), Web Development, WordPress, WordPress | Leave a Comment »

Page with my WordPress posting Categories

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/04/02

I’m in the midst of writing a small app that generates trees and clouds of the WordPress categories.

The main reason is that I want to better organize the categories, so I need an overview. The multi-page WordPress Categories editor isn’t of much use as it is very hard to get an overview.

Using the [Category] WordPress tag isn’t of much help as I can’t get things like this to work (I remember seeing something like this on the forums, can’t find it any more though):
[Category]
[Category number='5' method='title' order='asc' id='11,45' orderby='comment_count']

Preliminary output is at the Posting Categories page in the top menu that I will update every once in a while.

I will post the app later, as I intend to create a category cloud in addition to the tree.

–jeroen

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#WordPress Editor #keyboard #shortcuts

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/03/05

Both the WordPress Visual editor and HTML editor accept keyboard shortcuts. The built in WordPress Visual editor is based on TinyMCE where some of the shortcuts come from.

Since I’m a keyboard guy, I collected some information on keyboard shortcuts over time, and below is a table with what I collected for both editors.

That, combined with distraction free writing really gives WordPress a boost.

Most of the shortcut keys use the modifier keys ALT plus SHIFT.

Note that on a Mac, you will have to use the “command” key in stead of the “CTRL” key.

Visual Editor

You can see what these shortcuts do in the WordPress Visual Editor support page.

Function Shortcut Keys Alternative Shortcut Keys
Undo CTRL + z
Redo CTRL + y
Headers (H1, H2, H3, …, H6) CTRL + 1 … 6
Paragraph CTRL + 7
Format CTRL + 8 (doesn’t work on a Mac)
Address CTRL + 9
Bold ALT + SHIFT + b CTRL + b
Italic ALT + SHIFT + i CTRL + i
Underline CTRL + u
Strike through with red (delete) ALT + SHIFT + d
Align left ALT + SHIFT + l
Align center ALT + SHIFT + c
Align right ALT + SHIFT + r
Blockquote ALT + SHIFT + q
Unquote/outdent ALT + SHITF + w (doesn’t work on a Mac)
Code ALT + SHIFT + c (doesn’t work, is “align center”)
Unordered List (ul) ALT + SHIFT + u
Ordered List (ol) ALT + SHIFT + o
List item (li) ALT + SHIFT + l (doesn’t work, is “align left”)
A Hyperlink (a) ALT + SHIFT + a
Line break SHIFT + Enter
Read more ALT + SHIFT + t
Next page ALT + SHIFT + p
Media insert (image/video/…) ALT + SHIFT + m (on a Mac, it also inserts a Ã)
ins ALT + SHIFT + s (doesn’t work on a Mac)
del ALT + SHIFT + d (doesn’t work on a Mac)
Distraction free writing ALT + SHIFT + g
Enable “Kitchen Sink” Toolbar ALT + SHIFT + z
View HTML code ALT + SHIFT + e (doesn’t work on a Mac)
Advanced Editor ALT + SHIFT + v (doesn’t work)
Spell check ALT + SHIFT + n
Rich Editor Help ALT + SHIFT + h
  • Unused ALT + SHIFT + letter combinations: f, y, j, k, x.

HTML editor (don’t work on a Mac)

Though the sources I used (see bullets below) indicate the below table should work, they don’t.

So: no HTML shortcuts on Mac or PC, which is a shame.

The only reason I use the HTML editor once in a while are these:

Function Shortcut Keys Alternative Shortcut Keys
Bold ALT + SHIFT + b
Italic ALT + SHIFT + i
Strikethrough ALT + SHIFT + d
Blockquote ALT + SHIFT + q
Code ALT + SHIFT + c
Unordered List ALT + SHIFT + u
Ordered List ALT + SHIFT + o
A Hyperlink ALT + SHIFT + a
Read more ALT + SHIFT + t
View HTML code ALT + SHIFT + e
Headers (H1, H2, H3, …) Ctrl + corresponding number
Insert date/time ALT + SHIFT + s
Insert IMG URL ALT + SHIFT + m
List Item (li) Alt + SHIFT + l
Publish the Post Alt + SHIFT + p
Redo CTRL + y
Undo CTRL+z

–jeroen

via:

Posted in Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User, SocialMedia, WordPress | 1 Comment »

WordPress XML sourcecode help needed; forum posts gets deleted.

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/02/23

Please one of the WordPress.com support people, contact me through my contact form.

I tried posting this question, but as you can see it is marked as ‘Topic Closed, This topic has been closed to new replies’, and looks empty on your forums’:

Please stop deleting the XML from my

</h1>
Since WordPress deletes anything but the most basic XML from 

tags:

See https://wiert.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wordpress-html.doc

When I put that in a WordPress post, it deletes the XML.
It does this for anything but the most basic XML.

Please fix that!

–jeroen

Thanks in advance!

–jeroen

Posted in Development, SocialMedia, Software Development, Web Development, WordPress, WordPress | 2 Comments »

my wiert.WordPress.com blog: 2011 in review: almost 400 posts, 220k visitors, “Silverlight dead/ long live XAML” most popular.

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/01/01

Don’t you love automated tools :)

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 220,000 times in 2011. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 9 days for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

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WordPress › Support » WordPress is inserting div tags

Posted by jpluimers on 2011/10/03

I just reproduced this: WordPress › Support » WordPress is inserting div tags.

  1. Start an unordered or ordered list
  2. Type entries
  3. After the last entry, press Enter twice
  4. Then type a few lines of text with Enter as separators
Those lines of text will have
DIV tags in between them
Just like this post.
–jeroen

Posted in Power User, SocialMedia, WordPress | 1 Comment »

WordPress: New Twitter “Tweet Button” for your readers

Posted by jpluimers on 2010/08/27

Now your readers can have an easy way to tweet about your blog postings too: New Twitter “Tweet Button”.

From the post by Andy P (wordpress team):

New Twitter “Tweet Button”




When one of your readers hits the Tweet Button, they will be shown a popup that includes a shortened link to your post. Readers can add in a quick message, and then hit “Tweet” to send the post to their Twitter feed as a tweet — all without leaving your blog.

To enable the button on your blog please visit the “Appearance > Extras” menu and select the “Show a Twitter Tweet Button on my posts” option.

Edit: 20100901:

The WordPress team has moved the Twitter Tweet button into Settings > Sharing. In addition to that, they added sharing mechanisms for FaceBook, Press This, Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon, Email and Print.
In addition to those, you can define your own sharing methods.
You can read more about this move here.

–jeroen

via:  New Twitter “Tweet Button” — Blog — WordPress.com.

Posted in Power User, SocialMedia, Twitter, WordPress | 2 Comments »