Zensor 0.7 Released
I released Version 0.7 of Zensor a couple days ago. It can be downloaded from WordPress.org.
Adding custom columns to the WordPress manage pages screen
I wanted to tie together my two recent posts on adding custom columns to the WordPress manage posts screen and the Manage Pages custom columns plugin I released. Below, I’ll extend the code from the first post to use the plugin announced in the second post to add a custom column or two to the Manage Pages screen.
Manage Pages Custom Columns plugin released
I just released Version 1.0 of Manage Pages Custom Columns, a plugin for WordPress.
Adding custom columns to the WordPress manage posts screen
An under-documented technique available to WordPress plugin developers that I use in Zensor is adding custom columns to the Manage Posts screen in the admin interface. A search on Google or the Codex turns up very little. The only references on the Codex are on the pages listing all Filters and Actions.
The action/filter that I’m talking about is the complementary pair manage_posts_columns and manage_posts_custom_column. Combined, they let a plugin developer add new columns or shift around/delete existing columns on the Manage Posts screen.
Zensor 0.6 Released
I just released Version 0.6 of Zensor. You should download it now! “What is Zensor?”, you might be asking. Well, let me tell you.
Me (and others) in a German newspaper
A newspaper article was written about me for the Würzburg newpaper, the Main-Post. I can’t find it online in their archives, but here’s a scan of it and the original picture from the article. I’ve also posted an English translation of the article below.
Edward Dale, M.S.
I defended my Master’s thesis on June 21st. All of the deliverables including the report and defense have been uploaded to my thesis page. The last few weeks working on it was one of the more brutal things I’ve ever worked on, but also one of the more gratifying. As a result, I have a nice, bound book that I’ve written that can be put on the bookshelf.
Since then, it’s been nothing but sipping cocktails on the porch in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Actually… it’s been a lot of reading, packing, traveling, disposing, and recycling. As of right now, my life fits into about 4 file boxes and a couple backpacks. Two of those backpacks will come with me to Germany and the rest my belongings will be stuffed into the attic awaiting my debut into the Real World.
Lots of cgkit code
Almost all of the assignments I did for classes last quarter were done using the cgkit graphics library. I’ve posted all of the code that was written for these assignments. Maybe somebody will benefit from it. Here’s everything that’s there:
- A snowfall simulation for my Animation Algorithms class
- A keyframing system
- A billiards simulator
- A particle system
- An articulated figure motion system using BVH files
- A snowball simulation that uses some of the ODE stuff from cgkit
- A ray tracer built using the cgtypes from cgkit.
Fulbright!
So…. months ago (I mean months, like… May 2005), I got the idea to apply for a Fulbright scholarship as a way to get back to Europe and Germany.
Fast forward five months to October, and I’ve submitted my application, essays, etc., with the expectation that I’ll hear something around the end of January.
Fast forward another four months and I hear back that I’ve made the American cut. This means that I’ve got to start submitting application materials to the PAD. This means….. everything’s in German from here on in.
After running around like a madman, I get all the application materials in for the March 1 deadline.
Fast forward 30 days and I got the Fulbright! That brings us to today… the physical and hearing test are scheduled and I’m waiting to find out where in Germany I’m going.
For anyone keeping track, Jessica Lieberman and Catherine Winne were indispensable to me througout the whole process.
