Reed Write, a content types and taxonomy type plugin for WordPress is out with version 1.4.0.

In this version I fixed the field editor where you selected Choices, or Query type of data for drop downs, and check boxes; thanks to Schulte, Manoela. I also added an image download tab to the Select Image Field Type; thanks to a donation from Manoela.

Get the newest version on the WordPress.org plugin site or read some documentation.

If you’d like something new added to the plugin let me know.

Really short post here but a valuable one; a simple JavaScript tweet parser. It parses links, user names, and hash tags.

function parse_tweet(text) {
	var text = text || '';
	text = text.replace(/[A-Za-z]+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&~\?\/.=]+/g, function(url) {
		return url.link(url);
	});
	text = text.replace(/[@]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(u) {
		var username = u.replace("@","")
		return u.link("http://twitter.com/"+username);
	});
	text = text.replace(/[#]+[A-Za-z0-9-_]+/g, function(t) {
		var tag = t.replace("#","%23")
		return t.link("http://search.twitter.com/search?q="+tag);
	});
	return text.replace(/<a/g, ' <a target="_blank"');
}

See, I told you it was short.

This week the City of Virginia Beach launched its newly redesigned and rebuilt website VBgov.com. I am extremely proud of the work I have put into this site. I am responsible for the visual design, server side and client side development, as well as the many custom applications through out the site.

The site was built on SharePoint 2010 but in reality we use it pretty much only as a database backend. Every webpart is custom built from scratch. While I have learned a lot about SharePoint 2010, I much prefer working with other Content Management Services. My feelings about the software aside the project was a huge undertaking and am very happy to be in maintenance and upgrade mode. Look for some great features to be added in the future.

The above image is of Mount Trashmore in Virginia Beach. My family loves this park. It’s a pretty awesome place. As the name would hint at, the park is built on a mountain filled with trash. Amazing right?