/*
Plugin Name: Protest SOPA Plugin
Description: A simple plugin to redirect to the Sopa Strike website on page load on January 18, 2012.
Date: January 17, 2012
*/

function protest_sopa() {
  $month=date('n');
  $day=date('j');
  $year=date('Y');

  if( ($month=='1') && ($day=='18') && ($year=='2012') ) {
    header("Location: http://sopastrike.com/strike");
    exit;
  }
}

if(!is_admin()) {
  add_action('init', 'protest_sopa');
}

Download the source file here.

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If you want an item with a specific value to show up last instead, replace ‘DESC’ with ‘ASC’.

Overview

• I had a wedding to attend at the end of April, so I wasn’t able to go to DrupalCamp NYC.
• Design 4 Drupal Boston was fun and I enjoyed meeting people from Acquia and other people I worked with on the event’s website.
• WordCamp Boston was pretty much a complete failure for me. (I’d rather not talk about it.) Because of how I felt after my session, I didn’t see much of the conference.
• Otakon was busy and tiring. We walked over 15,000 steps one day and it was near 100 degrees every day we were there.

This was not the best summer ever, but I think I’m stronger for it. I’m really looking forward to fall and winter events this year. I will most likely be attending WordCamp NYC and DrupalCamp NYC this winter.

Now for the good news! I will be working at Northpoint Solutions as a consultant starting Wednesday, August 17^th. This means that I am no longer accepting freelance work and I’m finishing up the projects I already have on my plate.

I have a lot to do before I start at my first job in New York City. Because I live on Long Island, I have to make sure I get train tickets and a parking permit for the train station. I also have to make sure my apartment is clean, buy new clothes, and get used to wearing nice shoes again! (I practically murdered my feet this summer.) I’m nervous, but also very excited!

I think I’ll have a lot more time to work on my personal projects now that I’ll be working a set 40 hours a week rather than all the time.

Here’s a link to my profile.

I just wanted to leave that quick message before going out to get dinner and watch fireworks. Happy Independence Day!

Next conference: WordCamp Boston!

I’m still learning about WordPress and it’s community, so I hope I don’t get scolded for this. If you have any corrections, please comment.

This is a slightly intermediate tutorial—advanced users probably already know this, and beginners might not be able to comprehend it. These commands are not specific to WordPress, but to do this you must have:

• SSH access
• a Linux server

If you have a shared server, you may or may not have SSH access. You should ask your host if you’re not sure.

Adding/Updating Plugins or Themes

1. SSH into your website hosting account.
   ssh user@domain.com
   It will ask you for a password. Enter your and hit the ‘enter’ or ‘return’ key.
2. Navigate to your plugin or themes folder. (Usually it’s public_html/wp-content/plugins or public_html/wp-content/themes.)
• Plugins directory: cd public_html/wp-content/plugins
• Themes directory: cd public_html/wp-content/themes
• To find out which folder you are in, type pwd and hit enter.
• To find out what files and folder are in the folder that you are currently in, type ls and hit enter.
• To change to a folder inside of the folder that you are currently in, type cd and the name of the folder and hit enter. To go up one folder, type cd ../
3. Copy the download url of the plugin you want to upgrade. If you’re updating a plugin, you can do this one of two ways: Get the url from the download link on the plugins upgrade page or search on wordpress for the plugin and copy the download link from the plugin page.
4. Download the file to your server using the ‘wget’ command.
5. Unzip the compressed zip file that you just downloaded using the ‘unzip’ command. (Replace ‘the-file-name’ with the name of the file you just downloaded.)
   unzip the-file-name.zip
• If you’re updating a plugin, it will ask you if you want to replace the files. Type ‘A’ to replace all of the files and hit enter.
6. Delete the zip file using the ‘rm’ command, again replacing ‘the-file-name’ with the name of the file you downloaded earlier.
   rm the-file-name.zip
7. Now if you look at the plugins page in the WordPress Dashboard, it should be there.

I’ve been adding/upgrading plugins this way for a while now, and I’d say it’s a little quicker than the automatic installation if you know what you’re doing and get used to the steps. It’s certainly a lot faster than downloading the plugin and FTPing everything up to the server.