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Quality Control 0.1 Soft Release

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View the official page for the latest updates.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working on a little side project in my spare time. It’s a WordPress theme (go figure), but with a twist. It uses WordPress in a completely different way.

While developing WPBundle, I needed a way to keep track of tickets/bugs I found or created while developing. For a while, I was using Lighthouse which worked great. However, I have a thing about owning my content, so I set off to create my own solution. Initially I was going to create a custom PHP solution, but as I was creating it, I realized that WordPress provided me with everything I needed to make it work.

From the site:

This WordPress theme was designed to allow the creation, and tracking, of tickets. It was kept simple, and packaged lightly, allowing the user to use it however he/she wants. Just the essentials have been added, and the rest is up to you.

The idea is to provide a base “framework” of sorts, that creates the core functionality needed for ticket tracking, but leaves room for the user to take it in any direction they want.

I’m sure there are many bugs, but that’s why I’m doing a soft release here first. I’ll update any bugs that are reported (email me at [spencerfinnell (at) gmail (dot) com]) then upload it to the WordPress.org Theme Directory.

Download: Quality Control 0.1

62kb — Last Update: August 25, 2010

Demo: Launch Demo

Send me a note on Twitter if you find a bug, or like the theme.

Remember, there is no sort of protection or anything with this. It just uses the built in permissions WordPress provides. So I’d suggest setting it up in a private/protected directory (unless you want people to see your tickets).

Live Searching

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About as simple as it gets I would say. This is the function I use (a similar setup anyway) when doing stuff like this in WordPress, and it worked very well for the new ScreenSnapr online area as well.

$( '#tag_search' ).keyup(function(event) {
	loadResults();

	if (event.keyCode == '13') {
		event.preventDefault();
	}
});

function loadResults() {

	var wrap = $( '#load-results' );

	$( '#tag_search' ).addClass( 'searching' );

	var data = {
		action		   : 'load_history_results',
		search_term	   : $( '#tag_search' ).val()
	};

	$.post( ajaxurl, data, function( data ) {
		$( '#load-results' ).html( data ).fadeIn();
		$( '#tag_search' ).removeClass( 'searching' );
	});
};

The action in the data array is a functoin name that is called (which in this case loads a new query with the new search results) when a key is pressed in the search box.. Easy as that.

Owning My Services

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I create a lot (maybe not in some people’s eyes) “service” based websites. But I don’t create them with a goal of making them huge, or getting rich off of them. I want them to exist so I can use them, and so my friends can use them. I have a place where I know I own my information, and can do whatever I want with it.

It allows me to design the sites to fit my needs exactly. I don’t bloat them down with features, as I know exactly what I’m going to need.

Maybe I should make them into a network of sorts. Or at least somehow show that they are all inter related. Maybe…