/* ------------------- THEME FORCE ---------------------- */
/*
 * EVENTS SHORTCODES (CUSTOM POST TYPE)
 * http://www.noeltock.com/web-design/wordpress/how-to-custom-post-types-for-events-pt-2/
 */
// 1) FULL EVENTS
//***********************************************************************************
function tf_events_full ( $atts ) {

// - define arguments -
extract(shortcode_atts(array(
    'limit' => '10', // # of events to show
	'description' => '150' // # of Chars to show in description
 ), $atts));

// ===== OUTPUT FUNCTION =====
ob_start();

// ===== LOOP: FULL EVENTS SECTION =====
// - hide events that are older than 6am today (because some parties go past your bedtime) -
$today6am = strtotime('today 6:00') + ( get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * 3600 );

// - query -
global $wpdb;
$querystr = "SELECT *
    FROM $wpdb->posts wposts, $wpdb->postmeta metastart, $wpdb->postmeta metaend
    WHERE (wposts.ID = metastart.post_id AND wposts.ID = metaend.post_id)
    AND (metaend.meta_key = 'tf_events_enddate' AND metaend.meta_value > $today6am )
    AND metastart.meta_key = 'tf_events_enddate'
    AND wposts.post_type = 'tf_events'
    AND wposts.post_status = 'publish'
    ORDER BY metastart.meta_value ASC LIMIT $limit";

$events = $wpdb->get_results($querystr, OBJECT);

// - declare fresh day -
$daycheck = null;
// - loop -
if ($events):
global $post;
foreach ($events as $post):
setup_postdata($post);

// - custom variables -
$custom = get_post_custom(get_the_ID());
$sd = $custom["tf_events_startdate"][0];
$ed = $custom["tf_events_enddate"][0];
?>
<div class="full-events"><!--?php 

// - determine if it's a new day -
$longdate = date("l, F j, Y", $sd);

if ($daycheck == null) { echo '<br ?-->
<h3 class="title">' . $longdate . '</h3>
'; } if ($daycheck != $longdate &amp;&amp; $daycheck != null) { echo '
<h3 class="title">' . $longdate . '</h3>
'; } // - local time format - $time_format = get_option('time_format'); $stime = date($time_format, $sd); $etime = date($time_format, $ed); // - output - ?&gt;
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="time"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<?php // - fill daycheck with the current day - 
$daycheck = $longdate; 
endforeach; else : endif; 
// ===== RETURN: FULL EVENTS SECTION ===== 
$output = ob_get_contents(); 
ob_end_clean(); 
return $output; 
} 
add_shortcode('events', 'tf_events_full'); 
// You can now call onto this shortcode with [tf-events-full limit='20'] ?>

Alain Bernard and coach Denis Auguin

I recently received a series of text messages from a former swimmer. I had only coached this athlete for two high school seasons and not only did he have an impact on my life, but these messages clearly showed that I had an impact on his as well.

Hey Coach Greg! I just wanted to shoot you a quick text here. I just wanted to let you know how grateful I was to have had you as my head coach senior year. I know this might be a little late, but my family and I were discussing swim season and I was describing my senior season to them and out of all the sports and coaches I have had you were the most inspiring to me. You inspired a goof of a kid with some talent to put his mind and will to a sport and team and I will always appreciate that. You taught me valuable life lessons that I will carry for the rest of my life…senior year was such a blast and seeing you behind us not only as a coach but as friends too meant a lot to me. Seeing you get emotional at conference truly I feel was the moment that defined you as a coach. Emotional, yet reserved and fully supportive of everybody on the team. Not just varsity, but also JV. Even if you may have some things you would’ve changed or done differently if you had a second chance, just know that I wouldn’t have changed a single thing. That season, that team was the best of my high school career. You believed in me when other coaches didn’t, and sometimes that’s all someone really needs is someones belief in them. The only thing I might have changed is to have you as my coach for my whole high school career (haha). I just thought I should give a long deserved thanks from me to you Coach Greg. I hope that you have luck in coaching because you’re one damn good coach.

Comments like this help solidify my place on a pool deck and make the time and sacrifices worth while. Who have you heard from and what have they said to make what you do mean even more?

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homePage = @Model.AncestorOrSelf(1).pageTitle; }
else {
homePage = "Your Site Name"; @* Hardcoded Name if all else fails *@
}
@* - END HOMEPAGE TITLE - *@

@* Check Level so as to not confuse the homepage title code
@* Only check vars on Level 2 or above -*@
if ( @Model.Level > 1 ){
@* - Define the variables for each level of pages (up to 4) - *@
if ( @Model.HasValue("pageTitle") ) {
pagesTitle = @Model.pageTitle;
} else {
pagesTitle = @Model.Name;
}

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}
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} else {
Level4Parent = @Model.Parent.Name;
}
}
@* - Output the page titles
@* - Note the various levels and title structures - *@
if ( @Model.Level <= 1 ){ @homePage
} else if ( @Model.Level == 2 ) {
@pagesTitle @Html.Raw(" | ") @homePage
} else if ( @Model.Level == 3 ) {
@pagesTitle @Html.Raw(" - ") @CatTitle @Html.Raw(" | ") @homePage
} else if ( @Model.Level >= 4 ) {
@pagesTitle @Html.Raw(" - ") @Level4Parent @Html.Raw(" - ") @CatTitle @Html.Raw(" | ") @homePage
} else {
@pagesTitle @Html.Raw(" | ") @homePage
}
}

While I wasn’t the official photographer, I was asked to take one of the last photos of the night. The one posted below. I have never done photos like this and was impressed with my results. I have done zero post work (yet) and am looking for tips/tricks/advice on post work and general thoughts of how it turned out.

Photo from M&J’s wedding.

Edit: I recently visited the home of this couple and was pleasantly surprised to see my photography hanging in their living room. I am so proud to be apart of this couples day and happy to have this hanging in their home.

Within the fallback_cb, you can actually call your own functions to create a customized menu (helpful when developing for network of blogs).

Here’s what you’ll need to do.

1. Activate Custom Menus

How to Add Custom Navigation Menus in WordPress 3.0 Themes

2. Place your Menu in the Template

Ex:

wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'top-nav', 'depth' => 1, 'menu_name', 'Top Nav', 'menu_class' => 'menu', 'fallback_cb' => 'yourCustomMenuName') );

3. Create a new Function (within functions.php)

function yourCustomMenuName() {
<div class="menu">
<ul>
	<li>Menu Item 1</li>
	<li>Menu Item 2</li>
	<li>Menu Item 3</li>
</ul>
</div>
}

4. Test it!

Add and remove your custom menu (from Appearance => Menu) to see if your custom menu displays as the fallback and you’re done!

I’ve been introduced to a large group of people and have already been given a large project that will change the way this school looks at social media. I’m looking forward to getting it off the ground.

This new position I’m in has been a very large change compared to where I was previously, they are embracing technology and putting the latest and greatest tools in front of me. Giving me the best opportunity to succeed. Heck, I’m typing this post on a brand new iPad.

I am so grateful for my past experiences, but I am looking forward to all of the new challenges that lie ahead of me.

It’s actually rather simple. However, it’s not technically just adding data-via=”USERNAME”. Unfortunately that doesn’t quite work right.

However, you can just add your username to the text inside of the Sharedaddy Module. Please note, I do not take any responsibility for broken code. I’m just giving you the potential for a work around.

You will want to edit this file: jetpack/modules/sharedaddy/sharing-sources.php – In this block of code.

return '
<div class="twitter_button"><iframe style="width: 97px; height: 20px;" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.html?url='&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; . rawurlencode( apply_filters( 'sharing_permalink', get_permalink( $post-&gt;ID ), $post-&gt;ID, $this-&gt;id ) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; . '&amp;counturl='&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; . rawurlencode( str_replace( 'https://', 'http://', get_permalink( $post-&gt;ID ) ) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; . '&amp;count=horizontal&amp;text='&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; . rawurlencode( apply_filters( 'sharing_post_title', $post-&gt;post_title, $post-&gt;ID, $this-&gt;id ) )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; . ': " frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="320" height="240"></iframe></div>
';';

Simply Add your username (however you wish) after . '&count=horizontal&text='

I personally used:

. '&count=horizontal&text=Via @McMullen_Greg: '
. rawurlencode( apply_filters( 'sharing_post_title', $post->post_title, $post->ID, $this->id ) )
. ': " style="width:97px; height:20px;">

Which displays Via @McMullen_Greg: POST TITLE: URL

Not the greatest, but it does the job!

Edit: After tinkering around a little bit more, I figured out that Sharedaddy uses the Iframe version of the share button. You can easily add your usename by using query string parameters.

So instead of the above code use this.

<div class="twitter_button"><iframe style="width: 97px; height: 20px;" width="320" height="240"></iframe> src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.html?via=USERNAME&amp;url='
. rawurlencode( apply_filters( 'sharing_permalink', get_permalink( $post-&gt;ID ), $post-&gt;ID, $this-&gt;id ) )
. '&amp;counturl=' . rawurlencode( str_replace( 'https://', 'http://', get_permalink( $post-&gt;ID ) ) )
. '&amp;count=horizontal&amp;text='
. rawurlencode( apply_filters( 'sharing_post_title', $post-&gt;post_title, $post-&gt;ID, $this-&gt;id ) )
. ': " frameborder="0"
scrolling="no" width="320" height="240"&gt;</div>
&nbsp;

As you can see, we did use VIA=USERNAME instead of just adding to the text. With that, you can also add related, count or other properties as needed! Please ask if you have any questions.

Resources: Tweet Button Documentation | How to add a tweet button in wordpress with iframe code

A very colorful meal with lots of fresh veggies.

The immediate question on my mind is not, “why don’t I take better care of myself.” Rather it’s “why is it coaches seem to take better care of their athletes than themselves.” Maybe I’m wrong, but I would love for others to chime in.

So I want to reach out to all gathering ideas on the subject and how we can change our actions to better portray the things we teach.

Edit: The “ideal body weight” for my height (6’0″) is 140 – 184lbs.

Why do you work so much?

I don’t do it for the pay, I don’t do it for the recognition. I do it because I want to pay off my bills. I’ve worked the same base full-time job for nearly 3 years, and honestly it’s helped me pay off my debt better than I thought it would. I’ve had some excellent situations though that allowed me to pay off 2 student loans within a year of graduating.

I’ve been blessed… Thus far, I’ve only had to pay one years worth of rent which means everything else goes towards my car, student loans and (wait for it…….) SAVINGS (401k and IRA)! (@PeteThePlanner would be proud I’m sure)

I’ve never been much of a “student” – honestly I didn’t graduate from Xavier University with a great overall GPA, but there was one class that forced me to wake up and realize what I need to do. That class was Finance.

So Prof. Sisak, thank you. I never had a professor ingrain something in my head so deeply.

At 25 years old, I have one student loan to pay off along with  $10k in a car loan left to pay. My goal is have no debt by the time Sarah finishes school and we buy our first home.