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This is an update to the previous post found here: http://www.web-geek.net/posts/2008/10/20/calculate-the-first-friday-of-next-month-with-php/
With this update I have drastically reduced and simpified the code to produce the same results. I did some rigorous testing of my own to make sure this script will calculate the correct date, but that doesn’t mean it’s bullet-proof. If you find a bug, please email me so I can fix it.
first-friday.php
<?php // first-friday.php v0.1.3 by, Chris Kankiewicz <http://www.web-geek.net> // Calculate next Friday for ($x = date('d'); $x <= (date('d') + 6); $x++) { $timeStamp = mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),$x,date('Y')); if (date('w',$timeStamp) == 5) { $nextFriday = mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),$x,date('Y')); } } // Check if next Friday is the first friday of the month. if (date('d', $nextFriday) <= 7) { $firstFriday = $nextFriday; } else { // Calculate first Friday of next month for ($x = 1; $x <= 7; $x++) { $timeStamp = mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+1,$x,date('Y')); if (date('w',$timeStamp) == 5) { $firstFriday = mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+1,$x,date('Y')); } } } // Echo next first Friday echo date("F j, Y", $firstFriday); ?>
CK-Gallery 1.1.1 has been pushed. This update is primarily miscelaneous fixes. Along with this update are 2 other updates not directly related to the core software.
The first is a new software page found at http://code.web-geek.net/ck-gallery. This page will be the future location of all the CK-Gallery documentation.
Second, I have registered a twitter account that you can follow to get updates to the gallery. You can follow the updates here: https://twitter.com/ckgallery.
1.1.1 Changelog
[ Changes to 1.1.1 ]
- URLs now point to new CK-Gallery page, http://code.web-geek.net/ck-gallery
- Error messages will no longer be displayed if the update check can't
connect to the update site
- Added title text on pagination link
- Moved functions to bottom of file
- Minor code changes
I have just pushed CK-Gallery version 1.1.0 to SourceForge. This release includes a notification system that will display a notification bar across the bottom of the gallery whenever an update to the gallery is available. This feature is disabled by default to preserve your galleries aesthetic nature.
1.1.0 Changelog
[ Changes to 1.1.0 ]
- Added an option to enable update notification (disabled by default)
- Moved most in-line CSS into gallery.css reducing generated code
- Corrections/changes to the Readme for this version
- Other minor style sheet changes
I went to the Verizon store at 10am the day of release and they said they had sold out ~2 hours before I got there. I was able to order one and they were nice enough to write off the rebate right away and overnight me a Storm directly from the factory. By noon the following day I had my Storm and the following are photos of the unboxing. I know this is rather late, but like they say, better late than never.
The following is a quick list of optimizations that, in my years of web development, I have observed will help increase your sites search engine ranking. While none of these processes are guaranteed to make your site #1 in Google overnight, I can promise that by implementing all (or even some) of these items, in time your site’s rank will rise.
The following items are clean, honest ways to optimize your site. I do not condone, nor solicit, any form of “black hat” search engine optimization and frown upon it greatly. If that’s what you’re aiming to implement, I sincerely hope that Google blacklists your site tomorrow. Please don’t send me any emails asking how to get your sight listed as #1 tomorrow.
Now, onto the list.
CK-Gallery version 1.0.1 just released. This addresses a small display bug with the page navigation when you are running the script in your own web page.
[ Changes to 1.0.1 ]
- Style changes to fix a display bug with the pagination navigation when the
script is installed to a pre-existing web page
- Changed PHP compression code
- Updated Readme to reflect these changes
- Miscellaneous index.php changes
So, Gizmodo had a list of 50 skills every geek should know. Seeing as I choose to don the title of “Geek” I feel obligated to see how many of these skills I posses.
Skills marked in Bold are skill I have and have used, or have all the essential knowledge to perform without reference. My notes are [encased in square brackets].
View the original article @ http://gizmodo.com/5078829/the-50-skills-every-geek-should-have
Check out the list after the break.