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word_cloud_language
The GitHub repository from Saša Stamenković provides a nice list of all countries with names and ISO 3166-1 codes.

Available formats are:

  • Text
  • JSON
  • YAML
  • XML
  • HTML
    • Select
    • Flags
  • CSV
  • SQL
    • MySQL
    • PostgreSQL
    • SQLite
    • SQL Server
  • PHP

Github

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Geolocation
Sometimes when personalizing or translating interfaces, IP geolocation is required.

Maxmind Geolite Free

Besides their subscription based products Maxmind also provides a free IP Geolocation database set. The set is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. The free databases maps IPv4 + IPv6 addresses and is being updated once a month. GeoLite Free Downloadable Databases

IP2Location Lite

Another free set of data is provided by IP2location Lite. It is free for personal or commercial use with attribution required

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The JSON spec allows integers, fractional numbers, strings, arrays, but when it comes to dates things are handled differently. There really is no date format in the JSON spec. Would be nice if every JSON date output would conform to ISO8601 :)

Some of these can easily be converted to a PHP timestamp using strtotime(), others require some more magic.

Here is a way to transform the .NET variant, something that has been haunting me in a current project ;)

Due to the wide usage of JSON as an exchange format, I really hope we will see a spec update in the future :)

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simpless

Bootstrap can not be added directly to the admin of a plugin, but you can wrap your plugin in a container and compile the Bootstrap CSS to use it as a wrapper.

I do my compiling using SimpLess

In the past you could do this using SimpLess directly (my-own-bootstrap.less).

This fails with the latest version of Bootstrap. But you can just paste the Bootstrap CSS into the LESS file and compile it that way.

Run it through SimpLess and after that the new CSS can be enqueued in WordPress ! This also works nicely with themes from Bootswatch.

Enjoy!

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masonary
“Masonry is a JavaScript grid layout library. It works by placing elements in optimal position based on available vertical space, sort of like a mason fitting stones in a wall. ”

Still the best solution out there.

Masonary

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pztv_phantomjs

PhantomJS is a headless WebKit scriptable with a JavaScript API. It has fast and native support for various web standards: DOM handling, CSS selector, JSON, Canvas, and SVG.

PhantomJS

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pztv_ink

Ink helps you to get those email templates just right. Nice set of templates to give you a clean start of designing your own.

Ink

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5. February 2014

Snap.svg Framework

pztv_snapsvg

The JavaScript SVG library for the modern web. Just what the doctor ordered ;)

Snap.svg

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The Google App Engine has no cURL support, which means that all REST calls need to be executed using file_get_contents.

As Parse REST calls need to be secure, you need to make sure that you send the request with a proper SSL context.

Short example of adding data using the Parse REST API from a Google App Engine application:

 

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tablesorter

Nice jQuery plugin that easily enhances your tables and even provides a pager if needed. The plugin is also Bootstrap compliant.

Tablesorter

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