Aaron Parecki

Quicksilver Real Estate Solutions

MediaWiki Skin

Due to some significant changes to the Wordpress authentication mechanism, my original IMAP Authentication plugin stopped working in version 2.7.1. I have updated the plugin to work in 2.7.1. The only difference is that users are no longer automatically created in Wordpress if they have a valid IMAP account. I will try to add that back in soon, but for now this will do.

UPDATE

Why, you ask?

I keep seeing people writing scripts that embed their Twitter feed into their websites. The "easy" way is to use Javascript, which means you don't need to have PHP installed on your server. Doing it this way means your tweets will not be visible to visitors with Javascript disabled.

Background

In a semi-private wiki I maintain, we are using whitelisting to make some pages visible to the public but not others. Authentication is done off of an IMAP server, and only registered users have full access tothe wiki. We still run in to the occasional page where most info should be public, but only certain bits should not appear to the public. Things like server passwords, or phone numbers should be hidden except to registered users. I created this plugin so that we can hide bits and pieces of pages from non-registered users, while making the rest of the page public. Just add a <private> tag around the text you want hidden, and you're good to go.

UPDATE 2/13/09: There is a newer version of the IMAP Authentication plugin for Wordpress 2.7.1.

I am setting up a security camera mounted under the eve of my roof. Rather than running an ethernet cable and an extension cord up there, I figured I could use the four unused wires in an ethernet cable to provide the camera with power. The camera only uses 9v, so it should be pretty safe. I had a couple extra 1ft patch cables lying around, so I spliced the transformer into two patch cables. This will let me run a long CAT 5 cable from end-to-end, and attach it to the camera and ethernet/power.