Post Snippets

Comments

1. 

   MartinRMarch 24, 2009

   great plugin.
   works like a charm.

   Thanks
   Martin

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2. 

   javierApril 2, 2009

   Hello there,

   This plugin rocks!! It makes life much easier than flutter and it has a similar function. (At least as for what I want to use it for).

   Just one little thing, I have a couple of blogs (both wp 2.7.1 running in the same server) and meanwhile in one of them it works just fine I am getting a error in the other one, the thing is that when trying to insert the lightbox does not disappear by itself and afterwards when y close it myself there is nothing in the text-area.

   Have you ever run in such an error? Any ideas about what it could be?

   Thanks a lot!!

   PS: I also deactivated all my other plugins and seems not to be the problem as it didn’t solve the problem.

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3. 

   JohanApril 2, 2009

   Hey Javier,

   I am happy you find this little plugin useful.

   I’m working on a new version, as I came up with a few more ideas for more flexibility, and I’ll make sure to address your problem as well.

   I have an idea what the cause might be for your problem, but to make sure I really catch I’d need some additional information. If you could drop me a mail at http://www.artstorm.net/contact/ I’ll get back to you, or I’ll see if I can reach you at your site.

   Cheers!

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4. 

   YMApril 14, 2009

   Hi,

   Very nice plugin. Haven’t been looking for something like this for a long time! I get a javascript error on some strings when using the QT option.

   just thought i’d let you know about the bug.

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5. 

   JohanApril 14, 2009

   YM:

   Thanks for the report. I think I know what might cause your problem on some occasions. I’ll take a look at it tonight and issue an update with with the problem corrected.

   -Johan

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6. 

   ChrisApril 15, 2009

   This is one of the most useful and versatile plugins I’ve come across and I want to thank you for your efforts!

   I’m setting up a new blog and just installed Post Snippets tonight to give it a quick test. I’m running WP 2.7.1 and I don’t see the “quicktag” option when trying to insert code in HTML mode. I thought I might need to have both the QT and SC boxes checked in order for the quicktag option to display, but when I checked both, updated the snippet, and clicked to add a new post, I get an error thrown at the top of the page. After a few moments I get a run-time error displayed in the editor as well. Here’s what’s at the top of the page:

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in [name of my blog]/wp-content/plugins/post-snippets/post-snippets.php(102) : runtime-created function on line 6

   I’ve inserted [name of my blog] where the path to my blog was reported. Hope this is helpful, and I look forward to the continued growth of this very promising plugin!

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7. 

   JohanApril 15, 2009

   Hey Chris,

   Thanks for posting this. I’ll take a look at what you found, and see what the cause might be and get back to you shortly again. :)

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8. 

   JohanApril 16, 2009

   @YM and Chris: I just updated Post Snippets to version 1.4.3 and it should be available for download. I believe this update should take care of all problems related to quicktags and certain strings, and should solve both of your problems. If something still persists, let me know.

   Cheers!

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9. 

   baronApril 16, 2009

   Works great, thank you

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10. 

    Poker&MoreApril 16, 2009

    GREAT JOB !! Thank you !

    Next step One button per Snippet ??? :-)

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11. 

    ChrisApril 19, 2009

    Johan -

    Thank you for being so pro-active on this! I just downloaded and installed vers. 1.4.3, but I’m afraid I’m still not seeing a “snippets” option in the HTML view of the post editor. There’s a nice little icon that appears for the Visual view, but no new button in the HTML view. The errors I was seeing thrown before seem to be fixed, however.

    I may be missing something, but this is what I’m seeing:
    http://www.practicingkinetics.com/snippets/

    For the record, I’m on a Mac, editing Wordpress vers. 2.7.1 in either Safari 3 or Firefox 3

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12. 

    JohanApril 19, 2009

    Chris,

    Thanks for your screenshot. That helped. :)
    I see what I missed and what the problem is. I am just about to call it a night here, but it’s an easy fix, just a stupid mistake I made in the last update. I’ll post a new version tomorrow that should have this resolved as well.

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13. 

    ChrisApril 20, 2009

    The new fix works a treat! Thanks for all your extra effort over the last couple of days. I dropped some coin into your donation jar to show my appreciation, and I look forward to any other future additions you have in store for this great little plugin.

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14. 

    ShaneApril 23, 2009

    I’m using this plugin to add a contact form to the sidebar of a specific page, but when I copy/paste the HTML for the form into the snippet and save it the code gets cut off just above the submit button, and it appears that instead of it being a part of the snippet it then renders the submit button below the textarea for the snippet code. When I add the snippet to a page, the HTML stops at the same point and fails to output the entire form. Is there a way to instead add in PHP to the snippet so I can instead include a PHP file with the form HTML? I tried adding a typical php include to the snippet and it just renders it as text.

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15. 

    JohanApril 23, 2009

    @Shane: If you have the time, feel free to send me the form html and I’ll take a look at what the problem might be. You can send it to me at http://www.artstorm.net/contact/

    And about adding PHP code in a snippet, it’s currently not possible as the plugin treats everything as strings. But it was an interesting idea, and I’ll look into adding that as an optional setting for each snippet in the next update.

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    JohanApril 24, 2009

    @Shane: I just released version 1.4.5 of the plugin, and it should solve the problem you were seeing. Thanks for your report and feedback. :)

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17. 

    MorseFireApril 27, 2009

    oooh man … this is beautiful!

    it’s an essential function that i really missed in wordpress. expression engine and modxcms do have these functions but i always wished to see them in wp too. thanks so much!

    btw … i’m sure you are familiar with ee and modx. if not, there you’ll find many ideas how to improve the functionality of your plugin.

    greetings

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18. 

    ShaneApril 27, 2009

    Thanks for the quick update, however on my WP install once I update the plugin I get the same error no matter what code I’m entering in to the snippet, and it clears out all of my other snippets. I’ve also tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling the plugin but am getting the same issue. The error I get is: “Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /homepages/30/d280197016/htdocs/wp/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105″

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    JohanApril 27, 2009

    @shane: Ah, thanks, I know what it is. I guess you’re on a webserver that’s running on PHP4. I didn’t consider that the htmlspecialchars_decode command I added in the last update requires PHP5.1+. That’s why WP throw that error, when used on a server using an earlier PHP version – it actually should work anyway, but WP 2.7 has a bug in that particular function.

    As it’s a common function, WordPress tries to add it’s own _decode function when using PHP4 so plugins using the htmlspecialchars_decode will still work on pre-php5.1 installs, but checking the compat.php in the 2.7 wordpress install I see a variable typo in that function, so that’s why it throws the error, even though it shouldn’t. I’m gonna check out if this bug is fixed in WordPress 2.8, otherwise I’ll trac it.

    In the meantime, I’ll add my own function to the plugin that switches to an older method of converting the characters if a pre 5.1 php version is detected. I’ll fix that tonight.

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20. 

    ShaneApril 27, 2009

    I was actually just thinking that when I was tracing the error back to see whether or not the string given was actually null. I had forgotten that, while 1and1 has PHP5 installed on their basic hosting, you need to activate it. It’s strange that the latest WP works on PHP4, I would have thought they’d abandoned its full support by now.

    I’ll switch it to PHP5 and let you know if I still have issues. It’s funny how you’re able to find the bug in the WP code so fast and come up with a fix for it. You must be quickly becoming a valuable contributor to WordPress!

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21. 

    JohanApril 27, 2009

    @MorseFire Thanks for your nice words, I appreciate it! :)
    And well, I haven’t checked out expression engine and modxcms, but when time permits I’ll do that, and see if I find any nice features that would be suitable for adoptation in Post Snippets.

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22. 

    JohanApril 27, 2009

    @Shane I just uploaded version 1.4.7 of the plugin to the WordPress plugin repository, where I’ve added a check for the server’s PHP version and revert back to another html decode function if it’s below v5.1.0. That should do the trick for older servers.

    And the bug in WordPress wp-includes/compat.php that caused the problem is patched for version 2.8. :)

    I’m learning a great deal about WordPress while developing this plugin so I really appreciate all reports, so I can make it as stable as it can possible get, and take that knowledge with me to other plugins I might write down the road.

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23. 

    Tom BrazeltonApril 30, 2009

    I’m getting a weird error when I try to create a new snippet:

    Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/.katsumi/thopper/theaterhopper.com/wordpress/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105

    The button appears on the new post page, but it doesn’t appear to retain the code I put in the snippet box.

    Any advice?

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    JohanApril 30, 2009

    @Tom Are you using the latest version of Post Snippets? V1.4.7? The problem you are seeing is caused by a bug in the WordPress core in v2.7.x when run on a server using an older PHP version (Fixed in WP 2.8).
    I added a workaround in the latest version of Post Snippets so it should work properly in that environment as well. So if you aren’t running the latest version (v1.4.7), try to update to that one. If that doesn’t help, please let me know and I’ll take another look at it.

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25. 

    Tom BrazeltonApril 30, 2009

    Johan – that has to be the fastest reply to a Wordpress plugin question ever. Thanks!

    I grabbed 1.4.7 from the Wordpress Plugins website, but I actually found another solution.

    Nothing against your plugin, but I found this article about adding custom buttons to the post editor by hacking the wp-includes/js/quicktags.js file – http://tinyurl.com/84r4f6

    Thanks again, though, for your prompt response!

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26. 

    MomoMay 2, 2009

    Thanks for the great plugin. I have a question. I’m trying to set up a wp blog for a customer. It has a Amazon plugin that uses this HTML format to search for products….

    You can only see and modify this on the HTML tab of the editor. The HTML view is too confusing for the customer.

    I downloaded your plugin and used the SC option to allow the customer to change the attributes in Visual mode. It fills in the attributes perfectly, but the shortcode does not work.

    It “echos” on the web page, but it does not process it. I need it to process it and then render the page. If you add this code in HTML view on WP, everything works fine.

    How can I get it to process the shortcode generated by Post Snipplets.

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27. 

    Ryan MitchellMay 3, 2009

    Great plugin! Having an odd problem. When I click the “Insert a Post Snippet” button, it brings up the window to add in variables but it is empty. That is in Firefox.

    Tried it in Safari and it does the same then downloads window.php

    Perhaps it is the server this site is on, but I’m stumped!

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    JohanMay 3, 2009

    @momo and @Ryan Thanks for your comments. I have emailed you for some additional information, so if you get the time, please send me the snippets or a screenshot and I’ll see what the problems might be and issue an updated version if necessary. :)

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29. 

    s1lviiiMay 10, 2009

    Hey!
    I just downloaded your Post-Snippets-PlugIn as it is exactly what I was looking for. When I want to add a Snippet it says: “Warning: htmlspecialchars_decode() expects parameter 1 to be string, NULL given in /home/www/web27/html/wordpress/wp-includes/compat.php on line 105″ … it also says: Snippets have been updated. – but the field with the code of the snippet itself stays blank … it does not apply my changes (it’s an html code that works in the editor itself but I just don’t want to type it over and over again ;x) … the fields with the title of the snippets and the variable does work, but that does not help me :D

    Can you help me with this? :)

    Best regards,
    Silvia

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    s1lviiiMay 10, 2009

    Ah I’m sorry, you answered this questions a few times before, sorry I read it after posting – shame on meee -.-

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       JohanMay 14, 2009

       No shame in asking! :)

       I just dropped you an email.

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31. 

    JohnnyMay 16, 2009

    Hey Johan,

    Love the functionality this plugin will provide, but I’m running WP 2.7.1 and downloaded v. 1.47 of the Post Snippets plugin, and I’m having the same problem with compat.php that @Tom and @momo have described above.

    Please let me know if you can help. :)

    Thanks!
    Johnny

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       JohnnyMay 16, 2009

       Nevermind, I found the problem. I upgraded my PHP version to 5.2 (from 5.0) and everything works perfectly!

       Great plugin!

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          JohanMay 23, 2009

          Happy to hear that it worked out for you! :)

          I will change that function for the next release though to not rely on the newer PHP functions, as the rest of the plugin doesn’t need PHP above 5.

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32. 

    MarkMay 21, 2009

    Just installed 1.4.8 and using quick tags. However I keep getting the following error in the Javascript Console (Firebug) as well as an alert box:

    invalid quantifier +);});
    } catch (e) {
    if (e != $break) {
    throw e;
    }
    }
    return this;
    }}
    http://blog.mcstudios.net/wordpress/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=568
    Line 1113

    That line refers to :: var re = new RegExp(searchfor, ‘g’); in your code.

    Any thoughts? The snippet I’m using doesn’t have any variables, so I’m not sure why it’s entering that code.

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       JohanMay 23, 2009

       Hi Mark,

       Thanks for your comment.
       I’ve had some problems with the quicktag implementation in certain situations. I think I know what’s causing your problem. I’ve completely rewritten the quicktag function for the upcoming version 1.5 from the ground, which will be completely solid when using quicktags.

       Stay tuned and version 1.5 will be released very soon, I am certain that and the following versions won’t have any quicktag related problems anymore.

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33. 

    David HawdaleJune 8, 2009

    I’m having problems with using it in Safari on Mac. The overlay overlays the Dlg box as well as the screen, cant click. Works fine on FF on Mac. But it would definitely be worth a pint for Safari ;-)

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       JohanJune 9, 2009

       Thanks for your report.
       WordPress 2.8 is supposed to be released tomorrow if nothing unexpected happens. I have a new version of Post Snippets that will be released shortly after that, where I among things have changed the way the dlg box is created. I’ll see if I can try it on Safari and a Mac before releasing it to see that there isn’t any problems there.

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34. 

    MileHighTechGuyJuly 2, 2009

    Hi. Great plugin. It works great with HTML.

    Does it work with JavaScript snippets? (or PHP?)

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       JohanJuly 2, 2009

       Hi,

       It should work fine with JavaScript. PHP wouldn’t get executed but treated as ordinary text instead. I have been thinking of adding that as an extra option though to be able to add PHP code that would be evaluated on runtime.

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35. 

    sergioJuly 5, 2009

    I wonder if there’s any way to prevent the code in the snippet being URL encoded. e.g. I’m using it to build a custom Youtube object (with my color set) and the params separated with an & appear as & instead.
    It’s been working so far, but I wonder how to fix it.

    Thanks.

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    sergioJuly 5, 2009

    Sorry, my ampersand appear the same in the post above. I meant the common & amp ; encoded ampersand apears instead of the symbol alone, as the params separators in the youtube url (hopefully Youtube handles it anyway)

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       JohanJuly 5, 2009

       Ah, I see. I do believe the & amp ; actually is the preferred way and should work fine with youtube. But if it doesn’t I could add an option so one can decide how content should be encoded/decoded. Having it working with youtube etc is a nice use of the plugin, so let me know if the current encoding should cause any problems and I’ll take a look at how to make such a choice in a userfriendly way from the admin panel.

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37. 

    NecatiSeptember 18, 2009

    How can I go about setting predefined snippets?
    Which part of the code should I hack for this?

    Thanks.

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38. 

    MarioSeptember 21, 2009

    This plugin is awesome. Just what I was looking for! Thanks!

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39. 

    LeahOctober 8, 2009

    Great plugin!!! What a timesaver. This also allows you to bypass the main stylesheet if you need to have a snippet use custom styles. Plus so far anything I’ve had to ’snippetize’ looks good in all the major browsers, even the dreaded IE6.

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40. 

    Phil LenchNovember 10, 2009

    Hi Johan.

    Is it possible to allow the snippet to be suspended and still leave the shortcode in the post but not show.

    The reason I ask is because my Netbook site uses voucher codes issued at irregular times by merchants and when one code ends and I wait for a new one to be issued I want to be able to make the snippet vanish for a while and then get re-shown once re-activated.

    At the moment the snippet still shows and I have to remove the shortcodes instead to get around the problem.

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       JohanNovember 16, 2009

       Hi Phil,

       Good one. That’s a useful feature you suggested. I’ve added it on my todo list for the next version.

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41. 

    Phil LenchNovember 18, 2009

    Thanks Johan.

    I have got round the problem slightly by making a snippet for each merchant and then putting the text “Sorry, no voucher available” into it.

    The appropriate shortcode is placed in every post and when a voucher code does go live then I just put the voucher text in and update.

    Not very elegant but it works. Just not too keen on seeing a “No voucher” snippet on almost every page.

    This page, http://www.yournetbook.co.uk/ubisurfer-netbook/ has the Maplin shortcode in place and working.

    I would still rather have a ’suspend’ button though.

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42. 

    Rich OwingsDecember 22, 2009

    Is there any way to use this in templates? Can I just drop a short code in there?

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       JohanDecember 29, 2009

       Rich,

       My first thought is no, but I am not entirely sure what you are trying to do. What was your intention by using this in a theme, perhaps it can be done if I know a little more.

       Cheers!

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43. 

    Rich OwingsDecember 29, 2009

    Thanks for your response!

    I’d be using it to insert code for ads, and be able to make a change sitewide. By using it in a template, I could insert the short code above the title or below the post, but be able to make sitewide changes in the content that it calls.

    I’m also playing with the Sniplets plugin, which seems like it will do it, but I’m having trouble with custom placements.

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44. 

    RyanJanuary 2, 2010

    What kind of snippets do I actually need?

    I’ve looked at the picture of the post snippet but i’m not sure if it can solve my blog problem.

    Cause right now, whenever anyone view my blog, the blog which i don’t know for what reason and settings will show the full blog entry instead of just a section or parapgraph of the entry.

    I have edit the settings to show only the summary but it’s not helping.
    Will this Post Snippets help solve my problem?

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       JohanJanuary 2, 2010

       Hi,

       No the Post Snippets plugin let’s you created small snippets of for instance HTML code, which is useful if you have some code you need to insert over and over again. Then you can make a snippet of it to save some time and make it more convenient. So it won’t solve that particular issue.

       The function you are looking for to not display the entire entry on the post listing page is to use the more tag. It’s a built in function in WordPress. An icon to insert the more tag is available in the post editor, I think it’s the fourth icon from the right in a standard WordPress installation, and then the content below the more tag will only be displayed when you visit the actual post page and not in the post listings. Providing the theme supports this option, but most themes do.

       Cheers,
       Johan

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45. 

    EricJanuary 21, 2010

    Hi, thanks for the grat plugin, really beneficial for repeated content etc. I have one specific question:

    I am using both your plugin as well as the ‘category order’ plugin (By Wessley Roche). The my categroy plugin is a drag and drop category ordering plugin. The issue is that when both plugins are active the category order ajax interface stops working (cannot drag and drop anymore). Deactivating Post Snippets makes it work again.

    The error I get in Firebug is this:

    Error: postSnippetsButton is null
    Source: http://www.vliegticket.com/wp-admin/edit.php?page=wpguy_category_order_options&childrenOf=0
    Regel: 90

    This part of the code is highlighted:
    postSnippetsButton.onclick = function () {edInsertSnippet(edCanvas, insertString0, variables0, parseInt(this.title));}

    So it seems these two somehow interfere.

    Is there anything I can do about this you think?

    Kind regards, Eric

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       JohanJanuary 22, 2010

       Hi Eric,

       Thanks for the report. It does seem indeed that there is some collision between the two plugins. And I’ll have it fixed in the next update.

       I’ve version 2 of the plugin in the works, with a complete rewritten function for the post editor overlay window for post snippets, which will take care of this and any other javascript related collisions.

       I’m just a bit busy with my regular work right now, but I hope to be able to get some time soon to get the new version finalized. :)

       Cheers,
       Johan

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          EricJanuary 24, 2010

          Sounds good Johan, thanks for the quick reply. Looking forward to the update!

          Kind regards, Eric

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46. 

    hiteshFebruary 23, 2010

    thank you man i love it

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47. 

    lelandFebruary 25, 2010

    any word on the v2? I would love to get this going. Thanks.

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