Month: March 2019

azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins: Flags

Ian Grieve2 minute read0 comment

ClassicPress PluginsThis is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been brought up to standard; Flags.

Functionality

Flags allows a scalable SVG flag to be displayed in a post or page using the [flag] shortcode; 279 public domain flags are included.

The shortcode usage is [flag id=”gb” width=”20px” border=”1px solid black”] where the id is the country code shown below; width and border are optional paramaters and can be defaulted from the settings. Shortcode usage of [flag=”gb”] where default parameters are to be used is also supported.

Demo

Visit azurecurve ClassicPress Plugin Demo site to see this plugin in use.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

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azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins
Add Twitter Cards
Avatars
BBCode
Breadcrumbs
Call-out Boxes
Code
Comment Validator
Conditional Links
Display After Post Content
Filtered Categories
Flags
Floating Featured Image
Icons
Images
Insult Generator
Loop Injection
Mobile Detection
Multisite Favicon
Page Index
Post Archive
RSS Feed
RSS Suffix
Series Index
Shortcodes in Comments
Shortcodes in Widgets
Sidebar Login
Tag Cloud
Taxonomy Index
Theme Switcher
Timelines
Toggle Show/Hide
URL Shortener
Add Open Graph Tags
Markdown
To Twitter
Nearby
Gallery From Folder
Taxonomy Order
Snippets
Widget Announcements
Events
From Twitter
Update Admin Menu
Maintenance Mode
SMTP
Check Plugin Status
Estimated Read Time
Username Protection
Remove Revisions
Disable FLoC
Redirect
Contact Forms
Strong Password Generator
Load Admin CSS
Support for Plugins
Translating Plugins
All plugins now auto-update

UPDATED 22/11/2020: plugin rewritten to use scalable SVG flags instead of PNG.

Create SmartConnect Journal – Standard Map: Series Index

Ian Grieve1 minute read10 Comments

eOne SolutionsI recently did a series on Implementing SmartConnect, from eOne Solutions; in this series I am going to create a simple integration map to show how SmartConnect can be used to integrate standard journals into Microsoft Dynamics GP from a predefined folder.

The series index below will update as each post in the series goes live (unless you’re reading a syndicated version of this post in which case check back to the original post).

Create SmartConnect Journal – Standard Map
Create Integration Map
Configure Destination
Configure Distributions
Define Header Mapping
Run Integration
Schedule Integration
Connection Could Not be Validated Error
Credit Amount Was Not Supplied Error
Could Not Run The Scheduled Map
Conclusion

azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins: Filtered Categories

Ian Grieve2 minute read0 comment

ClassicPress PluginsThis is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been brought up to standard brand new one; Filtered Categories.

Functionality

The Filtered Categories plugin adds a new widget which can be used in the sidebar, or other widget areas, which can be set to include or exclude certain categories; widget details are configurable and allows a link to be set to a full category list on a page.

Demo

The Categories widget in this sites sidebar uses this plugin to present a much shortened list of categories; the full category list can be found here.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

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azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins
Add Twitter Cards
Avatars
BBCode
Breadcrumbs
Call-out Boxes
Code
Comment Validator
Conditional Links
Display After Post Content
Filtered Categories
Flags
Floating Featured Image
Icons
Images
Insult Generator
Loop Injection
Mobile Detection
Multisite Favicon
Page Index
Post Archive
RSS Feed
RSS Suffix
Series Index
Shortcodes in Comments
Shortcodes in Widgets
Sidebar Login
Tag Cloud
Taxonomy Index
Theme Switcher
Timelines
Toggle Show/Hide
URL Shortener
Add Open Graph Tags
Markdown
To Twitter
Nearby
Gallery From Folder
Taxonomy Order
Snippets
Widget Announcements
Events
From Twitter
Update Admin Menu
Maintenance Mode
SMTP
Check Plugin Status
Estimated Read Time
Username Protection
Remove Revisions
Disable FLoC
Redirect
Contact Forms
Strong Password Generator
Load Admin CSS
Support for Plugins
Translating Plugins
All plugins now auto-update

Delete Corrupt Fixed Allocation Master (GL00103) Data

Ian Grieve2 minute read1 Comment

Microsoft Dynamics GPI was recently putting together a report for a client on Fixed Allocation Accounts and came across some corrupt data in the Fabrikam, Sample Company, Database. To avoid encountering this issue again, next time I am working in this area, I put together a simple script to remove the corrupt records by joining Fixed Allocation Master (GL00103) with Breakdown Account Master (GL00100) to identify the data which should not be there and delete it; this makes the script generic enough that I can use it on a live company should the need ever arise.

/*
Created by Ian Grieve of azurecurve|Ramblings of a Dynamics GP Consultant (https://www.azurecurve.co.uk)
This code is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Int).
*/
DELETE FROM
	['Fixed Allocation Master']
FROM
	GL00103 AS ['Fixed Allocation Master']
INNER JOIN
	GL00100 ['Account Master']
		ON
			['Account Master'].ACTINDX = ['Fixed Allocation Master'].ACTINDX
		AND
			['Account Master'].FXDORVAR = 2

As always, before you run any script, ensure you have a good backup of your database and verify the results after the script has been run.

azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins: Display After Post Content

Ian Grieve1 minute read0 comment

ClassicPress PluginsThis is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an exiting one which has been brought up to standard; Display After Post Content.

Functionality

This plugin allows setting, via the plugin Settings page, content which should be displayed on the post page after the main post content.

Examples, include author biography, links to company offerings or a “What should we write about next?” form.

Demo

What should we write about next? contact form below is presented using this plugin (this type of content only shows on the post page and not archives).

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

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azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins
Add Twitter Cards
Avatars
BBCode
Breadcrumbs
Call-out Boxes
Code
Comment Validator
Conditional Links
Display After Post Content
Filtered Categories
Flags
Floating Featured Image
Icons
Images
Insult Generator
Loop Injection
Mobile Detection
Multisite Favicon
Page Index
Post Archive
RSS Feed
RSS Suffix
Series Index
Shortcodes in Comments
Shortcodes in Widgets
Sidebar Login
Tag Cloud
Taxonomy Index
Theme Switcher
Timelines
Toggle Show/Hide
URL Shortener
Add Open Graph Tags
Markdown
To Twitter
Nearby
Gallery From Folder
Taxonomy Order
Snippets
Widget Announcements
Events
From Twitter
Update Admin Menu
Maintenance Mode
SMTP
Check Plugin Status
Estimated Read Time
Username Protection
Remove Revisions
Disable FLoC
Redirect
Contact Forms
Strong Password Generator
Load Admin CSS
Support for Plugins
Translating Plugins
All plugins now auto-update

Implementing Enhanced Notes: Conclusion

Ian Grieve3 minute read0 comment

GP Elementz Enhanced NotesThis post is part of a series on Implementing Enhanced Notes from ISC Software Solutions.

Over the last few posts, I’ve been taking a look at the Enhanced Notes Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on from ISC Software. This module replaces the standard Notes one and gives the ability to record discrete notes against any record or window.

I realise I’m not the impartial voice on providing a review of this product, as I work for ISC Software.

However, I do like Enhanced Notes and I think a few of the clients I’ve worked with in the past would love it. The ability to record discrete user/date/time stamped notes is a really good one. A number of clients use the standard notes, manually adding user, date and time to the comments with the newest a the top, but this gives you a potentially very long monolithic notes record.

It’s an easy add-on to install and configure and, with a free trial, there is no cost to giving the module a try in the Fabrikam sample company database, other than time.

Have an enquiry for ISC Software Solutions?

If you’re interested in speaking to ISC Software about consultancy, upgrades, implementation, development, GP Elementz add-ons or portals, or anything else, you can use the form below.
[contact-form-7 id=”1054434″ title=”ISC Enquiry”]

azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins: Conditional Links

Ian Grieve2 minute read0 comment

ClassicPress PluginsThis is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been brought up to standard; Conditional Links.

Functionality

This plugin allows use of the cpl (conditional-links#download page link cbl (conditional blog link) shortcode with a slug parameter to link to a page whether it exists or not; the content between the opening and closing shortcode tags will be the text visible to visitors. If the page exists it will be linked, otherwise standard unlinked text will be displayed.

This allows you to publish pages while the site is being build without having broken links, but as soon as the page, or post, is published, the link will immediately be present and working without the need to go back and edit a page).

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

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azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins
Add Twitter Cards
Avatars
BBCode
Breadcrumbs
Call-out Boxes
Code
Comment Validator
Conditional Links
Display After Post Content
Filtered Categories
Flags
Floating Featured Image
Icons
Images
Insult Generator
Loop Injection
Mobile Detection
Multisite Favicon
Page Index
Post Archive
RSS Feed
RSS Suffix
Series Index
Shortcodes in Comments
Shortcodes in Widgets
Sidebar Login
Tag Cloud
Taxonomy Index
Theme Switcher
Timelines
Toggle Show/Hide
URL Shortener
Add Open Graph Tags
Markdown
To Twitter
Nearby
Gallery From Folder
Taxonomy Order
Snippets
Widget Announcements
Events
From Twitter
Update Admin Menu
Maintenance Mode
SMTP
Check Plugin Status
Estimated Read Time
Username Protection
Remove Revisions
Disable FLoC
Redirect
Contact Forms
Strong Password Generator
Load Admin CSS
Support for Plugins
Translating Plugins
All plugins now auto-update

Changing Themes in Notepad++

Ian Grieve2 minute read1 Comment

Notepad++I’ve Started using Dark Modes on lots of applications and websites, when available (such as on Outlook.com and here on azurecurve|Ramblings of a Dynamics GP Consultant. One of the applications I wanted to do this on was Notepad++, but I struggled to find the themes section to make the change.

The problem was that I suffered from a bit of tunnel vision when looking for the option. I was looking for themes, when I should have been looking for styles; specifically the Style Configurator:

Notepad++ Settings menu showing the Style Configurator

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azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins: Comment Validator

Ian Grieve2 minute read0 comment

ClassicPress PluginsThis is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been standardised; Comment Validator.

Functionality

This plugin is a fairly simple one which prevents comment shorter or longer than admin defined lengths being submitted. There is also an option to prevent unregistered users using the name of a registered user when posting.

Demo

To try this comment, try leaving a comment on this post which is shorter than 10 characters.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

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azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins
Add Twitter Cards
Avatars
BBCode
Breadcrumbs
Call-out Boxes
Code
Comment Validator
Conditional Links
Display After Post Content
Filtered Categories
Flags
Floating Featured Image
Icons
Images
Insult Generator
Loop Injection
Mobile Detection
Multisite Favicon
Page Index
Post Archive
RSS Feed
RSS Suffix
Series Index
Shortcodes in Comments
Shortcodes in Widgets
Sidebar Login
Tag Cloud
Taxonomy Index
Theme Switcher
Timelines
Toggle Show/Hide
URL Shortener
Add Open Graph Tags
Markdown
To Twitter
Nearby
Gallery From Folder
Taxonomy Order
Snippets
Widget Announcements
Events
From Twitter
Update Admin Menu
Maintenance Mode
SMTP
Check Plugin Status
Estimated Read Time
Username Protection
Remove Revisions
Disable FLoC
Redirect
Contact Forms
Strong Password Generator
Load Admin CSS
Support for Plugins
Translating Plugins
All plugins now auto-update

Errors Starting Local by Flywheel

Ian Grieve1 minute read0 comment

Local By FlywheelI fired up Local by Flywheel again recently to test some changes to a plugin; as it started I received a series of errors:

Error message

Error

Uh-oh! We ran into a hiccup when trying to start the Local Machine.

Unable to start the VM: C:Program FilesOracleVirtualBoxVBoxManage.exe startvm local-by-flywheel --type headless failed:

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