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Google Chart API

12Feb10

Great new Some updated stuff from google… a Chart API, which returns you a image with the chart you defined in your GET/POST request. This is just the first step to have the global power, in the next step Google can now maniplulate all charts in that way, that their own products are always the front runner :-)

Example :

Test of Google Chart API

iPhone 4G Wishlist

23Jan10

I’m using now about two month my iPhone 3GS and it’s a great experience…  I need my laptop more than 50 -70% less and it’s much better than my HTC Magic Android, but there are some minor things which could be better for the next generation :

  • Add 1-2 LED’s for SMS, Email, Low battery or other notification
  • Rework the popup notification for the locked screen
  • Add folders to the springboard, we really need them !
  • Add a fast scroll down gesture for Safari (For long long comment pages)

More wishes here

Search for Images

13Jan10

Many many people requested a search function for NextGEN Gallery. Although a couple of plugins like Search Unleashed crawl already the content of a gallery, the best solution would a list of images as search result. Why is this such a problem for me and not already includes years before ?

The search injection is not that problem, but it needed always a new template or a redirection to a gallery template which maybe doesn’t fit to your theme layout. I never found the best way, but here is one first try. I’ve create a small addon plugin. You just need to activate it, it has no parameter or settings.

Now you must add to your theme the follow function :

<?php if ( function_exists( 'ngg_images_results' ) ) ngg_images_results(); ?>

This little code return the image search result for the standard search widget from WordPress. Example here : http://nextgen-gallery.com/?s=cologne

UPDATE : I’ve a added the search for tags , there are still the issue with the pagination… but Im working on it.

You can download the code and a modified search.php for the default theme here :

Download NextGEN Search Engine 0.6.0
Test version @ Google Code