An existing WordPress theme was purchased and then customized. The theme does have the option to become responsive.

To import the members the Cimy User Manager plugin was used. To do the import I had to create the spreadsheet. You can download the MembersTemplate.xlsx or MembersTemplate.csv and you can name the document whatever you want to.

Note that the fields that are yellow are required for a User. I did not highlight the username, but you should add one for each member. The fields that are blue are the field you’ve setup in Cimy User Extra Fields. An easy way to do it is add the following to the % USERNAME %.

=D2&E2

If you copy the code into three consecutive rows, and then select all three you can drag it down to the last User.

Import

If you already have entered a few members manually do an Export and your .csv/.xlsx file will have your current Users, and then you can manually add your new ones, and then just do the Import.  Note: Delete the existing users from the exported file.

Export

Helpful Hints

• Since a User has to have an email address and they haven’t provided one (it happens) just use a fake email address. Typically I use: member1@thedomainname.com, member2@thedomainname.com and so on.
• If you need to display the email address and you don’t want to use the User’s email (when you are using fake email addresses), just add an extra field for the email. In mine I used MEMBER-EMAIL which can be left blank.
• If you have commas in an address field you may have problems importing.
• If your fields are not encapsulated with quotes (” “) delete the ” in the Import section. Refer to the Import image above. It’s the one that is circled.

If you want to register a copyright to items (photos, content, etc.) go to http://copyright.gov/. To register a trademark or patent visit http://www.uspto.gov/

A Few Resources
Test Scores Changed
The Seven Deadly Myths of Internet Copyright
Copyright on the Web
Can you copy online photos?

As well all know that sometimes working with someone’s code can be a royal PITA.

Members Page
The members page displays the first and last name, followed by their email address, phone number and a link to their profile which contains a great deal of information.

Note: The client uses the Builder theme and is a WPMU setup.

<?php
/*
Template Name: Members
*/
?><?php

function render_content() {
	$profile_id = 0;
	$profile_id = (int)$_GET["profile_id"];
	if($profile_id != 0 && $profile_id != '') {
		show_user_profile();
	} else {
	
?>
	<?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
		<div class="loop">
			<div class="loop-content">
				<?php while ( have_posts() ) : // The Loop ?>
					<?php the_post(); ?>
					
					<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
						<!-- title, meta, and date info -->
						<div class="entry-header clearfix">
								<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
						</div>
						
						<!-- post content -->
						<div class="entry-content clearfix">
							<?php the_content(); ?>
					
	<!-- start of members table -->
	 <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                <tr>
                   <td>Name</td>
				     <td>Email</td>
                   <td>Phone</td>
                 <td>Profile</td>
                  
                </tr>
<!-- exclude certain users also -->
<!-- users excluded are 2, 3, 436 & 437 -->
    <?php

$strSQL = "SELECT wp_cimy_uef_data.ID, wp_cimy_uef_data.USER_ID, wp_cimy_uef_data.FIELD_ID AS UserID, wp_cimy_uef_data.VALUE AS Phone, wp_usermeta.user_id AS TheID, wp_usermeta.meta_key, wp_usermeta.meta_value AS FirstNameField, wp_usermeta_1.umeta_id AS LastNameID, wp_usermeta_1.meta_key, wp_usermeta_1.meta_value AS LastNameField, wp_users.user_email
FROM ((wp_cimy_uef_data INNER JOIN wp_users ON wp_cimy_uef_data.USER_ID = wp_users.ID) 
INNER JOIN wp_usermeta ON wp_users.ID = wp_usermeta.user_id) INNER JOIN wp_usermeta AS wp_usermeta_1 ON wp_usermeta.user_id = wp_usermeta_1.user_id
WHERE ((Not (wp_cimy_uef_data.USER_ID)=2 And Not (wp_cimy_uef_data.USER_ID)=3 And Not (wp_cimy_uef_data.USER_ID)=436 And Not (wp_cimy_uef_data.USER_ID)=437) AND ((wp_cimy_uef_data.FIELD_ID)=4) AND ((wp_usermeta.meta_key)='first_name') AND ((wp_usermeta_1.meta_key)='last_name'))
ORDER BY wp_usermeta_1.meta_value";

       
       $result = mysql_query($strSQL);
          
          while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
             
			 $firstname = $row['FirstNameField'];
			 $lastname = $row['LastNameField'];
			 $email = $row['user_email'];
			 $phone = $row['Phone'];
             $profile = $row['USER_ID'];

             //Outputs results into a table
             echo'   <tr>
						<td>' . $firstname .' ' . $lastname .'</td>
						<td><a href="mailto:' . $email.'">' . $email.'</a></td>
						<td>' . $phone .'</td>
						<td><a href="?profile_id='. $profile .'">View Profile</a></td>
                   </tr>';
          }

    ?>
</table>	


					
						</div>
						
						<div class="entry-footer clearfix">
							<?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<p class="entry-utility"><strong>' . __( 'Pages:', 'it-l10n-Builder' ) . '</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number' ) ); ?>
							<?php edit_post_link( __( 'Edit this entry.', 'it-l10n-Builder' ), '<p class="entry-utility edit-entry-link">', '</p>' ); ?>
						</div>
					</div>
					<!-- end .post -->
					
					<?php comments_template(); // include comments template ?>
				<?php endwhile; // end of one post ?>
			</div>
		</div>
	<?php else : // do not delete ?>
		<?php do_action( 'builder_template_show_not_found' ); ?>
	<?php endif; // do not delete ?>
<?php
	}
	
}

add_action( 'builder_layout_engine_render_content', 'render_content' );

do_action( 'builder_layout_engine_render', basename( __FILE__ ) );

Profile

The following was added to the functiohs.php file. As certain portions of the remaing code in the functions file $profile_id was used instead of user_id. The below query also eliminates certain users from retrieved from the database.

function show_user_profile() {

	if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {

		$profile_id = 0;

		$profile_id = (int)$_GET["profile_id"];

		if($profile_id != 0 && $profile_id != '') {

			$user_info = get_userdata($profile_id);

			$ret  = '<div class="user-profile">';

			$u_name = $user_info->first_name.' '.$user_info->last_name;

			$ret .= '<h2 class="entry-title">';

			if ($u_name != ' ') {

				$u_name = get_cimyFieldValue($user_id, 'TITLE').$user_info->first_name.' '.get_cimyFieldValue($user_id, 'INITIAL').' '.$user_info->last_name;

			} else {

				$u_name = $user_info->display_name;

			}

			$ret .= $u_name;

			$ret .= ' Profile</h2>';

			

			$ret .= '<h3>Personal Info</h3>';

			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Name: </span>'.$u_name.'</p>';
			

			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Email: </span><a href="mailto:'.$user_info->user_email.'">'.$user_info->user_email.'</a></p>';

			if(get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'HUSBAND') != '') {
$u_husband = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'HUSBAND');
				$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Husband: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'HUSBAND').'</p>';

		}

			$ret .= '<h3>Address</h3>';
		
		$u_address = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS');
		$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Address: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS').'</p>';

		$u_addresssec = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS-SEC');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Address 2: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS-SEC').'</p>';

			$u_city = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'CITY');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">City: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'CITY').'</p>';

			$u_state = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'STATE');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">State: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'STATE').'</p>';

			$u_zip = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ZIP');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">ZIP: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ZIP').'</p>';

			$u_phone = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'PHONE');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Phone: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'PHONE').'</p>';

			$ret .= '<h3>Secondary Address</h3>';
			
			$u_address2 = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS2');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Address: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS2').'</p>';
			
			$u_addresssec2= get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS-SEC2');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Address 2: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ADDRESS-SEC2').'</p>';

			$u_apt =get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'APT');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Apt: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'APT').'</p>';

			$u_city2 = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'CITY2');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">City: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'CITY2').'</p>';

			$u_state2 = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'STATE2');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">State: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'STATE2').'</p>';

			$u_zip2 = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ZIP2');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">ZIP: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'ZIP2').'</p>';

			$u_phone2 = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'PHONE2');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Phone: </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'PHONE2').'</p>';

			$u_phone3 = get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'PHONE3');
			$ret .= '<p><span class="item-title">Phone (additional): </span>'.get_cimyFieldValue($profile_id, 'PHONE3').'</p>';

			$ret .= '<p align="right"><a href="?" title="back">Back to members list</a></p>';

			$ret .= '</div>';

			print($ret);

		}

	}

}

Miscellaneous Concepts

With the increase in mobile usage for shopping I decided to find out if either had been moving in that direction, e.g., responsive.

Ecommerce Templates now has a responsive version of their shopping cart/catalog (ASP or PHP), and OptionCart (a catalog and the shopping cart is Mals-e) is moving in that direction.

Currently an option for a mobile shopping cart for those using OptionCart is Dualcy. A great value at $49.99.

Clients should never be switched to another shopping cart simply because the company they hired to redo their website isn’t familiar with it or are simply to lazy to learn or do a bit of research.

However, there a certain types of websites that would benefit having a separate mobile site such as hotels, airlines and restaurants.  Or for that matter any website that you don’t want to include certain information for the mobile version.

Here I am using American Airlines as an example and you can see the obvious differences.

If you would like to use or switch your current design to responsive design or have a mobile version of your website developed, please contact me.

The one on the left is the default mobile thumbnail size. The one on he right is the updated thumbnail size.

I was working on a mobile version of an inn’s website that displays a featured image for every one of the rooms.

Each room on every floor of the inn is an actual post, and pulls in the featured image. Each floor is a custom page template that looks for a specific category. Well the mobile version was displaying really tiny thumbnails. You could not see any detail to decide whether or not you wanted to book that room.

Changing the thumbnail size for photos that use the featured image in your WPTOuch Pro child theme is fairly straight forward. Well once I figured it out.

If you need the thumbnails to be larger than the default size just add the following css to the custom.css file located in your WPTouch Pro child theme, but of course adjust for the size you need.

New: Don’t forget to add the url to your custom css file. In the plugin go to General, Global General and at the very bottom you will see “URL to a custom CSS file”. Enter the entire url to your custom.css file, and it actually does not have to be in the plugin’s subdirectory, but anywhere.

Note: I typically only need to work with the iphone theme version (wp-content/wptouch-data/themes/classic-copy-1/iphone).  If you’ve changed the name of the child theme from classic-copy-1  it will be in that folder.

img.attachment-post-thumbnail {width: 125px !important;height: 83px !important;} 

Abe Cohen had contacted me wanting to use WordPress including a new design and (custom) theme for his commercial rentals and properties in the US and Israel.

The home page displays:

1. an image of the front of hotel
2. a short introductory paragraph
3. 3 buttons (Call Us, Book Now and Map)
4. TripAdvisor
5. and 5 news posts

<?php get_header(); ?>	


<?php if ( wptouch_classic_is_custom_latest_posts_page() ) { ?>
	<?php wptouch_classic_custom_latest_posts_query(); ?>
	<?php locate_template( 'blog-loop.php', true ); ?>
	
	<?php } elseif (is_front_page() || is_home()) { ?>
			
		<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> rounded-corners-8px">	
		<h2>At the Engine 7 Firehouse</h2>
<p>The elegant Kendall Hotel, located where Cambridge meets Boston, offers everything the weekend and business traveler could need, including a touch of history.</p>
</div>

<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> rounded-corners-8px">	
<h2 align="center" style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><a href="tel:866-566-1300" class="big">Call Us</a></h2>
</div>

<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> rounded-corners-8px">	
<h2 align="center" style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><a href="https://iqres04951.com:444/iqreservations/asp/Home.asp?VIEWAS=Mobile" class="big">Book Now</a></h2>
</div>

<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> rounded-corners-8px">	
<h2 align="center" style="margin: 0; padding: 0;"><a href="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=The+Kendall+Hotel,+Main+Street,+Cambridge,+MA&hl=en&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=39.780156,107.138672&oq=kendall+hotel,+&hq=The+Kendall+Hotel,+Main+Street,+Cambridge,+MA&t=m&z=15/" target="_blank" class="big">Map</a></h2>
</div>


<div style="width: 100%; background-color: #fff;"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60890-d258731-Reviews-Kendall_Hotel-Cambridge_Massachusetts.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://kendallhotel.com/wp-content/themes/kendall/images/tripadvisor.png" /></a></div></div>

<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> rounded-corners-8px">
<h2>News</h2>
<ul>
<?php query_posts('showposts=5'); 
if (have_posts()) : 
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
		echo "<li><a href='";
	the_permalink(); 
		echo "' rel='bookmark' title='Read More'>";
		the_title(); 
		echo "</a></li>";

endwhile;
endif;
echo "</ul>";
 ?>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>

	<?php if ( wptouch_have_posts() && !is_front_page() ) { ?>
	
	

		<?php wptouch_the_post(); ?>
		<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> page-title-area rounded-corners-8px">

			<?php if ( classic_use_thumbnail_icons() && classic_thumbs_on_pages() ) { ?>
				<?php locate_template( 'thumbnails.php', true ); ?>
			<?php } elseif ( wptouch_page_has_icon() ) { ?>
				<img src="<?php wptouch_page_the_icon(); ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>-page-icon" />
			<?php } ?>

			<h2 role="heading"><?php wptouch_the_title(); ?></h2>

			<?php wp_link_pages( __( 'Pages in the article:', 'wptouch-pro' ), '', 'number' ); ?>

		</div>	
		
		<div class="<?php wptouch_post_classes(); ?> rounded-corners-8px">
			
			<div class="<?php wptouch_content_classes(); ?>">
				<?php wptouch_the_content(); ?>
			</div>
			
					<?php wp_link_pages( 'before=<div class="post-page-nav">' . __( "Pages", "wptouch-pro" ) . ':&after=</div>&next_or_number=number&pagelink=page %&previouspagelink=»&nextpagelink=«' ); ?>          

		</div><!-- wptouch_posts_classes() -->

	<?php } ?>
	
	<?php if ( classic_show_comments_on_pages() ) { ?>
		<?php comments_template(); ?>
	<?php } ?>
<?php } ?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>