Comments for Dan Polant :: Web Interaction Designer http://danpolant.com Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:05:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on R integration with PHP by admin http://danpolant.com/r-integration-with-php/comment-page-1/#comment-343 admin Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:05:59 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=329#comment-343 I would probably do things differently if I did this again today. @valugi You are right, this method was rather slow because it was constantly re-loading the whole R environment. I would look into using RApache instead (http://rapache.net/) because it provides an R interpreter to the web server. I've never used this. @ken I guess it depends what you want to do with the data that R spits out in the long run; in my case I just wanted to show it to the user once and I didn't care about caching or anything. Using a database as the handoff is a good idea if you want to preserve the data but you will have to launch a separate query in PHP to get it. The fastest handoff can probably be achieved by constructing and exec()ing a shell script that runs R and returns data as a JSON string which then will be picked up by PHP as the return of exec(). I would probably do things differently if I did this again today.

@valugi You are right, this method was rather slow because it was constantly re-loading the whole R environment. I would look into using RApache instead (http://rapache.net/) because it provides an R interpreter to the web server. I’ve never used this.

@ken I guess it depends what you want to do with the data that R spits out in the long run; in my case I just wanted to show it to the user once and I didn’t care about caching or anything. Using a database as the handoff is a good idea if you want to preserve the data but you will have to launch a separate query in PHP to get it. The fastest handoff can probably be achieved by constructing and exec()ing a shell script that runs R and returns data as a JSON string which then will be picked up by PHP as the return of exec().

]]> Comment on R integration with PHP by ken http://danpolant.com/r-integration-with-php/comment-page-1/#comment-342 ken Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:05:54 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=329#comment-342 Interested in knowing why you didn't use the database as the location for handoff between R and Drupal versus the file system. I'm not familiar with Drupal and brand new to R so maybe it's an obvious answer. Anyway my uneducated reaction would be that the file system approach would likely be less performant but it also would prohibit your R resultset data from being joined and recombined in interesting ways via SQL. Interested in knowing why you didn’t use the database as the location for handoff between R and Drupal versus the file system. I’m not familiar with Drupal and brand new to R so maybe it’s an obvious answer. Anyway my uneducated reaction would be that the file system approach would likely be less performant but it also would prohibit your R resultset data from being joined and recombined in interesting ways via SQL.

]]> Comment on How to: Restrict access to activity feeds by admin http://danpolant.com/how-to-restrict-access-to-activity-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-341 admin Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:38:31 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=167#comment-341 Not sure if this code still works ... I've been out of the loop for WP for a while now, having been doing Drupal dev almost exclusively for 2+ years. The code goes inside a plugin, or somewhere else where wordpress will interpret the add_action directive. Even if the action names have changed in more recent versions, the general procedure should still be the same: add an action that removes the actions responsible for publishing the RSS feeds. Not sure if this code still works … I’ve been out of the loop for WP for a while now, having been doing Drupal dev almost exclusively for 2+ years. The code goes inside a plugin, or somewhere else where wordpress will interpret the add_action directive.

Even if the action names have changed in more recent versions, the general procedure should still be the same: add an action that removes the actions responsible for publishing the RSS feeds.

]]> Comment on How to: Restrict access to activity feeds by Mark Sedgy http://danpolant.com/how-to-restrict-access-to-activity-feeds/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Mark Sedgy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:40:04 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=167#comment-329 hi been looking for a solution to this issue, quick question, hope you have time to answer? Is the above code ok to use with latest WP and BP ? Where does the code go? in the fuctions or activity loop? all help and advice appreciated Mark hi

been looking for a solution to this issue, quick question, hope you have time to answer?

Is the above code ok to use with latest WP and BP ?

Where does the code go? in the fuctions or activity loop?

all help and advice appreciated

Mark

]]> Comment on Want to run xDebug? MAMP is the easiest way … by admin http://danpolant.com/want-to-run-xdebug-mamp-is-the-easiest-way/comment-page-1/#comment-283 admin Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:54:57 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=477#comment-283 If you are using MAMP, then yes. If you are using MAMP, then yes.

]]> Comment on How to: Get Ajax working in Buddypress by Martin W http://danpolant.com/how-to-get-ajax-working-in-buddypress/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Martin W Sat, 30 Jul 2011 19:48:47 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=169#comment-279 Very good post. I used it as a pattern for making my forms in Buddypress and I'm well underway to implement front-end blog posting just the way I wanted. Thanks. Very good post. I used it as a pattern for making my forms in Buddypress and I’m well underway to implement front-end blog posting just the way I wanted. Thanks.

]]> Comment on How to: create groups in Buddypress with PHP by admin http://danpolant.com/how-to-create-groups-in-buddypress-with-php/comment-page-1/#comment-266 admin Sun, 29 May 2011 01:13:15 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=40#comment-266 I think the added_usermeta action would let you accomplish this. Have you written plugins before? If you have or are willing to learn, look up how to use the added_usermeta action. Within your function for this action, you can use the value of the city metadata field to query the groups and see if it exists and then add the group and/or add the user to the group. I think the added_usermeta action would let you accomplish this. Have you written plugins before? If you have or are willing to learn, look up how to use the added_usermeta action. Within your function for this action, you can use the value of the city metadata field to query the groups and see if it exists and then add the group and/or add the user to the group.

]]> Comment on How to: create groups in Buddypress with PHP by mml http://danpolant.com/how-to-create-groups-in-buddypress-with-php/comment-page-1/#comment-265 mml Sat, 28 May 2011 03:40:00 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=40#comment-265 Is there a plugin that does above ? My need is as stated below. 1) During user registration user enters a profile field, one of the text box field is city name. 2) Upon new user creation check if City (group) exists already. If YES assign the user to group (City) 3) If not create a new group (city) and assign the user. Is there a plugin that does above ?

My need is as stated below.

1) During user registration user enters a profile field, one of the text box field is city name.
2) Upon new user creation check if City (group) exists already. If YES assign the user to group (City)
3) If not create a new group (city) and assign the user.

]]> Comment on How to: create groups in Buddypress with PHP by admin http://danpolant.com/how-to-create-groups-in-buddypress-with-php/comment-page-1/#comment-188 admin Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:43:40 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=40#comment-188 lol, yeah thats just a typo and I changed it. The correct class is BP_Groups_Group. Thanks for telling me about this. lol, yeah thats just a typo and I changed it. The correct class is BP_Groups_Group. Thanks for telling me about this.

]]> Comment on BP Group Control Usability Test by Isaias Cardoso http://danpolant.com/bp-group-control-usability-test/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Isaias Cardoso Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:05:45 +0000 http://danpolant.com/?p=379#comment-184 hello, how are you? i want to creat a social network for the members fo my church, but i have a few experience about this. you can help me? i have installed de budypress plugin in my wordpress and i wanted to created a group, community, forum. helpe me? i am african, but now i am studying in brazil thanks. see you. bye hello, how are you?
i want to creat a social network for the members fo my church, but i have a few experience about this. you can help me? i have installed de budypress plugin in my wordpress and i wanted to created a group, community, forum. helpe me?

i am african, but now i am studying in brazil
thanks. see you. bye

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