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WordPress Plugin: Category/Archive Indexing

By default, WordPress displays categories and archive listings in blog form — that is, by showing either excerpts or the entirety of the last N posts (dependent upon theme). While this is great for reading, it’s less than wonderful when searching for specific past entries.

Category/Archive Indexing is a WordPress plugin that helps . . . → Read More: WordPress Plugin: Category/Archive Indexing

A.2 — Using libraries with Visual Studio 2005 Express

To recap the process needed to use a library:

Once per library: 1) Acquire the library. Download it from the website or via a package manager. 2) Install the library. Unzip it to a directory or install it via a package manager. 3) Tell the compiler where to look for the header file(s) for . . . → Read More: A.2 — Using libraries with Visual Studio 2005 Express

Break Time — Pluto Scarab Rails

A few years ago, a friend of mine introduced me to a board game called Empire Builder. The player is in charge of a railroad and is competing against the other players, who are also running their own railroad lines. Given a limited supply of money, each player has to build track, move his . . . → Read More: Break Time — Pluto Scarab Rails

A.1 — Static and dynamic libraries

A library is a package of code that is meant to be reused by many programs. Typically, a C++ library comes in two pieces:

1) A header file that defines the functionality the library is exposing (offering) to the programs using it. 2) A precompiled binary that contains the implementation of that functionality pre-compiled . . . → Read More: A.1 — Static and dynamic libraries

6.2 — Arrays (Part II)

Initializing Arrays

Because array variables are treated just like normal variables, they are not initialized when created. C++ provides a convenient way to initialize entire arrays via use of an initializer list.

int anArray[5] = { 3, 2, 7, 5, 8 }; cout << anArray[0] << endl; cout << anArray[1] << endl; cout << . . . → Read More: 6.2 — Arrays (Part II)