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robmint / splitter.js

Last active February 11, 2016 21:17

Split an array into roughly even sized columns - index style. You could use flex-box css to do this on the client side.

	// format an array into columns as sub arrays
	var splitter = function (columns, data) {
	try {
	var out = [], col = [];
	var colSize = Math.ceil(data.length / columns);
	var count = 0;
	for (key in data) {
	if (count > colSize) {
	out.push(col);
	col = [];

robmint / url-test.js

Created February 11, 2016 00:53

Huffman compression of URLs in node.js

	// just a test to see if compressing url-encoded json looks/works any better

	var strofa = require("strofa");

	cl = function(obj) { console.dir(obj, {depth: null, colors: true}); };

	var string = '{"subjectonly_keyword":["ACCTG 713"]}';
	cl(string);

	cl(encodeURIComponent(string));

robmint / pagination.js

Last active January 12, 2016 00:49

standard pagination pattern for node

	extend = require(extend);

	/* Creates an array of items representing the pagination navigation.
	You can then pass this to your template engine eg handlebars
	Also see the PHP version:
	https://gist.github.com/robmint/e4b037aba1687195524c

	Based on the work of Jason Coleman
	http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/07/paginate-your-site-like-digg/
	*/

robmint / pagination.php

Last active October 29, 2019 11:14

Pagination like flickr, digg, github - the standard pagination pattern

	<?php
	// based on the work of Jason Coleman
	// http://www.strangerstudios.com/blog/2006/07/paginate-your-site-like-digg/

	/* The pagination function simply spits out a data structure
	that you can render any way you like.

	See also the javascript version for node:
	https://gist.github.com/robmint/4651cf1c6f336e663dba
	*/

robmint / list_of_lists.hbs

Created January 6, 2016 01:42

Iterating over a list of lists in a Handlebars template

robmint / popArray.js

Last active December 8, 2015 01:26

Adds lists to an object, pushing to a list if a known key is specified.

	// works well with querystring.stringify to produce GET parameters

	function objectArrayPush(data, key, value) {
	if (typeof data[key] != 'undefined' && data[key] instanceof Array) {
	// EXISTS: pushing onto list
	data[key].push(value);
	} else {
	// CREATING: pushing onto list
	data[key] = [];
	data[key].push(value);

robmint / hashList.js

Last active December 7, 2015 00:42

iterating through hash of lists in javascript

	data = {
	subject: ['Medical Science', 'Philosophy'],
	year: ['2015', '2013']
	};

	for (key in data) {
	if (data.hasOwnProperty(key) && data[key] instanceof Array) {
	list = data[key];
	list.forEach(function (value) {
	console.log(key + " : " + value);

robmint / gist:4753401

Last active May 18, 2020 10:48

Basic linux framebuffer graphics setup

robmint / gist:3120600

Created July 16, 2012 04:44

add sections to the wordpress customize panel

	<?php

	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-customize-setting.php' );
	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-customize-section.php' );
	require_once( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-wp-customize-control.php' );

	class WP_Customize_Palette_Control extends WP_Customize_Image_Control {
	public $type = 'palette';
	public $removed = '';
	public $context;

robmint / Apache wildcard virtual host config

Created February 26, 2012 23:04

Many virtual hosts under one domain

	NameVirtualHost *

	<VirtualHost *>
	ServerName fruit.com
	DocumentRoot /www/html/htdocs/fruitsite/docroot
	</VirtualHost>

	<VirtualHost *>
	ServerName www.apple.com
	ServerAlias www.banana.com www.cherry.com

Robert Carter robmint