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<?php

// using http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_remote_get and http://codex.wordpress.org/Transients_API

// if transient has expired then recreate, if not grab from db
if ( false === ( $featured_trans = get_transient( 'featured_trans' ) ) ) {
     
	$featured_args = array(
		'timeout'     => 5,
		'redirection' => 5,

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<?php

function author_excerpt() {	                     		
		
	$word_limit = 45;
	$txt_end = '...';
	$author_desc = explode( ' ', get_the_author_meta( 'description' ) );
	$author_desc_short = array_slice( $author_desc, 0, ( $word_limit ) );
	
	return ( implode( $author_desc_short, ' ' ) ) . $txt_end;

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// validate email address from form, good for email newsletter signup
$( 'form input.submit' ).click(function() {
	
	var email_address = $( 'form input.email' ).val();
	if ( /(.+)@(.+){2,}\.(.+){2,}/.test( email_address ) ) {
		return true;
	} else {
		alert( 'Invalid Email Address' );
		return false;
	}

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<?php

// using http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script

// basic enqueue script
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'load_scripts' );

function load_scripts() {
	
	wp_register_script( 'functions-js', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/_/js/functions.js', array(), '', true );

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// hide broken images
$( '.post img' ).each(function () {
	
	var img = $(this);
	var src = img.attr( 'src' ).split( '/' );
	var file = src[src.length - 1];
	if( file == "x.gif" ) {
		img.hide();
	}
	

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.video-container {
	width: 100%;
	position: relative;
	padding-bottom: 56.25%; /* 16:9 */
	padding-top: 25px;
	height: 0;
}
.video-container iframe {
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;

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/* this is based off of http://cobyism.com/gridism/ */

/* responsive grid setup - going mobile first here
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

.grid {
	display: block;
	clear: both;
}

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# Compiled source #
###################
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so

# Packages #

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nav form .search-field {
	border: 0;
}

nav form .search-submit {
	font-family: 'FontAwesome';
	border: 0;
}

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<?php

$conn = mysql_connect( "host", "user", "pass" );

if ( !$conn ) {
	echo "Unable to connect to server.";
} else {
	$db = mysql_select_db( "database", $conn );
	if ( !$db ) {
		echo "Unable to select database.";