Solution: the next time you export, don’t use the “Export” button.  Instead, select File->Export.  When you browse to the new location and export there, Fireworks will now default to that one instead, so you can go back to using the button.  Silly, huh?

What my code does is to first collapse the whole categories tree, so that all subcategories are hidden, but it only does this if none of the subcategories are selected.  If a subcategory is selected, then that portion of the tree is shown in full.  My code adds “expand” and “collapse” links to the left side of each category that has subcategories.

Instructions
1. Install  Category Checklist Tree plugin.

2. Download this code, save it to the root of your template folder and name it admin_category_stuff_js.js

3. In the functions.php file, add this at the end (this code will load the script whenever you are in the admin:

add_action(‘admin_init’, ‘admin_category_stuff’);

function admin_category_stuff() {
$template_url = get_bloginfo(‘template_url’);
wp_register_script(‘admin_category_stuff_js’,$template_url.’/admin_category_stuff_js.js’);
wp_enqueue_script(‘admin_category_stuff_js’);
}

That should do it! I welcome feedback on the code and will try to help you if you have trouble with it. I’ve tested in 3.0.x.

What’s so great about WordPress? And isn’t it just for blogging? First, understand that when you talk about editing your own website, you are talking about a “content management system”. There are many content management systems; many are free and some cost money. WordPress did start out as a content management system used to publish a blog. Since then it has evolved to the point where it’s blog functionality is just one of it’s features. You can now manage an entire website using WordPress, and have that website look nothing like a blog (and not even have a blog as part of the site!). Second, understand what WordPress brings to the table as a content management system. Content management systems are usually difficult to learn and somewhat buggy. WordPress has long been focused on the user experience and making things easy. This is the main thing that sets it apart and the main reason I try to steer clients into managing their business website with it.

The other reason I love WordPress is purely selfish. One of my favorite programming languages is called “PHP”. I’ve built large and complicated sites using that language and so have a strong working knowledge of it. Also, I’ve been building and working on commercial websites for over 10 years now, making me something of an expert in the techniques of making a page look like whatever I want the page to look like (HTML and CSS). Well, WordPress is written in PHP and using my knowledge of PHP, HTML and CSS, I can manipulate it in whatever way I see fit. The team of programmers who developed and continue to work on WordPress are extremely talented, and the guiding force and philosophy behind the development is visionary. As a result, WordPress is truly a pleasure to work with and is what I most like to develop websites with.

In summary, if you want to edit your own website, I’m going to encourage you to have me develop your site using the WordPress platform. You’ll be very pleased with the results. I am a freelance website designer and programmer living and working in the Boulder, Colorado area. Feel free to contact me anytime to discuss your website needs.

After the store was operating for a long time, the owner realized that the shopping cart contents would disappear if someone left the site for a while and then came back to it.  He rightly assumed this was not good for users.  By this time, he had moved on from the company that originally built the site and was using a new programmer he had found to make the changes he needed (and this was before I came along of course).  He asked the programmer to make it so that the cart wouldn’t go away and in fact would be around “forever” or until checkout.

The programmer looked and found that the cart information was accessed using an identification number and the cart was going away because this number was stored in a session variable.  The programmer changed the site so that it stored the identification number in a cookie instead.  Simple enough, right?

Normally, stores are designed so that all the user information is accessed using that user’s identification number.  Therefore, someone has to identify themselves by logging in before any such information is available.  This store however, for reasons that make sense if you understand how this store works, had to access information based on the cart identification number.  And since the cart identification number was stored in a session variable, the original team of programmers considered this to be safe.

Programmer number two had no idea.  In making the site accept the cart identification variable as a cookie, he had opened up a way for a hacker to mine the entire customer database – easily.  I think he knew that someone could edit their cookie and access another cart, but he certainly didn’t know the store used the cart to pull in customer information!

Secure web application programmers know to treat all input as suspicious and this includes get and post variables, querystring variables, AND COOKIES!  If you are taking over a programming project, then changing a session variable to a cookie, querystring or post variable, you better understand the added security implications of that change.

You should understand this when you give your estimate so that you leave yourself room to explore the ramifications of a change like this.  Be sure to explain to your client that changing something in an insecure way could leave them open to hackers.  Unfortunately, programming takes time and people are often interested only in seeing that the site performs as they wanted – they have no way to know whether it is secure or not.  It’s important that you communicate that issue to them so that they understand the risks.

I’m a freelance web designer and programmer in the Boulder, Colorado area.  Please contact me with website security questions or if you are interested in working together to make something great!

New Vibe Web Design is an excellent company to work with. Their designs and creativity were great and they were very accessible and helpful during and after the website’s creation. I will definitely continue to refer them to my colleagues, and intend to use them again in the future.

—Renee Grande, Events By Monroe

New Vibe Web Design did a fantastic job with our website. Chad was extremely knowledgeable and patient with us and he had great insight as to how our site should look. We were more then thrilled with the results and speed with which everything was completed! I would recommend New Vibe to anyone who wants top quality service with a personal touch- they’re the best!

—Amy Eng, Aim.to Clean

I have used Chad for my web site design for the past year and have found him to be professional in his dealings with me, and attentive to my design needs and goals for my web site project. He is quick to make changes as needed, and responds promptly to my e-mails and concerns. I fully endorse him in any web site design you as a future client may need, and may call me if you need further information regarding work he has done for me. Sincerely,

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Dental Implants

Now that the website is up-and-running, I just wanted to let you know that it was a pleasure working with you. Everything you promised was on time and even sooner, and your suggestions during the process helped us make the right decisions in order to make our site the best it could be. Everything works perfectly! We have a couple more to do in the future and will contact you as soon as we are ready to tackle those projects.
Thanks Again!

—Tom Petrovic
Creative Art Director
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