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Put a web page in a string

If your server is Win32, you could use the following function to put a page in a string. It’s based upon a service of the MSXML library, which installation is an easy task (and maybe it’s a service already running)

(revised text from my own comment 12271511 at Experts-Exchange)

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Hacking WordPress (covers 2.0)

There is an issue related to how WordPress displays PREformatted html.
By default WP translates any post retrieved from the database before displaying it. It uses two filter functions: wptexturize and wpautop, both added to the same filter: the_content. It also translates any other piece of content (Title, Excerpt, …), but I don’t care now.

The function wptexturize is harmless but a bit annoying.
The concept behind WP is keep it simple, isn’t it? If I post a ” I expect a ” to be displayed, not a “ or a ”. Authors always need to see what they mean!

Until an optional setting appears for turning it off, I recommend you to turn it off now.
It’s quite easy. Just edit the file wordpress/wp-includes/default-filters.php and comment out the line that reads

The function wpautop is harmful, so here is a replacement.

Step 1/2
Edit the file wordpress/wp-includes/functions-formatting.php and copy and paste this function after the function wpautop.

Step 2/2
Last but not least, edit the file wordpress/wp-includes/default-filters.php and comment out the line that reads

After it, add this line

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Sort totals in categorized views

Notes calculates totals for categorized views, but does not sort them.
So if you need it anyway, you have to

  1. navigate the categories in the non-sorted but categorized view (by means of the NotesViewEntry… classes)
  2. create a new document for each category with a field to record that total and a field to record that category
  3. add a non-categorized view for showing the new documents with a sorted column for the total field

Here is the LS code for an agent that implements 1- and 2-

{[.=Totals of categories= /enzymes/chili-ls.php]}

(revised text from my own comment 12349447 at Experts-Exchange)