Adding page breaks to a blog post came up in discussion the other day, where someone thought it was done by adding <!--more--> to a post.
However this tag is actually used to add a break to a post in the blog index or archive pages, resulting in something that looks like this:
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This post is part of the series on Implementing SmartConnect, an integration tool from eOne Solutions, which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).
I’ve done a small number of posts before on eOne’s SmartList Builder previously, but this is the first series of posts I’ve done on one of their products.
I’m sure everyone using Microsoft Dynamics GP is aware of who eOne Solutions are, but in case you don’t, eOne are a Microsoft Dynamics GP ISV (Independent Software Vendor) based in Fargo, North Dakota, and with offices in Texas and Australia.
They have created a number of products which either install into Microsoft Dynamics GP or which integrate with it:
I’ve worked with many clients using SmartList Builder and it has proven to be a very popular tool with them for the ease and flexibility of creating new SmartLists. In more recent times, I’ve also done work with Extender, SmartConnect and NodeBuilder. In this series, I am going to be focused on SmartConnect, but over the coming year, I’ll also be taking a look at some of the other products.
I’ve been developing my own plugins for WordPress and, more reently, ClassicPress. At times it’s been necessary to check if a function exists.
It’s fairly straightforward to do this check:
if (!function_exists('azrcrv_get_breadrumbs')){
// code here
}
I also use a few plugins developed by other people. One of the ones I’ve been reviewing recently is Estimated Read Time by CodePotent.
John uses namespaces in his plugins which means the check also needs to include the namespace. You can check for this using the following syntax (the highlighted section is the namespace defined in the plugin):
if (function_exists('CodePotent\EstimatedReadTime\process_shortcode')){
// code here
}
I’m posting this as a reminder to myself as it took me a few minutes of searching before I found the right answer.
SmartConnect is an integration tool from eOne Solutions which can take data from any source and integrate it into Microsoft Dynamics GP (and other systems such as Microsoft Dynamics CRM or Sales Force amongst others). It has a drag and drop interface to make creating integrations quick and easy for all users rather than just developers (as many integration tools target).
I’ve known about SmartConnect for quite a long time now, but have only just started working with it and thought a series of posts on the installation and configuration process might be useful to do.
The index below will update as each post goes live if you are reading directly here (if you’re reading on a syndicated version, you will need to check back to the original post).
In this short series of posts, I am going to be covering the installation of Microsoft SQL Server 2017; the installation process for this version is somewhat different to previous ones, in that SQL Server Management Studio and SQL Server Reporting Services have been separated out from the main installer.
The series index can be found here. I am not a SQL expert and this series of posts is intended only for use on demo or test environment and not production ones.
This is a very late addition to this series of posts; I recently came to install SQL Server 2017 on a new machine which did not have an Internet connection and so needed to download the installer and copy itto the new machine.
In the installation post I used the download option in the installer, but didn’t include the direct download link.
Well, to remedy that, here is the download link to the latest version of SSRS 2017.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have joined ISC Software Solutions, a UK headquartered Microsoft Dynamics GP VAR (Value Added Reseller) and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) with an office in Ireland.
The ISV offering from ISC Software includes the GP Elementz add-ons for Microsoft Dynamics GP as well as a set of web portals:
Key features of all of the web portals include:
All portals are easy to setup and requires no technical skills or additional software or hardware. It is stored securely on Microsoft Azure and data remains in your Dynamics GP system (none is stored on Azure). It uses responsive design so it can be used on any device including cellphones and tablets.
Back in December I posted about stopping WordPress from updating to WordPress 5 (which includes the terrible Gutenberg.
However, I realised soon afterwards that was the wrong thing to do; instead I should have allowed WordPress to perform minor updates within the WordPress 4 branch, which can be done using the below line:
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor' );
Once this line has been added to your wp.config file, WordPress 4 will be able to update to later WordPress 4 versions, but not to WordPress m5.
I’ve discussed before the problems WordpRess 5 and Gutenberg present me; I’ve avoided upgrading to WordPress 5 and remained on Wordpress 4.9.x as I plan my migration to ClassicPress.
Despite remaining on the WordPress 4.9.x branch and telling WordPress, via the config file, to only allow minor upgrades within that branch, the admin dashboard has a large Update Now button which will upgrade you to WordPress 5. Today I had an accident and clicked this button when I intended to click the Update Plugins button.
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I was talking to someone recently about online training courses from Microsoft and directed them to the Microsoft Virtual Academy which I looked at quite a while ago now.
However, they came back to me to let me know that it is being retired in favour of Microsoft Learn.
Microsoft Learn seems to be mainly focused on Azure with a few courses available for PowerBI, Power Apps and Flow.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have joined ISC Software Solutions, a UK headquartered Microsoft Dynamics GP VAR (Value Added Reseller) and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) with an office in Ireland.
Over time, ISC Software have created a number of customisations for clients which have been made more widely available to customers as the GP Elementz; if you’re an ISC Software support customer, then you have access to the GP Elementz add-ons free of charge.
There are a few add-ons available as GP Elementz:
Over time, I am going to take a detailed look into these add-ons in my usual way (installation and then a hands on and review), so keep an eye out for those posts. More details on them all can be found on the GP Elementz website or you can use the enquiry form below to get in touch.