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05-27-2019

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Update:

Added two short bios, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie. More to come as I have time ...

Code:

$rand = mt_rand(0, 7); 

if ($rand == 0) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('unix_linux_history') . '";'); 
} elseif ($rand == 1) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('linux_unix_history') . '";'); 
} elseif ($rand == 2) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('red_hat_history') . '";'); 
} elseif ($rand == 3) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('ubuntu_history') . '";'); 
}  elseif ($rand == 4) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('gnu_history') . '";'); 
} elseif ($rand == 5) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('man_page_history') . '";'); 
} elseif ($rand == 6) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('ken_thompson_history') . '";'); 
}elseif ($rand == 7) { 
    eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template('dennis_ritchie_history') . '";'); 
}else{ 
    $history_div_for_users = ''; 
}

Please contribute if you have time, otherwise I'll have to have all the "historical" fun myself.

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Update:
(11 down, maybe 89 more to go...)

Added Linus Torvalds and a rough list of various Unix-like flavors, and simplified the PHP plugin:

Code:

<?php
$rand = mt_rand(0, 10);

$flavs = array(
    'unix_linux_history',
    'linux_unix_history',
    'red_hat_history', 
    'ubuntu_history', 
    'gnu_history', 
    'man_page_history',
    'ken_thompson_history', 
    'dennis_ritchie_history', 
    'linus_torvalds_history', 
    'unix_flavors_history',
    'brian_kernighan_history');

$flav = $flavs["$rand"];
eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template($flav) . '";');

Note:

You can easily see these "historical sections" on any tags search result at the bottom of the page; for example linux:

Code:

https://www.unix.com/tags/linux.html

Just reload the page to view the various random "historical" entries.

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05-28-2019

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Update: Added Richard Stallman to this plugin:

Code:

$rand = mt_rand(0, 16);

$flavs = array('unix_linux_history','linux_unix_history','red_hat_history','ubuntu_history','gnu_history','man_page_history',
'ken_thompson_history','dennis_ritchie_history','linus_torvalds_history','unix_flavors_history','brian_kernighan_history',
 'richard_stallman_history','bill_joy_history','grep_history','awk_history','sed_history','solaris_history');

$flav = $flavs["$rand"];
eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template($flav) . '";');

We should have done this over decade ago (adding history to compliment the forums), but better late than never.

17 down, 83 more to go......

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05-30-2019

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Update:

Code:

<?php
$rand = mt_rand(0, 17); 

$flavs = array(
    'unix_linux_history',
    'linux_unix_history',
    'red_hat_history',
    'ubuntu_history',
    'gnu_history',
    'man_page_history', 
    'ken_thompson_history',
    'dennis_ritchie_history',
    'linus_torvalds_history',
    'unix_flavors_history',
    'brian_kernighan_history',
    'richard_stallman_history',
    'bill_joy_history',
    'grep_history',
    'awk_history',
    'sed_history',
    'solaris_history',
    'vi_history'); 

$flav = $flavs["$rand"]; 
eval('$history_div_for_users = "' . fetch_template($flav) . '";');

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Code:

<?php
$nodisp = "<script>document.querySelector('.history-community').style.display='none';document.querySelector('.history-lastp').style.margin='0px';</script>";

$flavs = array(
    'unix_linux_history',
    'linux_unix_history',
    'red_hat_history',
    'ubuntu_history',
    'gnu_history',
    'man_page_history',
    'ken_thompson_history',
    'dennis_ritchie_history',
    'linus_torvalds_history',
    'unix_flavors_history',
    'brian_kernighan_history',
    'richard_stallman_history',
    'bill_joy_history',
    'grep_history',
    'awk_history',
    'sed_history',
    'solaris_history',
    'vi_history',
    'unix_like_history');

$final = sizeof($flavs) - 1;
$rand = mt_rand(0, $final);
$flav = $flavs["$rand"];
eval('$history_div_for_user = "' . fetch_template($flav) . '";');

$rand2 = mt_rand(0, 1);
if ($rand2 == 0) {
    $history_div_for_users = $history_div_for_user . $nodisp;
} else {
    $history_div_for_users = $history_div_for_user;
}

$rand2 = mt_rand(2, $final);
$flav2 = $flavs["$rand2"];
eval('$history_div_for_user2 = "' . fetch_template($flav2) . '";');
$history_div_for_homepage = $history_div_for_user2 . $nodisp;

Now displaying two "history blocks" on the home page; and displaying only one "history block" on prior "thin content" pages.

Nineteen done, eighty one to go....

When I get 100 done, I will group them somehow into a small number or arrays, and will then will change the algorithm a bit.

Also, for "thin content" pages like "single post", "tag search results" or "thin content man-pages", etc I will create a simple pattern matching routine to match the array of "_history" entries with the content, so for example solaris man pages will see a lot more solaris _history articles than linux history articles; and ditto for tags, and single post pages, or discussion pages with little content (no replies, etc).

So after 100 *_history templates are done (hopefully I will get 100 done all by myself), I'll write some logic to match content with the history files and stop relying strictly on a few random number generators.

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05-30-2019

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I just created a "Review Page" for these little History sections (Temporarily Disabled) which has all the current "history" entries, so if anyone is interested, please review and cut-and-paste proposed additions or revisions.

Code:

(Temporary Disabled)

Thanks.

Or you can write your own and I'll format them.

Neo