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Progressive Web Apps (PWA) is a new technology that combines the best of mobile web and the best of mobile apps to create a superior mobile web experience. They are installed on the phone like a normal app (web app) and can be accessed from the home screen.
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Users can come back to your website by launching the app from their home screen and interact with your website through an app-like interface. Your return visitors will experience almost-instant loading times and enjoy the great performance benefits of your PWA!
Super Progressive Web Apps makes it easy for you to convert your WordPress website into a Progressive Web App instantly!
Once SuperPWA is installed, users browsing your website from a supported mobile device will see a "Add To Home Screen" notice (from the bottom of the screen) and will be able to 'install your website' on the home screen of their device. Every page visited is stored locally on their device and will be available to read even when they are offline!
SuperPWA is easy to configure, it takes less than a minute to set-up your Progressive Web App! SuperPWA does a clean uninstall, by removing every database entry and file that it creates. In fact, none of the default settings are saved to the database until you manually save it the first time. Go ahead and give it a try.
And the best part? If you ever get stuck, we are here to watch your back! Open a support ticket if you have a question or need a feature. We are super excited to hear your feedback and we want to genuinely help you build the best Progressive Web App for your WordPress website!
Quick Demo?
- Open up SuperPWA.com in a supported device.
- Add the website to your home screen either from the Add to Home Screen prompt (Chrome for Android) or from the browser menu.
- Open the app from your home screen and you will see the splash screen.
- Turn off your data and wifi to go offline and open up the app. You will still be able to see the app and browse the pages you have already visited.
- Browse to a page that you haven't visited before. The offline page will be displayed.
Thank You PWA Enthusiasts!
We are humbled by the feedback from the community. Thanks to everyone who believed in us and tried our plugin. Your feedback has been invaluable and we have learned a lot from your experience. Thank you for your love and support and we hope to return the love by striving to bring you the best ever Progressive Web Apps plugin for WordPress!
What's in the box
Here are the current features of Super Progressive Web Apps:
- Generate a manifest for your website and add it to the head of your website.
- Set the application icon for your Progressive Web App.
- Set the background color for the splash screen of your Progressive Web App.
- Your website will show the "Add to home screen" notice when accessed in a supported browser.
- Aggressive caching of pages using CacheStorage API.
- Pages once cached are served even if the user is offline.
- Set custom offline page: Select the page you want the user to see when a page that isn't in the cache is accessed and the user is offline.
- New in version 1.2: Support for theme-color meta property. Change the color of browser address bar of Chrome, Firefox OS and Opera to match your website colors.
- New in version 1.2: Now you can edit the Application Name and Application Short name.
- New in version 1.2: Set the start page of your PWA.
- New in version 1.2: Set Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) version of the start page. Supported plugins: AMP for WordPress, AMP for WP, Better AMP, AMP Supremacy, WP AMP.
- New in version 1.3: Added support for high-quality splash screen. You can now set the 512×512 icon for the splash screen of your Progressive Web App.
- New in version 1.3: Super Progressive Web Apps now accounts for content updates and will update the cache as you update the website.
- New in version 1.3: Improved in-browser service worker update handling.
- New in version 1.4: You can now set the default orientation of your PWA. Choose from "any" (Follow Device Orientation), "Portrait" and "Landscape".
- New in version 1.4: You can now set the theme_color property in the manifest.
- New in version 1.5: OneSignal integration for Push notifications.
- New in version 1.6: WordPress Multisite Network compatibility.
- New in version 1.7: Add-Ons for SuperPWA is here! Ships with UTM Tracking Add-On to track visits coming from your PWA.
- New in version 1.8: Compatibility issues with OneSignal are now resolved!
- New in version 1.8: New Add-On: Apple Touch Icons that sets your app icons as Apple Touch Icons.
- New in version 2.0: SuperPWA is now compatible with WordPress installed in a sub-folder.
- New in version 2.0: You can now set display property from SuperPWA settings.
- New in version 2.1.1: SuperPWA now supports Maskable Icons.
- New in version 2.1.15: SuperPWA now supports Monochrome Icon.
- Full changelog
Upcoming features:
- Offline Indicator Notice.
PRO Version support additional advance feature
* Call To Action (CTA) More Info
* Android APK APP Generator More Info
* Data Analytics More Info
* Pre-Loader More Info
* App Shortcuts More Info
* QR Code Generator More Info
Progressive Web App Minimum Requirements
Progressive Web Apps require that your WordPress website is served from a secure origin i.e. your website should be HTTPS and not HTTP. If your website isn't HTTPS, please contact your host about it. You can also ask us if you need help.
Device and Browser Support For PWA
Progressive web apps need browsers that support manifests and service workers. Currently Google Chrome (version 57+), Chrome for Android (62), Mozilla Firefox (57), Firefox for Android (58) are the major browsers that support PWA.
The list is fast growing and is likely to be supported in most major browsers by the end of this year.
How To Convert Your WordPress Website Into A Progressive Web App
WordPress Installation
- Visit WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New
- Search for 'Super Progressive Web Apps'
- Click "Install Now" and then "Activate" Super Progressive Web Apps
To install manually:
- Upload super-progressive-web-apps folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your server
- Go to WordPress Admin > Plugins
- Activate Super Progressive Web Apps plugin from the list.
Customizing Your Progressive Web App
Your Progressive Web App should be ready to test with the default settings on activation. You can customize it further and make it truly your own.
- Go to WordPress Admin > SuperPWA
- Set a Background Color for the splash screen to be shown when your PWA is opened on a mobile device.
- Set the Application Icon. This will be the icon of your PWA when it is added to the homescreen in a mobile device. The icon must be a PNG image and exactly 192 x 192 pixels in size.
- Set the Offline Page. This page will be displayed if the user is offline and the page he requested is not cached already. Ideally you should create a dedicated WordPress page and set it here. Within the page you create, you could add a note that reads, "It looks like you are offline and the page you requested is not available right now. Please check back again once you are online.".
- Click "Save Settings".
Testing Your Progressive Web App
- Open a supported browser in a supported device (for eg: Chrome for Android (62 or higher) in an Android Phone)
- Enter your website and wait till it fully loads
- You should see a pop-up that has your Application Icon and a button that reads "ADD TO HOME SCREEN".
- Click on it and your PWA will be added to your home screen. Wait for the install to complete.
- Go to your home screen and open your PWA. Browse into a few pages if you like. Close the App.
- Disconnect from the internet and now open your PWA again. You should be able to see all the pages that you previously browsed.
- Try visiting a page that you did not visit before. You should see the page you set as your "Offline Page" in the settings of SuperPWA.
Troubleshooting Your Progressive Web App
Uh, oh. Your PWA did not work as expected? You do not see the "Add to Home Screen" notice?
- Make sure your website has a SSL certificate installed. i.e. your website should be https instead of http (as in https://your-domain.com).
- Make sure you are using a supported device and a supported browser. Refer to the "Device and Browser Support For PWA" list above.
- Make sure your Application Icon and Splash Screen Icon's are of PNG format and 192px X 192px and 512px X 512px in size respectively.
- Clear the browser cache and try again. In Chrome for Android, go to Settings > Privacy > "Clear browsing data".
- If the application icon does not update after first install, delete the PWA from your phone, clear browser cache and install again. (We are working on making it better.)
- Create a new support ticket and share a link to your website. We will take a look and figure it out for you.
Feature Requests, Issues, Pull Requests
Here is our repository on GitHub. Send us your pull requests, feature requests or issues, if any.
About us
We are a duo who got excited about the idea. Our mission is simple: Help you build an awesome PWA that your users would want to have on their home screen.
When we first heard about PWA we wanted to learn everything about it. We have spent countless hours learning and wants to share it with the world.
Please give us your constructive feedback and support.
عکسهای صفحه
To install this plugin:
- Install the plugin through the WordPress admin interface, or upload the plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/ using FTP.
- Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress.
- Go to WordPress Admin > SuperPWA
سوالات متداول
If you have any questions, please ask it on the support forum.
Will Progressive Web Apps work on iOS devices?
Starting with Safari for iOS 11.3, Apple devices offer partial support for PWA's. However, there is no native Add To Home Screen prompt just yet. You can add your app by tapping "Add to Home Screen" button in the share menu of the browser ( look for the square icon with an up arrow in the foreground ).
Just like you, we are eagerly awaiting the upcoming releases and we hope to see better compatibility in the coming months.
How To Customize Splash Screen
You can easily change the icon and the background color in SuperPWA > Settings.
Further customizations are not available right now, not because of any limitation of SuperPWA, but because they are not available in the PWA technology. When more options come up in the future, we will add them to SuperPWA then.
How To Track Visits Originating From Your Progressive Web App
You can track visits from your PWA in your analytics software (for e.g. Google Analytics) using the UTM Tracking add-on of SuperPWA. Go to SuperPWA > Add-Ons and activate UTM Tracking. Then in SuperPWA > UTM Tracking, you can set the UTM parameters as needed. Please refer the documentation for further information.
GDPR Compliance
SuperPWA does not collect or store user data, nor does it set cookies or store tracking data. Content visited by users from your PWA is stored in the user's own device, in the cache of the browser. This is very similar to how modern browsers caches content offline for faster browsing.
With the UTM Tracking Add-On, you will be able to differentiate the visits originating from your PWA in your analytics software. You may have to include this in your privacy policy. Please note that SuperPWA does not track the visits, we just help you add the UTM parameters to the URL of the Start Page of your app so that third party analytics tools can differentiate the visits.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.
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گزارش تغییرات
- Date: 05.March.2024
- BugFixed: Activating Pro version throwing Fatal error #501
- Date: 17.February.2024
- BugFixed: CTA on the frontpage is not showing. #499
- Feature: Make the offline message "You are offline" as an option #482
- Feature: Make the feature Prefetch manifest URL link as an option #496
- Enhancement: Improvements to the app screenshot option. #495
- Date: 24.December.2023
- BugFixed: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ")" in PHP 7.2 and below
- Date: 22.December.2023
- Feature: Proper sorting of features #314
- Enhancement: Compatibility with loco translate #426
- Enhancement: Updated manifest as per the pwabuilder recommendation. #440
- Enhancement: Code Improvement checklist #486
- Enhancement: Update readme.txt and add all pro feature list #488
- BugFixed: Warning appearing in manifest #487
- BugFixed: On Uninstall few data still remain inside db. #485
- Date: 28.November.2023
- BugFixed: Role Based Access is not working #472
- BugFixed: Fixed Broken Access Control vulnerability Learn More
- Date: 18.October.2023
- BugFixed: Push notification is not working on IOS. #468
- Feature: Added Notification badge on the PWA icon #212
- BugFixed: Role Based Access is not working #472
- BugFixed: If add-on is not activated than do not show the settings button #470
- BugFixed: The button network deactivate is not working #475
- Date: 26.September.2023
- Feature: Added feature for Role managers #450
- Feature: Added navigation Bar feature #443
- BugFixed: DevTools Console Warning for Source Map 404 Error in Plugin #466
- BugFixed: The push notification add-on keeps on installing. #465
- Date: 11.August.2023
- Feature: Added Push Notifications support #452
- Date: 15.July.2023
- Feature: Added compatibility with WPML #438
- Enhancement :fix php 8 error #332
- Date: 30.May.2023
- Enhancement :Need to create an option where the user can disable/enable the Add to Home Screens banner on desktop or tablet. #417
- Enhancement :Need to make Start page dropdown with ajax search #412
- BugFixed :Warning appears in all pages when we install pro version #421
- Date: 27.April.2023
- New : Add related_applications to manifest #387
- Enhancement : Label should be clickable for all checkbox labels #411
- Date: 12.April.2023
- New : Added Monochrome icon to manifest #328
- Enhancement : Set post as Start Page #328
- Enhancement : Increased character limit of app name to 20 #328
- BugFixed : Conflict with WP Fastescache plugin. #401
- BugFixed : Assets not loading with Cache First then Network strategy. #408
- Date: 02.April.2023
- BugFixed : Media files not loading properly after 2.2.14 update #405
- Date: 01.April.2023
- BugFixed : Call To Action banner should not be shown on inner page #392
- BugFixed : Super PWA conflicts with the Real Media Library plugin. #391
- BugFixed : Conflict issue with Wolmart theme #390
- BugFixed : An error appears in the console if the page contains a video #386
- BugFixed : QR code is not working #400
- BugFixed : effect on SEO #385
- BugFixed : Conflict with CHP ads block detector #399
- BugFixed : Need to add JavaScript:void instead of href # in the SuperPwa #398
- BugFixed : Need to create an option where the user can show the add-to-screen banner for particular pages. #402
- Date: 10.March.2023
- BugFixed : CTA install banner is appearing even after installing the PWA #381
- BugFixed : Manifest file showing wrong logo images link #379
- BugFixed : QR code install link not working #394
- BugFixed : Preloader showing with delay and takes longer when click is on Image link #395
- BugFixed : "Stale while revalidate" in the Caching Strategies addon has no effect, it doesn't change the service worker js at all. #396
- Date: 13.February.2023
- BugFixed : Issue with Network first, then Cache #336
- BugFixed : Preloader not working properly. #375
- Enhancement :Remove Offer Banner #372
- Date: 29.December.2022
- BugFixed : Error and warning in application section #358
- BugFixed : APP screenshots option default link #370
- BugFixed : A warning appears under the start page and offline page options after resting the settings. #313
- BugFixed : Script does not have a MIME type. #280
- BugFixed : Splash Screen Icon is taking app icon image IOS #290 #302
- Date: 09.December.2022
- BugFixed : An error with SuperPWA is displayed while testing in the Page speed dev tool. #362
- BugFixed : CTA button in menu is appearing in PWA even if user has downloaded the PWA. #356
- BugFixed : CTA banner display option "Show on Scroll" not working properly. #350
- BugFixed : PWA Category issue fixed
- Enhancement :CTA menu button warning on IOS only appears in the English language. #363
- Date: 01.December.2022
- BugFixed : Fixed issue undefined variable $screenshot_array
- BugFixed : The APK has crashed at the user's end, and URL shown inside the APK. #359
- Date: 29.November.2022
- Enhancement : Security nonce is missing #349
- Enhancement : Escaping is missing #348
- Enhancement : Functions must have a prefix #347
- Enhancement : BFCM internal offer #352
- BugFixed : Offline pages not working on Android Devices #91
- BugFixed : In iOS, the splash screen icon does not work #343
- BugFixed : Error in manifest file "name of shortcut is an empty string" #351
- BugFixed : APP Screenshots option not working #353
- BugFixed : The APK has crashed at the user's end, and URL shown inside the APK. #359
- Date: 09.November.2022
- Enhancement : While testing the SupwerPwa on https://www.pwabuilder.com/tool, the service for offline shows zero scores. #316 (Screenshots, Category, Direction, Offline issue)
- Enhancement : upgrade to pro button #319
- Enhancement : feat (issue #101): Offline Indicator Notice feature #106
- BugFixed : issue: excluded_urls" in /wp-content/plugins/super-progressive-web-apps/public/manifest.php on line 252 #333
- Date: 13.October.2022
- BugFixed : Preloader not working in IOS device #288
- BugFixed : Exclude URLs from Cache list option is not working properly. #300
- BugFixed : getting error when we are adding range data in cache #311
- BugFixed : Bug with network-first cache strategy and REST calls #329
- Date: 06.July.2022
- BugFixed : Stop servicework for caching the videos. #279
- BugFixed : Apple Touch Icons & Splash Screen not fetching Welcome screen image #284
- Enhancement : Added New Addon Pull To Refresh #285
- Date: 21.April.2022
- BugFixed : Add to home screen was not working when theme manifest is active #271
- Date: 8.April.2022
- BugFixed : CTA Banner should be hidden once app is installed #264
- Date: 26.March.2022
- Enhancement : Added New Addon QR Code Generator Array #255
- Enhancement : Added Warning UI on License tab when key is expired #258
- Date: 16.March.2022
- Enhancement : Added Compatibility with WonderPush Pushnotifications plugin #188
- Enhancement : Improved the Design of User feedback auto email system #252
- Date: 17.February.2022
- Bug Fixed : Some extension addon features are not working properly #245
- Date: 14.December.2021
- Bug Fixed : Fixed Manifest Warnings Regarding Icon Purpose Value#237
- Enhancement : Added AMP Support with Official AMP and AMPforWP Plugins#218
- Enhancement : Added New option to Reset Settings#233
- Date: 23.November.2021
- Enhancement : Added New option to exclude Add to homescreen banner on particular pages #232
- Date: 1.November.2021
- Bug Fixed : Resolved the issue of License alert showing when key is not activated #230
- Bug Fixed : PHP Warning: Trying to access array offset on value of type bool #230
- Enhancement : Added New Addon PreLoader Array #226
- Date: 23.October.2021
- Bug Fixed : Resolved the issue of Invalid regular expression error when exclude cache URL is placed without end slash #216
- Bug Fixed : Added Seperate caching for range header request urls to aviod 206 type error #220
- Enhancement : Added Pre Caching Feature in Caching Strategies Addon. #222
- Enhancement : Updated License Page to display Complete License Information. #227
- Enhancement : Added Status bar style option for apple icons. #210
- Enhancement : Added Proper Method to render Application name and shortname of PWA App even with non-standard characters. #112
- Date: 26.August.2021
- Bug Fixed : "Add to homescreen" banner was not showing when Wp fastest cache plugin is active #209
- Enhancement : Added an Option to Re-Install Service Worker #211
- Enhancement : Added an Option to Cache External Origin URLs by Service Worker #213
- Date: 12.July.2021
- Bug Fixed : User end issue: Apple splash icon not working properly #200
- Bug Fixed : Centralize image with background color not getting saved. #205
- Date: 30.June.2021
- Enhancement: Need to Improve Admin UI #196
- Date: 15.June.2021
- BugFixed: iOS Splash Screen Images are not getting saved #191
- Date: 29.May.2021
Enhancement: Need An Option to exclude the URL #183
Enhancement: Improved Tabs UI design #190
- Date: 17.May.2021
BugFixed: Remediation of Splash Screen Settings #178
- Date: 10.May.2021
BugFixed: iOS splash screen not working using apple icons addon #182
BugFixed: iOS – Splash Screen #175
- Date: 17.April.2021
Minor Improvment: Added Data Analytics Addon Array #152
- Date: 15.March.2021
BugFixed: manifest json file taking a long time to load #130
Enhancement: Compatibility with Onesignal on multisite #94
- Date: 16.February.2021
BugFixed: Manifest shortcut icons json issue resolve image size 192×192 #163
Enhancement: iOS application splash screen support for all screens #160
Enhancement: Feature of caching, multiple strategies #138
- Date: 04.February.2021
BugFixed: Manifest shows start URL is out of the scope URL in Specific cases #162
BugFixed: Offline analytics undefined variable #99
Enhancement: iOS application icons are blur overwrite by WordPress #161
BugFixed: Quick action feature for PWA icons need to specify size #147
- Date: 06.January.2021
Enhancement: Added the support of google analytics #149
Enhancement: Disabling "Add to home screen" #150
Enhancement: Support for Yandex manifest #146
Enhancement: Addex Quick action (shortcut) feature for PWA #147
Enhancement: Improve user interface #142
Enhancement: Added the tutorial link for Call To Action and Android APK APP Generator #145
- Date: 18.December.2020
Bug Fix: Wrong manifest path if installed WordPress in a sub-folder #134
Enhancement: Need to increase character limit of APP name. #139
Bug Fix: Default Add to home screen banner is not showing #140
Bug Fix: Changes in Presentation #141 / #143
Improvement: Changes in Admin Options
Enhancement: Added more pages
- Date: 25.July.2020
- Bug Fix: Fixed issue where Application Icon was not showing.
- Date: 4.July.2020
- Tested with WordPress 5.4.2.
- Enhancement: Added support for Maskable Icons #127
- Date: 29.May.2020
- Tested with WordPress 5.4.1.
- Enhancement: Removed the WordPress admin notice suggesting to add SuperPWA manifest to OneSignal. [#114] (https://github.com/SuperPWA/Super-Progressive-Web-Apps/issues/114)
- Enhancement: Updated fallback value in superpwa_get_display() to match the default value in superpwa_get_settings().
- Enhancement: UTM Tracking Add-on: Added default values for Campaign Medium and Campaign Name.
- Bug Fix: Fixed a rare PHP Notice: Array to string conversion in basic-setup.php on line 415. #92
- Bug Fix: Added a check to see if WP_Plugins_List_Table class is available before using it. #93
- Date: 16.January.2019
- Bug Fix: Fix fatal error in PHP versions prior to PHP 5.5. "Cant use function return value in write context".
- Date: 15.January.2019
- Enhancement: Added compatibility for setups where dynamic files are not supported.
- Date: 28.December.2018
- Tested with WordPress 5.0.2.
- Enhancement: Dynamic service worker and manifest.
- Enhancement: SuperPWA is now compatible with WordPress in a sub-folder.
- Enhancement: Added UI to set Display property in the web app manifest.
- Enhancement: Limit short_name to 12 characters to meet Lighthouse recommendation.
- Enhancement: Added PHP CodeSniffer to stick to "WordPress-Extra" coding standards. Thanks Daniel for the work.
- Enhancement: SuperPWA is available in 12 languages now, thanks to the awesome translators! Translators are credited in the release note.
- Date: 25.July.2018
- Tested with WordPress 4.9.7.
- Enhancement: Added compatibility with Google Chrome 68 Mini Info-Bar.
- Enhancement: Added support for tagDiv AMP Plugin which ships with Newspaper theme and Newsmag theme. If you use this theme, you can now use AMP version of the start page.
- Enhancement: Added support for images in offline page. Images added to offline page are now cached during service worker activation.
- Enhancement: Improved the service worker installation routine to handle invalid entities in the service worker dependencies.
- Enhancement: SuperPWA is now translated to French, thanks to @romainvincent and Spanish, thanks to @arkangel.
- Bug Fix: Fixed issue where translation files in /languages/ folder was not being loaded.
- Date: 05.June.2018
- Enhancement: Added an admin notice with instructions for OneSignal integration.
- Enhancement: Updated console log message for URLs excluded from cache for better clarity.
- Date: 31.May.2018
- Tested with WordPress 4.9.6.
- New Add-On: Apple Touch Icons. Set the Application Icon and Splash Screen Icon as Apple Touch Icons for compatibility with iOS devices.
- Enhancement: Added support for Add to Home Screen prompt for Chrome 68 and beyond.
- Enhancement: Better add-on activation and deactivation by hooking onto admin_post action.
- Enhancement: Attempt to generate manifest and service worker automatically on visiting the SuperPWA settings page after adjusting root folder permissions.
- Enhancement: Generated a .pot file with all strings for translation. You can also translate SuperPWA to your language by visiting translate.wordpress.org
- Bug Fix: Compatibility issues with OneSignal are resolved for single installs.
- Bug Fix: Updated plugin action links and admin notices with the correct admin menu link.
- Date: 05.May.2018
- Bug Fix: Fix fatal error in PHP versions prior to PHP 5.5. "Cant use function return value in write context".
- Date: 03.May.2018
- Minimum required WordPress version is now 3.6.0 (previously 3.5.0).
- New Feature: Add-Ons for SuperPWA is here!
- New Feature: SuperPWA is now a top-level menu to accommodate for the Add-Ons sub-menu page.
- New Feature: Add UTM Tracking parameters to the Start URL with the UTM Tracking Add-On.
- Enhancement: Service worker URLs are now relative to accommodate for domain mapped Multisites.
- Bug Fix: Incorrect start_url when WordPress is installed in a folder, or when inner pages are used as start_url.
- Bug Fix: Incorrect manifest and service worker URLs when WordPress is installed in a folder.
- Date: 23.April.2018
- New Feature: WordPress Multisite Network Compatibility. One of the most requested features for SuperPWA is now here! Thanks @juslintek for doing a major share of the heavy lifting.
- New Feature: Added description to the manifest. You can now include a brief description of what your app is about.
- Enhancement: Moved manifest to the very top of wp_head for better compatibility with some browsers.
- Enhancement: Improved the file and folder naming, organization, and inline documentation for better readability.
- Enhancement: Force https:// on all assets and dependencies solving the problem of http:// URLs in manifest and service worker once and for all.
- Enhancement: Relative URL for manifest for out of the box compatibility with CDN's.
- Enhancement: Removed forcing of trailing slash on manifest and service worker URLs for better compatibility.
- Date: 18.March.2018
- New Feature: OneSignal integration for Push notifications.
- Enhancement: Moved manifest to the top of wp_head for easier detection by browsers.
- Enhancement: Added support for custom AMP endpoints for AMP for WordPress and AMP for WP.
- Enhancement: Added UI notice when using AMP for WordPress to warn user not to use the AMP version of start page if the start page is the homepage, the blog index, or the archives page.
- Date: 21.February.2018
- New Feature: Added UI for default orientation of your PWA. Orientation can now be set as "any", "portrait" or "landscape". Feature request from @doofustoo.
- New Feature: Added UI for theme_color property in manifest. Feature request from @krunalsm.
- Enhancement: Improved compatibility with all major Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) plugins.
- Enhancement: Improved handling of external resources.
- Date: 15.February.2018
- Enhancement: Improved how Start Page url is handled in the service worker to be compatible with plugins that force SSL.
- Enhancement: Improved how start_url is handled in the manifest.
- Enhancement: Better handling of external resources.
- Date: 10.February.2018
- New Feature: Added support for high-quality splash screen. You can now set the 512×512 icon for the splash screen of your Progressive Web App.
- Enhancement: Super Progressive Web Apps now accounts for content updates and will update the cache as you update the website.
- Enhancement: Improved in-browser service worker update handling.
- Enhancement: Added automatic upgrade of manifest and service worker on plugin upgrade.
- Bug Fix: Only GET requests are served from the cache now. Fixes this.
- Date: 06.February.2018
- New Feature: Support for theme-color.
- New Feature: Now you can edit the Application Name and Application Short name.
- New Feature: Set the start page of your PWA.
- New Feature: Set AMP version of the start page. Supported plugins: AMP for WordPress, AMP for WP, Better AMP, AMP Supremacy, WP AMP.
- UI Improvement: Better organization of plugin settings. More intuitive with inline help.
- UI Improvement: Added admin notice with a link to settings page on plugin activation.
- UI Improvement: Added checks for manifest, service worker and HTTPS and display the status neatly in the UI.
- Bug Fix: Fix a parse error that showed up only on PHP 5.3.
- Date: 30.January.2018
- Bug Fix: Fix fatal error in PHP versions prior to PHP 5.5. "Cant use function return value in write context". PHP manual says "Prior to PHP 5.5, empty() only supports variables; anything else will result in a parse error."
- Date: 28.January.2018
- New Feature: Aggressive caching of pages using CacheStorage API.
- New Feature: Pages once cached are served even if the user is offline.
- New Feature: Set custom offline page. Select the page you want the user to see when a page that isn't in the cache is accessed and the user is offline.
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JERUSALEM (AP) - When Isaac Herzog was a child, his Egyptian-born, French-speaking mother thought him to be as pretty as a doll. So she blended its Hebrew word, "buba," with a French-sounding term of endearment, "joujou," to create a distinct nickname that would stick with the boy for life _ "Bougie."
Now, Israel's newly elected opposition leader finds himself as the country's main alternative to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu _ a man universally known by the name his brothers pegged him when he was a kid: "Bibi."
The two are not alone. Despite its macho, militaristic image, the world of Israeli politics is filled with tough characters bearing _ and even flaunting _ their diminutive childhood nicknames. Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon is "Bogie," former Finance Minister Avraham Shochat is "Baiga" and another former Cabinet minister, Eliezer Zandberg, is "Moody," short for Hamoody, or "cutie."
Nicknames in politics are nothing new, but in Israel they appear to have taken on an art form.
"You can't fight it. It's just something very Israeli," Herzog told The Associated Press. "I can keep introducing myself as Isaac Herzog but people will still yell `Bougie' (BOO-jee) across the street. We are just a very familiar society."
Linguists cite a number of influences, including the playfulness of Yiddish, an eastern European language spoken by many of Israel's founders, and the informal worlds of the military, kibbutz movement and youth groups that have inspired dozens of idiosyncratic names that often linger long into adulthood. But mostly the phenomenon speaks to Israel's notoriously close-knit, informal nature, where personal boundaries are thin and everyone seems to meddle in everyone else's business.
"It's the psychology of language. This whole `buddy' culture is part of our Israeliness," said Ruth Almagor-Ramon, the language adviser at Israel Radio. "It's not a linguistic thing, it's a mentality. Everyone knows everyone and all it takes is for someone to overhear your mother calling you a name and then everyone calls you that."
Almagor-Ramon said news readers at the public station are required to identify politicians by their given names, but anchors, like the public, often address them by nickname during interviews. She said it's debatable whether the informality ingratiates politicians to the public or belittles their lofty positions. "It can go both ways," she said.
For many, particularly those of Sephardic, or Middle Eastern, descent, a nickname symbolized entry into the old boys club of the Ashkenazi, or European, elite. For others, a colorful moniker _ particularly one earned in the military _ becomes a powerful brand in and of itself.
For instance, former military chief Rafael Eitan was known as "Raful" and a high-profile social integration program bore that name.
Most Israelis didn't even know the first name of general turned politician, former Tel Aviv Mayor Shlomo Lahat. He was called "Cheech" and a beachside promenade is named after him. Another ex-general, the assassinated ultranationalist Cabinet minister Rehavam Zeevi, was called "Gandhi" because of his physical (certainly not ideological) resemblance to the Indian pacifist.
Ariel Sharon, whose battlefield victories set the stage for a successful political career, was known as "Arik." The nickname gave him an approachable, no-nonsense image all the way to the prime minister's office.
"For Israelis, it's a lot easier to admire Arik' than
Ariel,'" said Ruvik Rosenthal, who writes a weekly language column in the Maariv daily. "`Arik' is a hero."
Rosenthal, whose own first name is a slangy version of the biblical name Reuven, said nearly every male name had a shortened version. Yiddish, with its endearing suffixes, can turn any Tzvi into Tzvika and any Motti into Motteleh. He said the informality of modern Hebrew was even found in the way people pronounce names, putting the emphasis on the first syllable rather than the last as formal Hebrew would have it.
"It erases the formality of the name," said Rosenthal. "We are still a tribal society and even though we are divided into many homes everyone feels like they are in the same tribe and the nicknames reflect that."
Not everyone is in on the name game. With military lingo such a defining factor, women and new immigrants are often left out of the fun _ sometimes intentionally.
Years ago, when former Prime Minister Ehud Barak got into a spat with Tzipi Livni, the current justice minister, he pointedly chose to refer to her by her full name _ Zipora.
Herzog said that in his official capacities he tries to avoid using his "childish" name and his recent campaign to become head of Labor did not include it in his ads. But he says he doesn't correct others when they refer to him as "Bougie" and has learned to live peacefully with the moniker and what it says about his country.
"There is no distance in Israel and I like that," he said. "Once you have a nickname that sticks you can't control it. There is nothing you can do about it."
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According to this article on StitchKingdom.com, the LEGO Super Heroes line will not only include the previously announced DC Comics license, but will also include Marvel Comics as well.
The first buildable characters in the LEGO SUPER HEROES collection are highlighted by Captain America, The Hulk and Iron Man. Select figures will be unveiled in the LEGO booth (#2829) during Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center July 21-24.
My mind is officially blown.
FBTB will be there tonight snapping up as many pics as humanly possible. Keep your browsers dialed in right here for our complete coverage.
Thanks to Scott C. for the tip!


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Research suggests Canadian oil is among the world's most carbon-heavy, but Canada's industry also has rules that if adopted worldwide could make a big dent in global greenhouse gas emissions.
Joule Bergerson of the University of Calgary said emissions from oil production could be cut by almost a quarter if oil-producing countries adopted regulations similar to Canada's that limit the amount of gas flared or vented into the air.
"It could make quite a bit of difference," said Bergerson, a co-author of a paper funded by Canada's Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and published in the journal Science.
Bergerson and her colleagues from Stanford University in California analyzed how much carbon was contained in oil from nearly 9,000 oilfields in 90 countries, representing about 98 per cent of global production. Using data from satellites, industry, government and previous research, they also estimated how much methane and other greenhouse gases were released along with the oil.
They added the two sources of climate-changing emissions together and calculated how much of them were released per barrel of oil. That calculation showed Canada's oilpatch was the fourth most carbon-intensive on the planet behind Algeria, Venezuela and Cameroon.
RELATED: Natural Resources committee meets to talk about pipeline decision
Canada's rating was nearly twice the global average.
"We've known that for quite some time, that it's a more difficult resource to get out of the ground," Bergerson said. "That results in additional greenhouse gas emissions."
What was surprising was the difference that flaring and venting made to carbon emissions. The paper concludes that about half of the highest-carbon oil comes from fields with high rates of flaring and venting.
Gas releases are why Algeria and Cameroon are more carbon-intensive than Canada, said Bergerson.
Gas flaring increased steadily between 2010 and 2016, the paper says. That includes countries such as the United States, where flaring has nearly quadrupled.
Those increases could be stopped if everyone took a more Canadian approach, which Bergerson described as world-leading.
The paper points out that in Canadian offshore fields, production restrictions are imposed if flaring is excessive.
In Alberta, flaring fell nearly two-thirds between 1996 and 2014.
The paper concludes that if minimal flaring standards were imposed worldwide, the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from producing the average barrel of oil would fall by 23 per cent.
Duncan Kenyon of the energy think tank Pembina Institute agreed flaring in Canada's oilpatch is well-regulated.
"If we were to take Canadian regulations and applied them globally we'd be way better off," Kenyon said.
RELATED: B.C. natural-gas pipeline challenger says he's received threats
But he pointed out several recent studies that have measured emissions in Canadian oil facilities have found much higher readings than industry estimates.
"We severely under-report our methane emissions," he said. "We're having a serious compliance and enforcement issue."
Kenyon said under-reporting is common around the world.
While most carbon from fossil fuels is released when they are burned, cutting releases from production also matters, Bergerson said.
"This is the evolution, to adopt much more stringent regulations."
The Canadian Press


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Want to know how women politicians accessorize? How many calories they consume? Us neither. And yet that's exactly the kind of hard-hitting journalism we've been seeing from major news outlets this month.
A few weeks ago, Washington Post reporter Natalie Jennings hit us with the investigative scoop, "Michelle Obama Orders 1,700-calorie meal at Shake Shack":
A Washington Post journalist on the scene confirmed the first lady, who's made a cause out of child nutrition, ordered a ShackBurger, fries, chocolate shake and a Diet Coke…
Because women who support keeping kids active and serving actual food in our school cafeteria's should never, as a matter of principle, enjoy the occasional milkshake. But just in case there was any cry of journalistic malfeasance here, the dutiful reporter adhered to reportorial standards:
Update: We made a mistake in our original calculations. The calorie-count for the first lady's order was actually 1,700, not the 1,556 we originally reported. Our apologies.
Apology not accepted, Washington Post.
Unfortunately, Jennings' article was just one of a slew of really irrelevant stories about prominent women.
In "Rebekah Brooks Distracting 'Do," The Daily Beast last Wednesday criticized former News Corps CEO Rebekah Brooks for her "wild mane of wavy auburn hair." Writer Robin Givhan claims Brooks' unruly hair may have sent the wrong message to juries. (Read feminist critiques of the piece at Jezebel and Slate). Givhan spends over 800 words speculating about just what kind of message Brooks was trying to send with such a bold hairstyle:
One could argue that it's to Brooks' credit that she refrained from dramatically altering her signature look. … Her appearance suggested she was ultimately more concerned with catering to her ego than in convincing anyone of her innocence.
One option Givhan fails to consider is that perhaps Brooks wasn't trying to send a message. Perhaps she was more concerned with being questioned before parliament over the biggest media scandal in recent history than with what to do with her hair that morning.
While we might expect celebrity stalker blogs to update us on what Hillary Clinton's been eating, it's upsetting that media outlets as big as the Post or the Beast are giving us similarly useless non-news. Especially when it is women who get media coverage of what they eat and wear, rather than they're actually doing.
Ms. readers–what other ridiculous non-stories about women have you seen?
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Whether you're inland or on the coast, in the city or the country, Danielle Wright discovers there are spring flowers in bloom all around us.
Every season has its charms, but spring is perhaps the most beautiful when it comes to flowers. It gives us the perfect excuse to slow down and appreciate them because, as Hans Christian Andersen once wrote, "Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower". Here's where to view the most beautiful blossoms this spring:
Into the wild
Wildflowers are not found in the same numbers on the side of motorways, but there are a few places where you can still spot them. Waikumete Cemetery on Great North Rd in Glen Eden has one of the best collections of wildflowers of South African origin in New Zealand (gates open at 7.30am).
The Waipu Coastal Trail also offers a variety of wildflowers to walk through on your way past the beautiful shoreline.
Further afield, stroll through Rotorua's Government Gardens and Kuirau Park for spring blooms such as pansies, polyanthus, primula, myosotis and antirrhinum. Around 40,000 tulips are planted through Rotorua's CBD, and they're at their peak now.
Northland's Waitangi Treaty Grounds' heritage gardens, surrounding one of New Zealand's oldest and most visited historic homes, are particularly stunning in spring.
The Kerikeri Basin has English gardens with blossoming fruit trees that were planted in the mid- to late-1800s, right outside the Stone Store and Kemp House. The oldest pear tree is planted just across the road next to the car park at The Pear Tree Restaurant and Bar.
A well-kept local secret, Rolands Wood, is a little piece of English woodland only a few minutes' drive from the Kerikeri CBD, bequeathed to the community by Roland Sanson, who wanted to create a woodland with bluebells and daffodils under the trees, just as he'd seen on visits to England.
A walk in the park
Public gardens all have spring flowers in bloom. Try the Auckland Botanic Gardens in Manurewa for forsythia, viburnum and rhododendrons, plus late-flowering magnolias. They have a Spring Blossom Valley where you can see many different flowering plants and listen to tui enjoying the blossoms. An African garden features watsonia, protea and leucadendron. Free entry and open daily.
Cornwall Park is renowned for its cherry blossoms, producing a beautiful display of flowers for a month in spring. The trees are just starting to blossom and are located near the main car park, off Pohutakawa Drive. Today is Cherry Blossom Sunday at Cornwall Park, when families are encouraged to pack a picnic and enjoy entertainment, including music, face-painting, fairies and elves from 1pm-3pm. A Japanese cultural day, Sakura Matsuri, will take place in the park next Sunday, October 14, from 10am-3pm.
For a clash of colour just 10 minutes from the CBD, Eden Garden is open every day except Christmas from 9am-4.30pm. Eden Garden manager Karen Lowther says irises, bluebells, rhododendrons, clivia and magnolias are currently in bloom. "Some of the magnolias are around 30 years old," says Karen. "We have just about every variety: white, pink, cerise, even a dark, blood-red variety called genie."
Further afield, Hamilton Gardens has internationally themed gardens such as the Italian Renaissance Garden, English Flower Garden, Chinese Scholars Garden, Japanese Garden of Contemplation, American Modernist Garden and Indian Char Bagh Garden.
Private gardens
Woodbridge Gardens in Coatesville, open by appointment, is the brainchild of Christine and Tony Peek.
"It's lovely at the moment," says Christine. "All the trees have new leaves, wisterias are flowering, a bluebell wood is in its prime, magnolias are flowering and we have a display of pink Malus floribunda trees (crabapples), as well as ducklings on the pond and lambs frolicking around in our adjacent paddocks." Christine admits her favourite seasons are spring and autumn.
There are also blossom trees in bright pink and white, as well as bluebells underneath silver birch trees.
"It's a passion," says Christine. "I absolutely love plants and gardens, they keep me young. I'm 70, but feel 40. Everyone needs a passion in life."
Ayrlies Garden in Whitford, the fruition of five decades of hard work, is also highly recommended. Beverley McConnell was inspired by her father's inscription in a gardening book, a Rudyard Kipling quote that read: "Gardens are not made by saying 'Oh how beautiful' and sitting in the shade". She created a slice of paradise now commemorated in its own book, simply called Ayrlies.
Ayrlies is open throughout the year, during the week by appointment, to people aged over 12.
In Te Awamutu, take a tour of Alphra Lavenders' farm, where you can see the plants in full bloom from early next month to the end of January. You can also learn about the range of products made from lavender, including oil, water and soap.
Sarnia Park in Cambridge has cherry trees lining both sides of a Cherry Blossom lawn, at their best now. Tulips in their rose garden are also due to flower this month.
To find more gardens in your area, visit the New Zealand Gardens Trust, Friars' Gardens of New Zealand or Gardens to Visit.
Seasonal blooms
"Mid-spring sees delphiniums, poppies and viburnum snowballs available and all are gorgeous in their own right," says Sarah Scott, owner of Wallflower Boutique Florist. "Poppies tend to come in bunches of mixed colours. They don't need much arranging, just pop them into a vintage jar or small vase, sit back and watch them open up with their lovely crushed-look petals that look a bit like ballerina skirts."
Her advice for spring blossom branches is to put them inside a tall vase so they don't drop their petals.
Late spring arrives next month and heralds the start of the much-anticipated peony season. Scott recommends putting these romantic blooms in shabby chic teacups or modern glass jugs. The colours range from bridal white through to deep creams, as well as a range of pinks, corals and deep red.
If all this is making you want to become better-acquainted with flowers, try some of the flower arranging courses around town. Vida Flores in Newmarket runs hobby classes on Tuesdays from 6pm-8pm or Thursdays from 10am-12pm. Most classes are $125 and range from hand-tied bouquets to table centrepieces. On November 8 there's a class with a Christmas theme to teach how to decorate with flowers for the summer festive season. There's also a one-on-one class ($250). A flower market held here on Wednesdays will inspire further.
Further information
The book Wildflowers of New Zealand by Rob Suisted (New Holland, RRP $19.99) is a good companion to your flower-spotting. It is sectioned into Coasts, Open Country, Wetlands, Forests and Alpine Zones so you can enjoy the flowers of New Zealand wherever you may be. We have 5 copies to give away. To enter the draw, visit winwithheraldonsunday.co.nz and enter the keyword "WILDFLOWERS" along with your details. Entries close at 11.59pm on Wednesday October 10.


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Raise your hand if you knew that Obsidian Entertainment was working on another game? Call me clueless but I, for one, was surprised. The last Obsidian game I played was Knight of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, which was all right, not great. Anyway, the developer down in Santa Ana is now working on Alpha Protocol and we just got over a couple of screen shots of its spy game.
Overall, the concept sounds interesting with a little Bioware-ish touch. Players take on the role of CIA field agent Michael Thornton in this role-playing game. He'll get to use spy gadgets and have different responses when dealing with people. It certainly looks promising. I don't think I've ever played a spy RPG. Most of the time they're usually fantasy fare.
Looking Commander Sheparrd right there.
Stranger in the Night?
Kinda reminds me of Assassin's Creed here
Looks almost like Jason Bourne here.


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Vacancies at Singapore's gleaming office towers are nearing their highest level in almost a decade, with construction of the city-state's tallest building – GuocoLand Ltd's 64-floor block in the financial district – wrapping up just as the economy slows.
Singapore's export-oriented economy has been hit by the slowdown in China and beyond, which has also put pressure on key sectors such as marine oil and gas, commodity trading and banks. Last year, the economy grew at just 2%, its slowest pace since 2009.
A January review by real estate services firm JLL of major foreign international banks in the financial district showed half had either reduced the size of their office space over the past year and a half, or had to contend with extra space.
Analysts predict vacancy rates will continue to rise this year, with JLL estimating prime office rents to fall between 10% and 20% after dropping 15% last year in a city that is ranked the eleventh most expensive in the world to rent top quality offices.
Nicholas Mak, executive director at SLP International Property Consultants, said many of the buildings that are now ready for occupancy were planned about five years ago, towards the end of the global financial crisis.
"Many people thought that this is the new boom, let's try to capitalise on it. Nobody expected the party to end by end of 2015," he said, adding that office vacancy rates could hit 13.5%, a level not seen since 2005.
Broader cost-cutting at banks due to the slowdown in the global economy is likely to have an impact on vacancies as financial institutions are key tenants for prime commercial space in Singapore.
Barclays will cut about 1,000 jobs in investment banking worldwide and close its cash equities business in Asia, an internal memo seen by Reuters showed.
Societe Generale gave up two floors in an office tower after selling its private banking activities in Asia to DBS Group Holdings in end-2014. It added three-quarters of a floor to existing space in another building.
Mak said vacancy rates could improve by the end of next year if the economy picks up and as demand catches up with the supply, easing the glut.
In the meantime, office landlord are limiting the number of leases that will expire over the next couple of years as well as diversifying their tenants to cope with the glut.
"This will be a short-term blip," Lynette Leong, chief executive of CapitaLand Commercial Trust, said in January.
Banking, insurance and financial services represented 33% of CapitaLand Commercial Trust's tenant mix at end-2015, compared with 38% five years ago, its results show.


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The ALA Library has been on the web as long as the ALA has had a web presence. Most of our pages are the ALA Library Fact Sheets, a set of pages which began as easily faxed or mailed out answers to our most frequently answered questions, or short finding aids to help librarians and others begin investigation of a particular topic. We also have the general FAQ.
But there was no good place to weave together the rich resources already on the ALA website--and elsewhere--or to share the results of the research we do on a portion of the 700-800 reference questions we answer each month. So, as we prepared the answer to the first "AskTheLibrarian" question in AL Direct on November 8, 2006, we launched this wiki.
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Coll Kirk Session Minutes, 1733-1813, GB 234, CH2/70/1; National Archives of Scotland
7 June 1734
John McLachlan vc Ian vc Dhoil being asked if he would own the Child fathered upon him by Margaret McNeil vc Dhoil said he would not and said he was ready to depose that he had no guilt with her. But it being suggested by some of the members of session that Mary McEachan vcLachlan Ian was present to them lying in bed together and the young woman being put upon oath declared that this young man & the said Margaret and herself being Lodged in a ____ hutt She went to bed befor any of them. Soon thereafter this young man went to bed. And that some time after the Sd Margaret went to bed but she could not observe her lying with the Said John. Meanwhile the young man owns that he lay with this Margaret once & again for want of bedcloaths but Disowns guilt with her.
Angus McRory mhoir being required to declare what he heard this Margaret say in relation to this affair says that upon John McLachlan's Challenging the Said Margaret for fathering her Child upon him, She said that he needed not think shame of owning her Child and that if he would own the Child she would give him no more Trouble.
However on any occasion one Nick Corair spouse to John McWilliam vc Rory having declared upon oath befor the Session that Early in the morning she Surprized the Sd John & Sd Margaret in bed together Stript to their Shirt No soul being in the Hutt but them. The Sd John confessed his guilt & owned the Child And Hector McLeane of Knock becoming baill for the Sd John's submitting to discipline & paying fines and Lachlan McLeane of Toraston becoming baill for Sd Margaret submitting to censure & paying her fine The Child was Baptized.
"Fathered upon him" is an interesting turn of phrase, resonating in our liberated century as a moral judgment pre-weighted against the woman. What, I wonder, is the difference between submitting to discipline and submitting to censure? If there is a difference? At least the elders used the word "guilt" instead of "criminal connection" which appears at times.
Since the parish register does not begin until 1776, there is no way to confirm the name of the child or potential marriage(s) of the two parties. Notice that no place names (residence) are mentioned. A fast sweep of the 1776 Coll List of Inhabitants—in an admittedly forlorn hope—I thought I might catch a John McLachlan with or without a wife Margaret McNeil. If they were in their teens or twenties at the time of their indiscretion, they could be well-worn into their fifties or sixties by 1776. They might be widowed, or living in the home of a child with a different surname.
The lone John McLachlane of the List
This general situation illustrates how we can't under-estimate the value of the Highland oral tradition of genealogical recitation ... if indeed we are lucky enough to discover such.


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Honey Bunches of Oats launches 'Positive Mix' campaign
NEW YORK — Honey Bunches of Oats has launched a national campaign that "aligns the brand's spirit of positivity with the uplifting power of music."
The multiplatform "Positive Mix" campaign includes exclusive category integration in the 2012 Latin Grammy Street Parties, now celebrating its 10th year. The six-city cross-country festival will lead up to the Annual Latin Grammy Awards telecast on Nov. 15 in Las Vegas. The festival kicked off Sept. 30 in Chicago, where Honey Bunches of Oats interacted with consumers. The festival continues to the top Hispanic communities across the country making stops in Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Jose, Calif., and finishing the celebration in Miami on Nov. 4.
"Music has been key for Honey Bunches of Oats to successfully form an emotional connection with our Latina consumer and ignite her 'chispa' or 'spark.' The perfect evolution to our marketing plans recently has been our strategic partnership with Prince Royce and our sponsorship of the Latin Grammy Street Parties, leading to the biggest night in Latin music — the Latin Grammy Awards. We strongly believe this program is the ideal forum for Honey Bunches of Oats to further connect with our consumers in a relevant and exciting way during a very busy pop culture time period of the year," said Mike Foley, brand manager for U.S. Hispanic and export at Post Foods.


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Whether indulging on a selection of small bites or sampling some of Arizona's finest wines, giving back has never tasted so good. As the weather cools, delicious giving opportunities designed to benefit some of the Valley's most impacting nonprofit organizations will be hot, hot, hot!
With so many great, upcoming fall events, we had to narrow it down. Here's some of the tastiest bites:
Taste, sip and socialize with Arizona's best chefs and restaurateurs for the 8th annual Phoenix Cooks celebration at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa. This special event, taking place all day on September 1, 2012, will include everything from chef demonstrations and cooking classes to raffles and celebrity cooking challenges, with all proceeds benefiting the Phoenix Children's Hospital. Not hungry? Take a sip from 30 wine sampling booths, or try some beer from the Alaskan Brewing Company. A best bet for fun — my personal cooking workshop at 2 p.m., which will focus on simple sushi recipes you can make at home. You can purchase your tickets here.
A Bite for Breasts
It is the pinkest party Scottsdale has ever seen! On Wednesday, September 12, Sapporo is pleased to be partnering with Belvedere Vodka to host the first-ever Breast of Scottsdale, benefiting the Arizona Institute for Breast Health (AIBH). During this special event, the community is invited to dress in their pink best and sip and sample sumptuous pink-themed food and drink menu items while enjoying great music, interactive photography and other surprises. A portion of the proceeds from these items, which will be officially available throughout October at Sapporo Scottsdale, will benefit Arizona Institute for Breast Health and its critical mission to offer Arizona women diagnosed with breast cancer a second opinion on their treatment options, completely free of charge. All proceeds from this event will benefit the organization's Pink Light District. Pink attire is requested, and there will be prizes for the most fabulous, creative and innovative pink fashions of the night. The cost to attend is a $25 donation to the organization, which can be made by visiting AIBH's website.
A Bite for Pat
On Friday, November 9, we at Sapporo are so proud to sponsor the Weekend Jetaway! This event, focused on raising funds for the Pat Tillman Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, respectively, will feature live music, culinary creations from leading Valley chefs (ahem!), cocktails and casino games in a private jet hangar within the Scottsdale Airpark.
In addition to sampling special treats from our and other leading chef's fall menus, during the event guests will have the chance to win several fabulous prizes, including the grand prize — a luxurious all-inclusive, first-class trip on a private jet.
"It is through the generosity of our donors that we are able to directly impact the lives of Tillman Military Scholars by providing the financial and educational resources needed to prevent undeserved debt, increase economic stability and establish a foundation for greater career opportunities," said Marie Tillman.
To purchase tickets, please visit the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale's website.


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I'm trying to install the flashybrid
but when I enter the apt-get install flashybrid
command, I get this error:
root@user-desktop:/home/user# apt-get install flashybrid
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
flashybrid is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
Setting up flashybrid (0.15+nmu2) ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing flashybrid (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I also tried this one to find what is already using that file:
root@user-desktop:/home/user# lsof | grep /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/user/.gvfs
Output information may be incomplete.
dpkg-prec 4672 root 4rW REG 8,6 39658 1697827 /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
But I don't know how to fix this.