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10-30-2017, 12:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Wordpress blog - tracking build hours
I?m using Wordpress blogging software for my build log. Has anyone found a great way to track the hrs spent building other than having to manually add up hrs you?ve entered into blog posts?
I?m thinking a custom field can be used - but before I go digging, I wanted to see how others may be doing this.
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10-30-2017, 12:34 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: LSGY
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Do you really want to know?
I've used two different blogging packages for my build, and neither tracked hours. I'm on wordpress now, and it's ok. I usually make a note in a paper notebook about my time in the shop, but I forget to from time to time. My question is, do you really want to know how many hours you spent in the airplane factory? I have not added mine up, and I don't plan to!
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10-30-2017, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Omaha, NE (KMLE)
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I was doing just that. I had a custom field named Hours, and used PHP to total it up for display in a widget, as I recall. It worked pretty well.
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Omaha, NE
RV-12 # 222 N980KM "Screamin' Canary" (bought flying)
Fisher Celebrity (under construction)
Previous RV-7 project (sold)
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10-30-2017, 08:20 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaleB
I was doing just that. I had a custom field named Hours, and used PHP to total it up for display in a widget, as I recall. It worked pretty well.
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Glad to hear that helped you. I did see a facility for a custom field in Wordpress but haven't researched it yet. |
10-30-2017, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Southwest
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Hobbs meter
Best idea on this site was to use a old Hobbs meter on a light switch.
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WARNING! Information presented in this post is my opinion. All users of info have sole responsibility for determining accuracy or suitability for their use.
Dues paid 2020, worth every penny
RV9A- Status:
Tail 98% done
Wings 98% done
Fuselage Kit 98% done
Finishing Kit 35% canopy done for now
Electrical 5% in work
Firewall Forward 5% in work
www.pilotjohnsrv9.blogspot.com
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10-30-2017, 08:25 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Omaha, NE (KMLE)
Posts: 2,246
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Fairly easy to use. I used a PHP widget for the totals. For some reason that stopped working, but I sold the project shortly before it did so I never bothered to investigate. I'm building again, but not tracking hours this time.
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Omaha, NE
RV-12 # 222 N980KM "Screamin' Canary" (bought flying)
Fisher Celebrity (under construction)
Previous RV-7 project (sold)
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10-30-2017, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Brookshire, TX
Posts: 1,032
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I use a custom field, and way back when I did this I found someone who had put together a plugin for hour tallying, but it didn't quite work right, so I ended up having to hack it a bit. I think it worked OK for overall hour logging, but I wanted to also have hour totals per build phase (tail/wings/fuse/etc), and I believe that was the part I had to muck with a bit.
End result can be seen in the sidebar here: http://rv.squawk1200.net/
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-8 fuselage in progress (remember when I thought the wing kit had a lot of parts? HAHAHAHAHA)
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