<?php
/**
* @package WordPress_Facts
* @version 1.0
*/
/*
Plugin Name: Facts about WordPress
Plugin URI: http://anirudhspider.wordpress.com/wordpressfacts
Description: This is a plugin which you can use to display random wordpress facts in your admin panel.
Version: 1.0
Author: Anirudh S
Author URI: http://anirudh24seven.wordpress.com
License: GPL2
*/
/*  Copyright 2011  Anirudh S  (email : anirudh24seven@gmail.com)

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as
published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/

function random_fact_line() {
/** These are the random facts */
$line = “WordPress is an open source Content Management System.
Wordpress is powered by PHP and MySQL.
Wordpress was first released on May 27, 2003, by Matt Mullenweg.
Native WordPress applications exist for Android, iPhone/iPod Touch, iPad, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry.
In 2009 WordPress won the best Open Source CMS Award.
Wordpress version 1.2 was codenamed Mingus and was released on 22 May 2004.
Wordpress version 1.5 was codenamed Strayhorn and was released on 17 February 2005.
Wordpress version 2.0 was codenamed Duke and was released on 31 December 2005.
Wordpress version 2.1 was codenamed Ella and was released on 22 January 2007.
Wordpress version 2.2 was codenamed Getz and was released on 16 May 2007.
Wordpress version 2.3 was codenamed Dexter and was released on 24 September 2007.
Wordpress version 2.5 was codenamed Brecker and was released on 29 March 2008.
Wordpress version 2.6 was codenamed Tyner and was released on 15 July 2008.
Wordpress version 2.7 was codenamed Coltrane and was released on 11 December 2008.
Wordpress version 2.8 was codenamed Baker and was released on 10 June 2009.
Wordpress version 2.9 was codenamed Carmen and was released on 19 December 2009.
Wordpress version 3.0 was codenamed Thelonius and was released on 17 June 2010.
Wordpress version 3.1 was codenamed Reinhardt and was released on 23 February 2011.”;

// Here I split the $line query into separate lines based on the newline character (\n)
$line = explode( “\n”, $line );

// From the lines that have been generated, I generate a random line out of them for Random Facts
return wptexturize( $line[ mt_rand( 0, count( $line ) - 1 ) ] );
}

// This just echoes the chosen line, we’ll position it later
function random_fact() {
$chosen = random_fact_line();
echo “<p id=’fact’><b>Random Fact:</b> $chosen</p>”;
}

// Now we set that function up to execute when the admin_notices action is called
add_action( ‘admin_notices’, ‘random_fact’ );

// We need some CSS to position the paragraph
function fact_css() {
// If this is not present, the fact would not be at the top right, but at the top left. From Hello Dolly plugin documentation- “This makes sure that the positioning is also good for right-to-left languages”

$x = is_rtl() ? ‘left’ : ‘right’;

echo “
<style type=’text/css’>
#fact {
float: $x;
padding-$x: 15px;
padding-top: 5px;
margin: 0;
font-size: 11px;
}
</style>
“;
}

add_action( ‘admin_head’, ‘fact_css’ );

?>