/**
* Note: This file may contain artifacts of previous malicious infection.
* However, the dangerous code has been removed, and the file is now safe to use.
*/

/**
 * @file
 * Pathologic text filter for Drupal.
 *
 * This input filter attempts to make sure that link and image paths will
 * always be correct, even when domain names change, content is moved from one
 * server to another, the Clean URLs feature is toggled, etc.
 */

/**
 * Implements hook_filter_info().
 */
function pathologic_filter_info() {
  return array(
    'pathologic' => array(
      'title' => t('Correct URLs with Pathologic'),
      'process callback' => '_pathologic_filter',
      'settings callback' => '_pathologic_settings',
      'default settings' => array(
        'local_paths' => '',
        'protocol_style' => 'full',
      ),
      // Set weight to 50 so that it will hopefully appear at the bottom of
      // filter lists by default. 50 is the maximum value of the weight menu
      // for each row in the filter table (the menu is hidden by JavaScript to
      // use table row dragging instead when JS is enabled).
      'weight' => 50,
    )
  );
}

/**
 * Settings callback for Pathologic.
 */
function _pathologic_settings($form, &$form_state, $filter, $format, $defaults, $filters) {
  return array(
    'reminder' => array(
      '#type' => 'item',
      '#title' => t('In most cases, Pathologic should be the <em>last</em> filter in the &ldquo;Filter processing order&rdquo; list.'),
      '#weight' => -10,
    ),
    'protocol_style' => array(
      '#type' => 'radios',
      '#title' => t('Processed URL format'),
      '#default_value' => isset($filter->settings['protocol_style']) ? $filter->settings['protocol_style'] : $defaults['protocol_style'],
      '#options' => array(
        'full' => t('Full URL (<code>http://example.com/foo/bar</code>)'),
        'proto-rel' => t('Protocol relative URL (<code>//example.com/foo/bar</code>)'),
        'path' => t('Path relative to server root (<code>/foo/bar</code>)'),
      ),
      '#description' => t('The <em>Full URL</em> option is best for stopping broken images and links in syndicated content (such as in RSS feeds), but will likely lead to problems if your site is accessible by both HTTP and HTTPS. Paths output with the <em>Protocol relative URL</em> option will avoid such problems, but feed readers and other software not using up-to-date standards may be confused by the paths. The <em>Path relative to server root</em> option will avoid problems with sites accessible by both HTTP and HTTPS with no compatibility concerns, but will absolutely not fix broken images and links in syndicated content.'),
      '#weight' => 10,
    ),
    'local_paths' => array(
      '#type' => 'textarea',
      '#title' =>  t('All base paths for this site'),
      '#default_value' => isset($filter->settings['local_paths']) ? $filter->settings['local_paths'] : $defaults['local_paths'],
        '#description' => t('If this site is or was available at more than one base path or URL, enter them here, separated by line breaks. For example, if this site is live at <code>http://example.com/</code> but has a staging version at <code>http://dev.example.org/staging/</code>, you would enter both those URLs here. If confused, please read <a href="!docs">Pathologic&rsquo;s documentation</a> for more information about this option and what it affects.', array('!docs' => 'http://drupal.org/node/257026')),
      '#weight' => 20,
    ),
  );
}

/**
 * Pathologic filter callback.
 *
 * Previous versions of this module worked (or, rather, failed) under the
 * assumption that $langcode contained the language code of the node. Sadly,
 * this isn't the case.
 * @see http://drupal.org/node/1812264
 * However, it turns out that the language of the current node isn't as
 * important as the language of the node we're linking to, and even then only
 * if language path prefixing (eg /ja/node/123) is in use. REMEMBER THIS IN THE
 * FUTURE, ALBRIGHT.
 *
 * @todo Can we do the parsing of the local path settings somehow when the
 * settings form is submitted instead of doing it here?
 */
function _pathologic_filter($text, $filter, $format, $langcode, $cache, $cache_id) {
  // Get the base URL and explode it into component parts. We add these parts
  // to the exploded local paths settings later.
  global $base_url;
  $base_url_parts = parse_url($base_url . '/');
  // Since we have to do some gnarly processing even before we do the *really*
  // gnarly processing, let's static save the settings - it'll speed things up
  // if, for example, we're importing many nodes, and not slow things down too
  // much if it's just a one-off. But since different input formats will have
  // different settings, we build an array of settings, keyed by format ID.
  $settings = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__, array());
  if (!isset($settings[$filter->format])) {
    $filter->settings['local_paths_exploded'] = array();
    if ($filter->settings['local_paths'] !== '') {
      // Build an array of the exploded local paths for this format's settings.
      // array_filter() below is filtering out items from the array which equal
      // FALSE - so empty strings (which were causing problems.
      // @see http://drupal.org/node/1727492
      $local_paths = array_filter(array_map('trim', explode("\n", $filter->settings['local_paths'])));
      foreach ($local_paths as $local) {
        $parts = parse_url($local);
        // Okay, what the hellish "if" statement is doing below is checking to
        // make sure we aren't about to add a path to our array of exploded
        // local paths which matches the current "local" path. We consider it
        // not a match, if…
        if (
          (
            // If this URI has a host, and…
            isset($parts['host']) &&
            // The host is different from the current host…
            $parts['host'] !== $base_url_parts['host']
          ) ||
          // Or…
          (
            // The URI doesn't have a host…
            !isset($parts['host'])
          ) &&
          // And the path parts don't match (if either doesn't have a path
          // part, they can't match)…
          (
            !isset($parts['path']) ||
            !isset($base_url_parts['path']) ||
            $parts['path'] !== $base_url_parts['path']
          )
        ) {
          // Add it to the list.
          $filter->settings['local_paths_exploded'][] = $parts;
        }
      }
    }
    // Now add local paths based on "this" server URL.
    $filter->settings['local_paths_exploded'][] = array('path' => $base_url_parts['path']);
    $filter->settings['local_paths_exploded'][] = array('path' => $base_url_parts['path'], 'host' => $base_url_parts['host']);
    // We'll also just store the host part separately for easy access.
    $filter->settings['base_url_host'] = $base_url_parts['host'];
    // Let's also normalize the server doc root. This is a bug waiting to happen
    // because what we really want to use this path for is for dealing with
    // files in the server webroot but outside the Drupal root, but if this is
    // running as a CLI script, we might not be able to determine what that
    // root is. In that case, we'll use the Drupal root.
    // @see http://drupal.org/node/1780398
    $filter->settings['docroot'] = (drupal_is_cli() || !isset($_SERVER) || !isset($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']))
      ? DRUPAL_ROOT
      : $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];

    $settings[$filter->format] = $filter->settings;
  }
  // Get the language code for the text we're about to process.
  $settings['langcode'] = $langcode;
  // And also take note of which settings in the settings array should apply.
  $settings['current_settings'] = &$settings[$filter->format];

  // Now that we have all of our settings prepared, attempt to process all
  // paths in href, src, action or longdesc HTML attributes. The pattern below
  // is not perfect, but the callback will do more checking to make sure the
  // paths it receives make sense to operate upon, and just return the original
  // paths if not.
  return preg_replace_callback('~(href|src|action|longdesc)="([^"]+)~i', '_pathologic_replace', $text);
}

/**
 * Process and replace paths. preg_replace_callback() callback.
 */
function _pathologic_replace($matches) {
  // Get the settings for the filter. Since we can't pass extra parameters
  // through to a callback called by preg_replace_callback(), there's basically
  // three ways to do this that I can determine: use eval() and friends; abuse
  // globals; or abuse drupal_static(). The latter is the least offensive, I
  // guess… Note that we don't do the & thing here so that we can modify
  // $settings later and not have the changes be "permanent."
  $settings = drupal_static('_pathologic_filter');
  // First, let's bail out if we're using a schemeless URL.
  // @see http://drupal.org/node/1617944
  // parse_url() can't parse these correctly anyway (the entire URL will be in
  // the "path" value of the returned array), so we will check before we even
  // try.
  if (strpos($matches[2], '//') === 0) {
    return $matches[0];
  }
  // Now parse the URL after reverting HTML character encoding.
  // @see http://drupal.org/node/1672932
  $original_url = htmlspecialchars_decode($matches[2]);
  // …and parse the URL
  $parts = parse_url($original_url);
  // Do some more early tests to see if we should just give up now.
  if (
    // If parse_url() failed, give up.
    $parts === FALSE
    // If there's a scheme part and it doesn't look useful, bail out.
    // "files" and "internal" are for Path Filter compatibility.
    || (isset($parts['scheme']) && !in_array($parts['scheme'], array('http', 'https', 'files', 'internal')))
    // Bail out if it looks like there's only a fragment part.
    || (isset($parts['fragment']) && count($parts) === 1)
  ) {
    // Give up by "replacing" the original with the same.
    return $matches[0];
  }

  if (isset($parts['path'])) {
    // Undo possible URL encoding in the path.
    // @see http://drupal.org/node/1672932
    $parts['path'] = rawurldecode($parts['path']);
  }
  else {
    $parts['path'] = '';
  }

  // Check to see if we're dealing with a file. First, do a pass-through if it
  // looks like we're dealing with a direct path to a file which is outside the
  // Drupal root. Use realpath() and the server's (?) docroot to iron out
  // wrinkles to the file's actual path.
  // @see http://drupal.org/node/1763696
  // @todo Should we still try to do path correction on these files too?
  $filepath = realpath($settings['current_settings']['docroot'] . '/' . $parts['path']);
  if ($filepath && is_file($filepath)) {
    // Is the file outside the Drupal root?
    if (strpos($filepath, DRUPAL_ROOT) !== 0) {
      return $matches[0];
    }
    else {
      // Linking to a file inside the Drupal root. Okay.
      $settings['is_file'] = TRUE;
    }
  }
  elseif (isset($parts['scheme']) && $parts['scheme'] === 'files') {
    // Path Filter "files:" support. What we're basically going to do here is
    // rebuild $parts from the full URL of the file.
    $new_parts = parse_url(file_create_url(file_default_scheme() . '://' . $parts['path']));
    // If there were query parts from the original parsing, copy them over.
    if (!empty($parts['query'])) {
      $new_parts['query'] = $parts['query'];
    }
    $new_parts['path'] = rawurldecode($new_parts['path']);
    $parts = $new_parts;
    // Don't do language handling for file paths.
    $settings['is_file'] = TRUE;
  }
  else {
    $settings['is_file'] = FALSE;
  }

  // Let's also bail out of this doesn't look like a local path.
  $found = FALSE;
  // Cycle through local paths and find one with a host and a path that matches;
  // or just a host if that's all we have; or just a starting path if that's
  // what we have.
  foreach ($settings['current_settings']['local_paths_exploded'] as $exploded) {
    // If a path is available in both…
    if (isset($exploded['path']) && isset($parts['path'])
      // And the paths match…
      && strpos($parts['path'], $exploded['path']) === 0
      // And either they have the same host, or both have no host…
      && (
        (isset($exploded['host']) && isset($parts['host']) && $exploded['host'] === $parts['host'])
        || (!isset($exploded['host']) && !isset($parts['host']))
      )
    ) {
      // Remove the shared path from the path. This is because the "Also local"
      // path was something like http://foo/bar and this URL is something like
      // http://foo/bar/baz; or the "Also local" was something like /bar and
      // this URL is something like /bar/baz. And we only care about the /baz
      // part.
      $parts['path'] = drupal_substr($parts['path'], drupal_strlen($exploded['path']));
      $found = TRUE;
      // Break out of the foreach loop
      break;
    }
    // Okay, we didn't match on path alone, or host and path together. Can we
    // match on just host? Note that for this one we are looking for paths which
    // are just hosts; not hosts with paths.
    elseif ((isset($parts['host']) && !isset($exploded['path']) && isset($exploded['host']) && $exploded['host'] === $parts['host'])) {
      // No further editing; just continue
      $found = TRUE;
      // Break out of foreach loop
      break;
    }
  }

  // Okay, if here, we either found something, or we hit the end of the loop. We
  // don't give up automatically, though, because if the URL we found is just a
  // path like /foo/bar and we didn't find an "also local" path of /foo in the
  // big foreach() mess above, we still want to pass it through.
  if (!$found && !(isset($parts['path']) && !isset($parts['host']))) {
    return $matches[0];
  }

  // Examine the query part of the URL. Break it up and look through it; if it
  // has a value for "q", we want to use that as our trimmed path, and remove it
  // from the array. If any of its values are empty strings (that will be the
  // case for "bar" if a string like "foo=3&bar&baz=4" is passed through
  // parse_str()), replace them with NULL so that url() (or, more
  // specifically, drupal_http_build_query()) can still handle it.
  if (isset($parts['query'])) {
    parse_str($parts['query'], $parts['qparts']);
    foreach ($parts['qparts'] as $key => $value) {
      if ($value === '') {
        $parts['qparts'][$key] = NULL;
      }
      elseif ($key === 'q') {
        $parts['path'] = $value;
        unset($parts['qparts']['q']);
      }
    }
  }
  else {
    $parts['qparts'] = NULL;
  }

  // If we don't have a path yet, bail out.
  if (!isset($parts['path'])) {
    return $matches[0];
  }

  // Let's see if we can split off a language prefix from the path.
  if (!$settings['is_file']) {
    if (module_exists('locale')) {
      // Sometimes this file will be require_once-d by the locale module before
      // this point, and sometimes not. We require_once it ourselves to be sure.
      require_once DRUPAL_ROOT . '/includes/language.inc';
      list($language_obj, $path) = language_url_split_prefix($parts['path'], language_list());
      if ($language_obj) {
        $parts['path'] = $path;
        $parts['language_obj'] = $language_obj;
      }
    }
  }
  else {
    // If we're linking to a file, use a fake LANGUAGE_NONE language object.
    // Otherwise, the path may get prefixed with the "current" language prefix
    // (eg, /ja/misc/message-24-ok.png)
    $parts['language_obj'] = (object) array('language' => LANGUAGE_NONE, 'prefix' => '');
  }

  // Okay, format the URL.
  // If there's still a slash lingering at the start of the path, chop it off.
  // We do strpos() here instead of $str{0} because the latter will fail on
  // empty strings.
  if (strpos($parts['path'], '/') === 0) {
    $parts['path'] = substr($parts['path'], 1);
  }

  // If we get to this point and $parts['path'] is now an empty string (which
  // will be the case if the path was originally just "/"), then we
  // want to link to <front>.
  if ($parts['path'] === '') {
    $parts['path'] = '<front>';
  }
  // Build the parameters we will send to url()
  $url_params = array(
    'path' => $parts['path'],
    'options' => array(
      'query' => $parts['qparts'],
      'fragment' => isset($parts['fragment']) ? $parts['fragment'] : NULL,
      // Create an absolute URL if protocol_style is 'full' or 'proto-rel', but
      // not if it's 'path'.
      'absolute' => $settings['current_settings']['protocol_style'] !== 'path',
      // If we seem to have found a language for the path, pass it along to
      // url(). Otherwise, ignore the 'language' parameter.
      'language' => isset($parts['language_obj']) ? $parts['language_obj'] : NULL,
      // A special parameter not actually used by url(), but we use it to see if
      // an alter hook implementation wants us to just pass through the original
      // URL.
      'use_original' => FALSE,
    ),
  );

  // Add the original URL to the parts array
  $parts['original'] = $original_url;

  // Now alter!
  // @see http://drupal.org/node/1762022
  drupal_alter('pathologic', $url_params, $parts, $settings);

  // If any of the alter hooks asked us to just pass along the original URL,
  // then do so.
  if ($url_params['options']['use_original']) {
    return $matches[0];
  }

  // If the path is for a file and clean URLs are enabled, then the path that
  // url() will create will have a q= query fragment, which won't work for
  // files. To avoid that, we use this trick to temporarily turn clean URLs on.
  // This is horrible, but it seems to be the sanest way to do this.
  // @see http://drupal.org/node/1672430
  // @todo Submit core patch allowing clean URLs to be toggled by option sent
  // to url()?
  if (!empty($settings['is_file'])) {
    $settings['orig_clean_url'] = !empty($GLOBALS['conf']['clean_url']);
    if (!$settings['orig_clean_url']) {
      $GLOBALS['conf']['clean_url'] = TRUE;
    }
  }

  // Now for the url() call. Drumroll, please…
  $url = url($url_params['path'], $url_params['options']);

  // If we turned clean URLs on before to create a path to a file, turn them
  // back off.
  if ($settings['is_file'] && !$settings['orig_clean_url']) {
    $GLOBALS['conf']['clean_url'] = FALSE;
  }

  // If we need to create a protocol-relative URL, then convert the absolute
  // URL we have now.
  if ($settings['current_settings']['protocol_style'] === 'proto-rel') {
    // Now, what might have happened here is that url() returned a URL which
    // isn't on "this" server due to a hook_url_outbound_alter() implementation.
    // We don't want to convert the URL in that case. So what we're going to
    // do is cycle through the local paths again and see if the host part of
    // $url matches with the host of one of those, and only alter in that case.
    $url_parts = parse_url($url);
    if (!empty($url_parts['host']) && $url_parts['host'] === $settings['current_settings']['base_url_host']) {
      $url = _pathologic_url_to_protocol_relative($url);
    }
  }

  // Apply HTML character encoding, as is required for HTML attributes.
  // @see http://drupal.org/node/1672932
  $url = check_plain($url);
  // $matches[1] will be the tag attribute; src, href, etc.
  return "{$matches[1]}=\"{$url}";
}

/**
 * Convert a full URL with a protocol to a protocol-relative URL.
 *
 * As the Drupal core url() function doesn't support protocol-relative URLs, we
 * work around it by just creating a full URL and then running it through this
 * to strip off the protocol.
 *
 * Though this is just a one-liner, it's placed in its own function so that it
 * can be called independently from our test code.
 */
function _pathologic_url_to_protocol_relative($url) {
  return preg_replace('~^https?://~', '//', $url);
}
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You take a break from the sun and make your way up Bridge Street, the island's retail main street. You stroll past several stores that feature the expected beach tee shirts and souvenirs and then you come across… <strong>This hand-painted sign:</strong></p><p><strong><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/content/images/Bloggare/Bloggbilder/img_0227.jpg" style="float:left; height:227px; margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; width:170px" />OUR SHOP IS OPEN JUST FOR YOU!</strong><br />Curious? Hard to resist? Put a smile on your face? Perhaps you’ve learned something about who is inside before your hand even touches the doorknob?  </p><p>Business and retail basics insist that we get customers in the door any way that we can.  And, there are many ways to accomplish this – for example a large banner that says "50% Off Today!”  But let’s ask ourselves, “What are we really trying to accomplish as we get them in the door?  What is the REAL goal?”</p><p>The Connection Principle is about much more than moving someone from point A, to point B, to point C and making a sale. It's about getting them to come in, to get to know you, to remember you and yes, on some level to care about you. </p><p>Ultimately, it's about creating a connection.</p><p>Let’s head back to the beach to the “Open Just for You” sign. You are entering the front door of an art co-op, a place where local artists sell their art and hand made products featuring the beauty of the beach.  The store, called The Back Alley, bills itself as "wild treasures for funky souls."</p><p>I like art.  I like to think I am a funky soul. Even more, I like to think that I am special enough that someone is open "JUST for Me." To top it off, I can't resist a clever and nice moment that is directed right towards making me smile. Can you? </p><p>Let's go back to the 50% off banner. Yes, people will likely rush into that store; they may buy and they may even tell others about the great bargain that they discovered. But will they feel connected to the business? </p><p>The Connection Principle means going beyond product and price. It reminds us to include all the "P’s" of the marketing formula—Product, Price, Place, Promotion and People—and then add one more to that: Personality.</p><p>Personality—you might call it “Brand” —is the emotional component of your business. It's about a customer experience that creates a connection. It is a “game-changer” – it makes a huge difference.</p><p>My consulting brain tells me that a much larger percentage of people will walk in the door of The Back Alley shop because of the fun, hand-painted "Just for You" sign than if they had a typical “Open” or “Big Sale Today” sign. But more importantly, the people who do walk in will likely feel connected to the Back Alley artists. In fact, they probably feel connected before they even see the first product.  </p><p>The Connection Principle is based on long-term thinking; moving a business from short-term sales, to long-term sustainable success.  It’s based on the emotional connection, and we know that people are more likely to buy when they feel an emotional connection.  </p><p><u>But the goal is not just the sale.</u> The real goal of The Connection Principle is that moment when your customer "sells" you to someone else – known as “word of mouth” marketing.  When the customer shares their excitement, their surprise, their affection for your place, your product and you - there is no better marketing in the world!  It’s smart. It makes business easier. </p><p>It's surprising - no, I will say it's shocking—how many businesses still put most of their energy into looking for new business, while ignoring the opportunities to connect with the current customers and to reap the rewards. </p><p><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/content/images/Bloggare/Bloggbilder/img_0235.jpg" style="float:left; height:227px; margin-left:10px; margin-right:10px; width:170px" />So we need to ask ourselves, “Why would we settle for just a sale when we could be creating an entire team of customers who do the marketing for us?” </p><p>Creating connection requires some extra thought and strategic, focused effort. And most importantly, it requires three three key ingredients. You must: <br />1. Know who you are: Your BRAND <br />2. Know who they are: Your  CUSTOMERS <br />3. And add CONNECTION points throughout the business process</p><p>Yes, you have to know your Brand – what makes you different, and be willing to stand in your customer’s shoes and design the experience from their vantage point. </p><p>Simple, but profound. Simple, but smart. Simple because, the word of mouth marketing that it creates is the most powerful marketing that exists! Yet, “The Connection Principle” often loses out to fancier, high-tech and frankly, more expensive solutions that don't reap a long-term reward. I often wonder why so many businesses refuse to focus on building a connection. If I had a dollar for each time I have heard that “Connecting with the Customer” is a "fluffy” or a non-essential part of business, I could buy a castle in France. In fact, I smile each time I hear a hard-driving business leader who doesn't have time to invest in a few strategic ways to connect with the customer. Is it too simple to be taken seriously? The world-class success stories – from Disney, to NIKE to Singapore Airlines definitely know their Brand and they design every single aspect of their customer experience to create a solid connection to their customer.  They decide up front – what is it that we want them to walk away and say about us as they insist that others choose us too?</p><p>At the end of the day, it’s really about connecting to your customer and allowing them to connect others to you.  And that begins at your front door.</p><p>So now, let's return from the beach and consider this the perfect moment to stand in your customer's shoes. Step outside and look at your front door from another vantage point. If you were your customer at that first moment that they interact with you - do you sense the beginning of a connection?  Or just another place to shop?  Who knows, there may be a great opportunity waiting...just for you!<br /> </p></div></div></div></div><div class="panel-pane" >21 augusti 2014</div><div class="panel-pane social-links-pane" ><div class="row-wrapper social-media clearfix">
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