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Customising Joomla
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Monday, 20th November 06
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My first task is to investigate how we can create a single consistent look & feel for the admin GUI. I'll need to get a good understanding of how the admin GUI works and is organised.
When the admin first logs in, you have a grid of square buttons on the left, and some stats on the right. The page shows as index2.php in the address bar.
index2.php has the following ... ... |
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The following list details the PHP string functions which could cause problems when handling multi-byte strings. The multi-byte safe alternative is given when available:
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Development Resource Project
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Thursday, 22nd February 07
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The aim is to provide a resource where developers can go in order to get code for a specific task.
Objectives
- To reduce time from design to deployment
- to help maintain code quality
- to reduce need for maintanence and support
- to help ensure code meets specific requirements (including FF support, security, performance)
- to facilitate group ... ...
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Using an Older Stabler Ubuntu
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Monday, 10th November 08
Rich |
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The Ubuntu Hardy release saw the introduction of PulseAudio as the system's central audio daemon. Hitching a ride along with this were a host of general stability issues for many particular hardware setups. My system became a disaster overnight - Flash would routinely crash the browser, Wine had real problems using sound, and there were many other sound-related issues.
After waiting ... ... |
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The pspell_* functions are a very useful feature of PHP, allowing you to scan text and highlight words which are potentially misspelt. Pspell implements the open source aspell spell-checking routines in PHP.
Basic UsageBefore using the functions, you need to open up the dictionary you're going to use by calling the pspell_new() function, specifying at least the ... ... |
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[h2]Compiling from .tar.gz[/h2]
The archive contains the source code files and supporting resources (bitmaps etc). So we'll need to compile this to make our executable program.
First extract the archive somewhere. I use a subdirectory off my home called src:
cd ~/src
tar -zxvf ~/download/newapp.tar.gz
If the archive is compressed with bzip (extension is .bz2), ... ... |
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The MDSN samples include a C++ project for building a ISAPI DLL which performs authentication for ... ... |
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The main problem this car has suffered since I bought it has been its poor idle. For the first six ... ... |
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PHP Snippets
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2 Aug 08
Rich |
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[h3]Random Password Generator[/h3]
Several times I've come across some rather long-winded ... ... |
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AMD 64 Build
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24 Sep 06
Rich |
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The AMD 64 comes in two primary types, the standard AMD 64, and the AMD 64 FX. The former uses a ... ... |
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Right, so now I've checked everything is set up correctly, I've decided to take a look at the ... ... |
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Editing a book about creating VPNs on Linux with IPsec. 200-300 pages long, which works out at about £450. |
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The example I'd like to look at next is the ArticulatedDemo. It does a whole load of things, ... ... |
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This little program allows you to create IFS models suitable for use in G3D programs. An IFS model ... ... |
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CD or not CD
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21 Nov 05
Rich |
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So my new DVD burner should arrive today. I hope I'll finally be able to just put a DVD in and play ... ... |
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First 3D Game
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31 Dec 05
Rich |
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I now feel I'm ready to have a go at creating my first simple OpenGL game. It's going to be pretty ... ... |
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The G3D Library
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18 Dec 05
Rich |
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G3D is an open source graphics engine that can be used from VC++ 7. This means G3D projects can be ... ... |
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