Tag Archives: php

Building Joomla 1.0.x component

July 5, 2008 – 2:37 pm

There are a few resources making the Joomla source code easier to browse…
Joomla-Tipps produced using Doxygen, includes reference graphs. Which were particularly useful in working out where I should be looking for this save action! Unfortunately the notes are in German… but the Joomla source comments are still in English…
Digression: Do people think that language […]

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Getting a dev environment running quickly

April 16, 2008 – 10:59 am

It can be a real pain getting everything together, especially when upgrading software, or moving around. Today I am faced with this problem. My old development environment is dead; I have one day to get a new environment running and do some useful work. I’d also like to catch up with a friend for coffee, […]

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Top commentators

March 21, 2008 – 12:05 am

As you can see - presuming it still exists when you visit - I am displaying the top commentators. This Wordpress plugin is supplied by Nate Sanden and includes modifications to provide a widget by Karol Krizka.
I have edited the widget to fit the template styles; and I have removed an extra function that looks […]

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Building an interactive website using CakePHP - Part 1

February 19, 2008 – 12:00 pm

Step 0:
For starters, I am following the example - building a blog using CakePHP in the CakePHP Manual. From there I’ll make it do what I want, but I’ll also want to add other functionality. That will likely take a while, so you’ll have to wait. Part 1 covers the development done on day […]

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Social butterflies part 2

February 13, 2008 – 9:49 pm

In my earlier blog post Social butterflies, I had difficulty getting the sociable plugin. I’m not sure why the site wouldn’t load then, as it happily loads now. Anyhow, I’ve activated the sociable plugin, instead of my own.. with a couple of changes, and it is very easy to add new social bookmarks to the […]

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