This article and tutorial video takes on how to add custom PHP scripts (known as Snippets) to the MODx content management system. This covers MODx Evolution (version 1.0 and before), but many of these methods and principles are applicable to MODx Revolution (version 2.0) and PHP coding in general. Watch Video @ Blip.Tv Adding a [...]
If you’ve done any programming at all on the command line (in Linux or OS X, or using Cygwin on Windows), you have probably heard of VI and the other powerhouse command-line editor, eMacs, and the epic battle between them long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away… The goal of this article is [...]
One of the things I think of every single working day is how great a platform OS X is for software development. Now, take that with a grain of salt… I do development in a LAMP dev shop running Linux, Apache, MySQL and Perl/PHP, but we’re running some enormous sites (LowFares.com, IdentityTheft.com, and Low.com). All [...]
Here’s a great tutorial for bash scripting: http://www.linuxconfig.org/Bash_scripting_Tutorial If you’re doing any work with Linux or OS X computers, knowing even a little bit of bash can save you a whole lot of work. You can write automated backup scripts, you can scan for faulty permissions… the list is endless. You’ll end up building a [...]
Nov 272008
I have this love/hate thing with open source technology. It’s great that it’s free, bugs are openly discussed instead of hidden away, and ultimately I think the open source technologies are more robust. But here’s what always gets me: the packages and their dependencies. Perl At the bash prompt, you can type: perl -e ‘use [...]
Ah, this is sneaky. You may think that a web site can’t read form fields until you hit the submit button, but this is not the case. Using AJAX, a site can read form data at any time. This could be used for nefarious purposes, but I’m presenting here for two reasons: 1) to let [...]
Sep 262008
You may have noticed that OpenOffice is great. You also may have noticed that this greatness runs out when you get to Impress. My primary complaint (Oh there are many, most of them “known issues” at the open office site for years) is a lack of anti-aliasing on shapes. In a business situation, a presentation [...]
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