03 Sep
busy busy busy
Yes I’ve neglected this once again I will make time soon to write a proper entry but for now this will suffice.
Goobii now has installed:
* Trac - (hmm i wonder what his cooking in there ;)
* SVN
* DAV / SVN - checkout at http://www.goobii.com/svn/
* Apache2 w/ SSL
* PHP 5.2.1
* MySQL 5.0.38
* a bunch of mod’s for apache.. rewrite, alias, etc etc
I think with the exception of dovecot for pop3 email then i’m almost done. subsequently if anyone is reading this that has setup dovecot on Ubuntu in the past (yes I’m looking at you FredNerk and Kestrel) then I’d much appreciate any feedback.
Sub domains currently enabled:
* jenni.goobii.com
* quotes.goobii.com
(more to come..oh and Appa’s site)
I promise the next entry won’t suck, Or will it?
Mat
Filed Under: Developer, Blah, Rant, code, goobii
07 Jun
Long time no see
Sorry it’s taken so long, I’ve been keeping myself busy lately working on my folio and generally trying to steer myself back toward more web/application development. I will admit it’s been a hard road as usually with all of my projects I will begin development and once I workout how to get over those first few large hurdles which the project is usually created to showcase, I get bored by the rest of it and will usually stop developing or deliberately procrastinate.
It’s my vice as a developer and creator because without completed work you can’t showcase anything. It’s like designing a car engine and then having no car to put it inside of, obviously your engine isn’t going to show its potential because there is no solid real-world example it’s merely prototype.
So what’s on the go you ask? Well firstly there is PHP Parrot which is an all purpose quote manager utilising my AJAX based scaffolding library ‘SPASM’ it’s intended for people who want something fast and easy to install so I’m worried that people won’t see the real potential of the backend code driving it. Also there is ACAN 3.0 which I haven’t really begun as I’m waiting on Muz to start writing the spec and his been extremely busy as always. I can see the future now, many many late nights ahead and more Skype conversations than you can poke a stick at…agreed Muz?
Aside from that I’ve been coding templates for various people one of which will be used as the base of a web application though I don’t think im at liberty to reveal details of that just yet.
Away from web development I’m reading on Object Oriented concepts using university literature handed to me by Konza with supplemented video lectures. Very interesting indeed and I think it’s starting to all click finally.
In real-life ™ I had an eye test recently and learnt that I have astigmatism as a result I have since purchased new glasses which I will be wearing anytime I’m not at the computer and maybe soon while driving. Yes I’m finally going for my Victorian license..haha
A few issues with certain family members have arisen too so anyone who has a moment to prey for them I’d much appreciate it…I don’t think prayer needs names, does it?
So all in all I’ve been keeping busy and I’m really sorry to neglect any long time readers but rest assured I’m not dead yet touch wood
Till next time,
Take care.
Filed Under: Developer, personal, Rant, code, General
12 Apr
Google Developer Day 2007
As you may have noticed in the news on: Ajaxian and slashdot. Google are opening their doors to the public for a world developers day on May 31st.
Focusing on the theme “Building Blocks for Better Web Applications” Google Developer Day will explore innovative uses of Google developer products to create and enhance applications, integrate with Google services and reach millions of users on Google and beyond.
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Filed Under: Developer, Google, Links, Rant, code
17 Jul
Validation & Goobii Theme
Just finished validating Goobii’s new layout and old posts….now XHTML transitional 1.0 XHTML STRICT 1.0 friendly. So what’s this taught me you ask? Well usually it’d teach me nothing because shit i’ve validated more times than i’ve yawned and believe me I yawn alot.
However much to my suprise something was gained from this process besides the usual feeling of being compliant and therefore adhering to a web standard which increases accessiblity. So without straying too far from the question, here’s what i learnt.
The built in RTE in WP tinyMCE is pathetic hence why long ago i replaced it with HTMLArea however therein lies the rub. You see all RTE’s take the following rules into account.
\n becomes line-break
\r\n becomes paragraph
images are inserted but do not contain alt tags by default.
(space) is replaced by non-break-line-space
So the draw back’s is ill code, you see close tags without open ones. Things are replaced when they don’t need to be which add’s bloat…useless bloat in the database means longer queries and shittier access times.
The solution?
Seems kinda counter-productive but strip the RTE back out and edit everything with manual html. Unless someone can point me to a valid xhtml RTE editor..anyone?
A big thank you must go out to Paola for hacking in the new goobii template’s aswell as designing the final design. I will add my development versions later on as optional themes but for now i’m more than happy with what Paola’s has made compared to my green garbage. hugs thanks Paola.
If i could be arsed i’d code my own blog cms for this because it looks as if everything i use write sub-standard html and that’s just not cool.
Till next time,
Take care
Mat
