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Archive for June, 2009

Programming Ideas

14 Jun

So while this has nothing to do specifically with Ubuntu, it’s more a request to the community :)

I’ve recently dabbled with some PHP & MySQL on a test server running from my desktop, as I’ve been meaning to learn PHP for a while. I think it’s gone OK, I’ve learnt quite a bit, but it may help that I know some C (setting variables is very similar etc.). What this little PHP learning experience has done (other than taught me some php), is reignite my passion for programming.

I’ve always enjoyed programming, that doesn’t mean I’m fantastic at it, but I really do enjoy it, the only thing I really struggle for is ideas for programs/applications. What my request to you – the community – is, is whether you struggle for ideas as well, if not, then do you have any you’d like to suggest?

 
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WordPress 2.8

12 Jun

Normally these upgrades go well, but when you accidentally unzip/untar the new version over the top of your current install, things don’t quite go according to plan ;)

Though kudos to the WP Dev’s, I modified the wp-config file and set all the options (including a different database table prefix), and then I put all my plugins back in to place, and took the time to upgrade a couple I needed to do. Finally, after a deep breatth, I ran what would normally be the installer, which said “Your database needs updating”.

And that was all, so considering my potentially costly foul-up, things actually went very well :) I’m quite impressed!

 
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Speedtest Meme

11 Jun

Mine is a little low considering when we signed up the ISP said “you’re looking at around 6.5Mbps” ;)

speedtest reult

 
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Drupal?

02 Jun

So I’m trying out a test install of Drupal on my PC, and considering switching the site over to it. Though I have a few issues…

1) Do I keep this blog on WordPress, or do I attempt to migrate it over to Drupal? I love WP, it’s simple, easy to use, got a load of plugins I like and that I use. But then Drupal supports blogs, so I could just use the 1 software solution and be done with it, slightly less resources on the server – win all round? But WordPress is set up.

2) Drupal supports dynamic content. This is an issue for me, because I feel as though I would have to take advantage of it, but I never have anything to update my site with (as you may have noticed!!).

3) There’s too many settings to configure!!! The first screen presented by Drupal’s admin section is just an array of settings, such as the plugins, themes, etc. I don’t know where to start. I suppose if I take the time to read and research about Drupal, it would be better.

The thoughts come as I have a broken wrist and can’t really go out too much at the minute (I can’t drive :( ). But it’s been something I’ve considered for a while, it’d be much better than the iWeb pages I have up in place at the moment, and I could probably put content about life in general on the main page instead.

I would like to hear from others who use Drupal to get a rough idea of what they think to it, and whether it would be worth switching to.

 
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