Textmate autocomplete html tags
Code completion keyboard shortcuts using Textmate
Wed, December 28 2011 » Editors » No Comments
Joomla 1.7 strips html code from articles
The issue of html tags being stripped from content vexed a lot of people in version 1.5 of Joomla. Using the JCE editor helped, along with turning off the WYSIWYG editor. In Joomla 1.7 it’s a lot simpler to add html code, like an embedded Google map, using the editor. But first you need to [...]
Mon, October 17 2011 » Joomla, Web developing » No Comments
Delete Magento 1.5 test orders
Before putting your Magento site live, you’ll probably want to clear out test data. Plenty of searches for Magento pull up older versions of the software when the database tables also differed. This is a new version of the script that deletes test data from Magento 1.5 and you can paste it all straight into [...]
Thu, September 1 2011 » e-commerce, Magento, Web developing » No Comments
Trying to custom rewrite URLs in Joomla
I’m trying to rewrite a URL in Joomla 1.5.21 so that instead of it showing as page.html?query=first+second it shows as page/first/second/ There’s some very useful recipes here: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/RewriteQueryString And my question in more detail is here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7255243/using-rewritequerystring-with-joomla if anyone has an answer.
Wed, August 31 2011 » Joomla, Web developing » No Comments
WordPress sidebars and widgets
In WordPress we can often see sidebars and widgets in use, from a list of recent posts to a search box, blogrolls and RSS feeds. But widgets can be used for a lot more – the text widget for a start allows for all sorts of custom html. And they don’t have to be sidebars [...]
Sun, August 14 2011 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
WordPress media upload error
A quick fix, but very helpful to know. If you have a WordPress website which is password protected this can result in media file uploads failing with a message saying “http error”. This is caused by the .htaccess file in the root of the site which provides password protection. This post: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/media-upload-http-error provides a solution, [...]
Wed, June 1 2011 » Security, Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
WordPress Admin Dashboard shows on website
From WordPress 3.1 there’s a new feature whereby the admin dashboard shows on the website you’re editing if you’re logged in. This can be annoying, especially if it doesn’t even show (some CSS / Javascript conflict I think). Anyway, Scott Explains has a simple answer here which simply involves changing a profile setting. Easy! Scott [...]
Wed, April 27 2011 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
WordPress 3.1 released
There’s a new version of WordPress released in February 2011. Version 3.1 (codename Reinhardt after jazz guitarist Django) has improved workflow including internal linking and hiding some features in the write window. The full list of features is on the WordPress site: http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.1 but for a an easier to grasp version try the WPBeginner site [...]
Mon, February 28 2011 » Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
Joomla 1.6 Released
The new version of Joomla has now been released according to their website and this story: Joomla!® 1.6.0 is now available for immediate download Features include Finer Access Controls for user groups and viewing levels, configurable categories and style improvements. There’s much more. I gave the Release Candidate a go and it was a great [...]
Tue, January 11 2011 » Joomla, Promotion, software, Web developing » No Comments
New DJA website
London-based website development company DJA has launched their 2011 website. Offerings include WordPress and Joomla website development. Check it out at www.djaonline.co.uk
Mon, January 10 2011 » Joomla, PHP, Promotion, Web developing, Wordpress » No Comments
