Monthly Archives: August 2008

August 9, 2008

Adding subscriptions to comments for your Wordpress theme

If you are using a Wordpress theme which doesn’t support users subscribing to comments (crazy I know) you can add the plugin Subscribe to comments which is currently at version 2.1
A summary of the features this plugin provides:

Rudimentary security
Recognition of subscription status
Themeable subscription manager
Ability to let users change notification e-mail address
Easy integration into comments form
Subscription [...]

August 6, 2008

Getting Inkscape (0.46) to run on Mac Leopard

Inscape is a fantastic open source vector graphics tool which can be a nice alternative to Adobe’s Illustrator.

Getting it to run on the Mac took a couple of extra steps though.
Firstly the download page advises that you upgrade X11.app to at least XQuartz v2.1.4. This is a large-ish download which forces you to quit all [...]

August 2, 2008

Server Monitoring your ColdFusion sites using an alias

I just read about a nice feature of the ColdFusion server monitor tool (available in ColdFusion over on sandeepp’s blog.
Essentially within the server monitors settings screen you can setup an “alias” for any site which uses a front controller which a lot of sites do particularly if you are using any of the popular [...]