Category Archives: PHP

December 13, 2008

Development configuration tips for Ubuntu– also posted in Apache/IIS, Databases, SVN, Ubuntu, cfeclipse

I just setup my machine at home with Ubuntu 8.10 (desktop) which was so easy think I saved hours off the time it would normally take with Windows. So much is already installed and ready to go and with apt (or the Synaptic package manager) it’s super quick to download and install extra things things [...]

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 [...]

July 25, 2008

Wordpress for mobile devices– also posted in Tools

Wordpress is one of the most used blogging platforms around. One of the great things about it is the community support including the countless plugins you can use to enhance your blog/site.
Particularly with the iPhone and other smart devices, mobile web seems to be experiencing a surge in traffic and importance to businesses. Although a [...]

March 24, 2008

Installing PHP5 with MySQL extensions

I’m generally a ColdFusion programmer but occasionally I need to install PHP for one reason or another, the last couple of times has been to use Wordpress.
I remember the last time I did this (maybe 6 months ago) I had problems with connecting to MySQL because PHP 5 no longer bundles MySQL client libraries for [...]

January 24, 2008

Don’t ever user www.templatesbrowser.com for wordpress themes– also posted in Misc

Today I noticed a JavaScript error on my site, on investigation I saw the following JavaScript code in the page source:

var CCounter=2151068; var CCsite=www.chapter31.com; CCinvisible=0;
<nosc/ript><a hreflang="de" lang="de" href="http://www.portalux.com/">online casino</a></nosc/ript>
var CCounter=2151068; var CCsite=www.chapter31.com; CCinvisible=0;

My investigations found that where I downloaded the template from was a nice (NOT) little site called http://www.templatesbrowser.com/. Now what they do is [...]