There are many caveats and pitfalls with websites that people need to be aware of. Having been in IT for over eight years, here are a five main things to watch out for that I have found. Used Terms Domain: is the name for the site you type into the address bar, such as http://thewebsiteguy.com.au. [...]
There’s a new open source eCommerce product out called “Magento”. Website Link http://www.magentocommerce.com I will install a version this weekend if I can to see what it is like.
I installed OpenSuSE 11 today to replace Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. All up it only took about 2 hours to install and configure including Subversion, Samba, Web and MySQL. It feels to good to have it back. I’ll note the specs of this machine: Athlon 2800+ Asus A7n8x Deluxe 2gb RAM GeForce 7600GT 120Gb WD [...]
I got fed up with Windows Server 2008 for the last time yesterday, and I will start the migration back to OpenSuSE Linux on my home dev server. It’s up to version 11 now, so I will install that, even though it’s a pain to export subversion, files and databases. What tipped me over the [...]
ABC has an IPTV service now, free. You can see repeats from the last two weeks on six channels. Add shows to your playlist and watch! The best is that iiNet have it unmetered!! EDIT: I forgot the linux part of this. Bad news for Linux people – it’s flash. but at least it’s not [...]
I got a virus last night, first noticed by the stray process “orz.exe” running in my process list. To keep the story short I tracked it down to this security notice: Downloader.Swif.C which would be the only thing I have done to get a virus – a flash video. I saw a video link, and [...]
I updated the FlowerChix website again. I moved the FlowerChix logo up a little, changed the header border color, added the scrolly image to the right and updated the gallery to move portrait photos to the centre and added a thick border. All over the FlowerChix website looks much better now!
It’s been a while since I posted a browser compliance post so time for another, and this time it will be a little more thorough. IE 8 beta In my Microsoft download notifications E-mails, I noticed a link to the new IE 8 beta. Well, I like looking at beta products, so I downloaded and [...]
<rant value=”extreme” target=”anyoneWhoWillRead”> That’s the acronym for VISTA. It is a love / hate relationship with me really liking some features and loathing others. I installed Vista Ultimate w/SP1 that I got from the Microsoft Convention with Mark last weekend and it has been a week of, let’s call it fun. To install was quite scarey at first since it presents a large “Install now” button. I wasn’t [...]
It’s easy in Windows Server 2008 (My new favourite thing). Here’s an excellent article: http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2006/09/19/How-to-install-PHP-on-IIS7-_2800_RC1_2900_.aspx It’s sooo good for dev now, I just setup the headers in it and create host file entries. I’m very happy.