Category Archives: Web Applications
Handy Magento Upgrading Links for 1.5 to 1.6
When upgrading Magento, it doesn’t hurt to have some handy resources. I’ve pulled up a few for doing the upgrade from 1.5 to 1.6: Magento 1.5 – 1.6 Upgrade – The Magento Wiki Resetting file permissions – The Magento Wiki … Continue reading
Upgrading Magento Community Edition Through Magento Connect
I’m still experimenting with Magento, and there has been a new version released. As I am going to put this experimental site into production once I’m happy with it, I figure it’s best to keep it up to date and … Continue reading
Running a remote backup of cPanel automatically
I’ve been looking for a way to automatically backup individual cPanel accounts to a remote server that don’t necessarily have root WHM access. In particular, I want the MySQL databases, but I would also like to get entire site backups … Continue reading
Installing Drupal on Windows Server 2003 – Relevant Links
Recently I have needed to setup a Windows 2003 IIS server to run Drupal, the catch though is that it already runs an ASP.NET website and does not have MySQL, PHP, or even FastCGI installed. So, it must not affect … Continue reading
Applying Patches to Drupal or Modules on Mac OS X
I’ve had to run a number of patches to Drupal modules before, and I’ve always done them on my Windows machine simply because that is what has the most instructions available to do so. At the moment though I am … Continue reading
Using the GMap Module with Drupal’s Private File System
If you use the GMap module with your Drupal installation, something you may not realise initially is that a file is created in your Drupal file system called gmap_markers.js. By default this file goes in sites/default/files/js/gmap_markers.js and is not the … Continue reading
What I’ve been Doing – Yahoo Pipe Feed Aggregation
For KIB216 I have created a pipe which takes an RSS feed from numerous sources where I post blogs and updates, including: http://blog.stillaslife.com http://matthewbrown.net.au http://terramedia.com.au http://twitter.com/darksbane http://twitter.com/terra_media It then lists them in chronological order:
Find your Latitude and Longitude
While I was experimenting with Yahoo Pipes for the Flickr photo display mashup I made the other day I found another mashup which could potentially be very useful. It is simply called “Find Latitude and Longitude” and does pretty much … Continue reading
Triplify – Search Google, Yahoo and Bing all at once!
Triplify is a mashup that is highly useful to me as a web site designer, especially when looking at search engine optimisation. What does it do? Triplify is a search engine front end that takes your search query and then … Continue reading
How to create a Flickr photo feed through Yahoo Pipes
I have been experimenting with mashups, in particular utilising Yahoo Pipes as part of my studies at university at the moment, and one of our initial exercises is to create a mashup that takes 30 images from Flickr that are … Continue reading