PHP kitchenCome see what's cookin'Resetting the password in Open X- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Every time I need to reset the admin password in Open X it takes me ages to scan through all the tables, thinking "which bloody table would contain the admin password", remembering from the last time it's the one you least expect ... For future reference, it's thepreference table, record 0 ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/07/resetting-the-password-in-open-x/ Site search from the guys who should know better- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Quite a nice snippet from the php_london ML by Michael Stillwell Site searches are really really bad. Even from organisations that should know how to do search. I really don't understand why. Try, e.g. http:search.oracle.comsearchsearchstart=1&nodeid=&fid=&keyword=oracle+client+download&group=All (Business Intelligence Beans Installation Guide and Release Notes as first...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/03/site-search-from-the-guys-who-should-know-better/ Legal Considerations for Bloggers- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Mariofrom work passed on an interesting presentation the other day from an event he attended,London Bloggers. EntitledLog in, Blog to, Log out (and don't get sued), it addresses some of the legal aspects of blogging. It convers what is defamation responsible journalism the "Whats Wrong With McDonalds case trademark and copyright issues The digital copy ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/04/legal-considerations-for-bloggers/ PHPkitchen switches to Wordpress- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Despite giving Matt and the boys some flack recently I must admit I've really been enjoying the user experience of Wordpress while experimenting with it on a non-technical blog. One thing led to another, and finally the s9y backend used to run PHPkitchen became too painful to use. The main problem ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/04/phpkitchen-switches-to-wordpress/ Mac OS X FlashYoutube audio probs solved- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Oh man I've spent so long not being able to watch Youtube videos, well they play but with no sound, bloody frustrating. Tried many lines of attack through Google and only just managed to crack it. The problem is widely reported but most of the suggested fixes don't work. voodoo fix ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/04/mac-os-x-flashyoutube-audio-probs-solved/ OS X and Visual Diffs- (Found July 23, 2008 ) What are people using as a visual diff tool on OS X Since my move to the Mac just over 1 year ago this is the one tool I have been unable to replace. On the linux desktop I usedmeldfor years and miss it greatly. It's simple and effective and doesn't ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/04/os-x-and-visual-diffs/ How to price your tech services- (Found July 23, 2008 ) I was googling around to see what folks are charging for the range of servicessoftware devs offer.Although somehumorous sites(a must read) are amongst the top results returned, how to price one's services is of course a serious question. One categorisation of services could be as follows: consultancy training software development support ad-hoc packages For me the list runs ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/05/how-to-price-your-tech-services/ How to look busy at work- (Found July 23, 2008 ) This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while. I can easily see them making money, setting up a paid service where membership allows you to import content of your choice :-)http://phpkitchen.com/2008/06/how-to-look-busy-at-work/ Using jQuery and Forms- (Found July 23, 2008 ) Some great jquery form tips from Laszlo, I also used thejQuery form pluginin the recent comment2 module.http://phpkitchen.com/2008/06/using-jquery-and-forms/ PHP London Conference 08 on Friday 29th Feb- (Found July 23, 2008 ) UPDATE: the conference is now sold out. See you there if you're coming, I'll be helping out on registration this year. There are still a few tickets left so if you want to check out this year's great lineup of speakers you'll have to act quickly. The conference is in an ...http://phpkitchen.com/2008/02/php-london-conference-08-on-friday-29th-feb/ |