November 2005
Quick link: if you’re looking for a Wiki but having trouble choosing on of many Wiki engines, have a look at WikiMatrix. It seems to have spun out of this Dokuwiki page and provides (primarily)... Read More
Firefox 1.5 is here, and available for all to download and use. Many of you no doubt have tried out the Beta and Release Candidate builds. Here’s a list of things to do and see with Firefox... Read More
I got a call today on my cell phone from a salesperson from what he described as a publicly traded search engine and optimization firm. I took it, because I need material for this blog. He obliged.... Read More
Just about a month ago Zend Technologies announced Zend PHP Framework in line with the Zend PHP Collaboration Project with the stated goal to offer a “de facto standard PHP Web application... Read More
Following on from various text streams on Catalyst ([1], [2], [3], [4]) the next issue is selecting Cataylst plugins. Personally know Perl from doing glue layer stuff on the command line, so the... Read More
The new release fixes over 400 bugs, including the exploitable $GLOBALS overwrite, several open_basedir issues and the Read More
I’ve got a couple of businesses that sell products, tangible products (see, for instance, my collaboration with my wife at www.momsonedge.com). I have to say that marketing products is so much... Read More
You've just developed a client site? Leverage those hours of work by turning the site into software. In this hands-on primer, David starts at product conception, showing how to choose a business... Read More
Google, always innovative, is now testing a “Click-to-Call” service as part of their AdWords offering. Under certain keywords, some people will now see a phone icon alongside AdWords... Read More
This is all over Planet PHP but in case you missed it, Derick has published minutes from a core developer meet up in Paris regarding the future of PHP 6. Jeff has posted some very positive feelings.... Read More
Often the choice of what product to sell is made for you. For instance if you were following the advice I posted here you’d have to choose a product related to your existing site. Also... Read More
Of all magic in PHP I probably like the __autoload() hook the most. Actually, you should too. With a little bit of improvisation you can glue together a handy little tool that can make your object... Read More
It all began some time ago, with a perfectly innocent post to SitePoint’s PHP blog. Little did Kev know that his lighthearted comments would eventually see the addition of Maarten Manders,... Read More
Prompted by looking at Catalyst and Handel in particular, has me thinking about that whole REST thing again. Seems to me that very few people get the point (and I’m not claiming I do).... Read More
