My main box runs Windows XP. I have Ubuntu Linux machines as well, but much of my work still involves writing software for Windows, so I’m still using it as my primary OS. I like to listen to CD’s sometimes when I work. I’ve used Windows Media Player and Winamp, but both annoy me for [...]
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Here’s a quick tip for all of the Joomla! 1.5 users out there. If you’re trying to hide the name of the site on the home page, you’ve probably scoured the fora looking for an answer. I know that I did, without luck. I stumbled on the answer recently while poking around. Why would you [...]
One thing that’s been bothering me with Joomla! is that the main menu (and other menus, for that matter) doesn’t differentiate the first and last menu items’ mark-up in any way. This can make it difficult to control their appearance via CSS. You might want to do so, for example, in order to set the [...]
I’ve written about evaluating TikiWiki and MediaWiki for use as a way to create and manage internal documentation for a client. The former fell short on implementation and the latter wasn’t a good fit for the project. After checking a number of wiki applications listed in Wikipedia’s wiki comparison page, I spotted DokuWiki. According to [...]
I use the open source instant messaging client Pidgin (formerly Gaim). It’s a great program that allows me to consolidate all of my instant messaging accounts (except Skype) into one interface. Recently I started getting the error “Pidgin received unexpected response from AIM/ICQ”. It only happened intermittently, but it’s a pain, as I have accounts [...]
Yesterday I wrote about trying to use TikiWiki to set up a wiki for a client. The wiki is supposed to have both public and private sections. Today, I spent some time evaluating MediaWiki for that purpose. I’ve used MediaWiki as an end user many times. Wikipedia is the canonical example, of course, but there [...]
An attempt to use TikiWiki fails due to outdated and incomplete documentation and UI issues.
