April 8, 2008
at 5:08 am
· Filed under Methodology, Technology
I’ve doing a little reading about the WordPress loop. The WordPress loop is where all the main work get’s done in publishing the articles of the blog. Loops and iteration constructs are very common in many (all?) programming languages, and that is why you see things like “do while” or while, “for x = 1 to z”, or “foreach x in z” in many scripting languages.
The whole idea with Open Source software is that you can modify it, refactor it, change it to be anything you want. However, it is a good idea to start with some very small changes, and it’s really good to begin by reading a few articles about the code, and read the actual source code before you start making any changes.
Anyway, two recent articles, I have have found helpful are: The Ultimate Guide to the WordPress Loop and another called Global Variables and the WordPress Loop.
Tags: loop, modify, opensource, php, refactoring, theme, WordPress
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April 10, 2007
at 4:27 am
· Filed under Methodology, Webdesignology
One of the quickest ways to get started with Ruby on Rails is with Instant Rails. Instant RoR version 1.7 is now available (see v1.7 release notes).
The first package I tried was v1.3, and I was impressed with how easy it was to download, unzip, and get Ruby, PHP, mySQL, and Apache up and running. In addition to the great new Ruby tools, you get PHP, mySQL, and phpMyAdmin in the install package, because that is the quickest way to configure an OpenSource management tool for your mySQL databases.
Includes Mongrel 1.0.1 support.
Very cool. Highly recommended.
Tags: Apache, installer, mySQL, open-source, package, php, RoR, Ruby, web server
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March 13, 2006
at 6:43 am
· Filed under Webstandardology
It’s Monday morning. I took a few aspirin for my back pain, but the CSS three column layout thing is still bugging me. So I did a little more reading over at saila.com, on the topic of CSS and HTML standards (eg. Tables vs. CSS) in web designs that actually work in real-world browsers, and pass (x)HTML validation and CSS validation tests. Craig Saila provides some HTML layout templates, CSS examples, and analysis of how they perform with various browsers. Craig also has nice annotated version of his v2 layout with discussion of browser quirks and hacks.
So, after doing a little more reading, my confidence level is up that my design goals will be achievable. And I hope to begin implementing my vvn.net homepage makeover using the new PHP templates I am creating.
Tags: CSS, HTML, layout, php, templates, validation, Web Standards, XHTML
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