Category Archives: Web Programming

I found some good tips on Joomla security at HotJoomlaTemplates.com: Keep your Joomla core up-to-date. Keep all your Joomla extensions (components, modules, plugins, templates) up-to-date as well. Follow extensions’ websites and upgrade each extension as soon as new version is … Continue reading →

After much prayer and discussions with friends and family I have decided to hang up the web design shingle. I’ll be looking at specializing on websites for small churches with limited budgets. It isn’t at all clear at this point … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on revamping the church’s website. I’ve been doing a lot of searching and reading. I must say that I’m pretty shocked at how expensive a lot of the church solutions are. Understand that my church is operating … Continue reading →

I’ve restructured the repository to use the standard layout: /oldsite /oldsite/trunk /oldsite/branches /oldsite/tags /newsite /newsite/trunk /newsite/branches /newsite/tags I’ve put all the existing code into /oldsite/trunk and created a new Zend Framework project in /newsite/trunk. This is evidently confusing Zend Studio … Continue reading →

It can be pretty frustrating to sit down to do some web coding, only to find that the development IDE or server isn’t working correctly. One then spends the time planned for development on simply debugging the development environment instead. … Continue reading →

I apparently have screwed up my Zend Studio 7 debug settings. I can launch the debugger ok from within Zend Studio 7, but any breakpoints that I’ve set on subsequent pages don’t ever trigger. I can also see the browser … Continue reading →

Zend Server CE is a package containing Apache, PHP, MySQL, and the Zend Debugger. It is a great way to quickly install the full environment needed for PHP development. It is also free. Installation is pretty simple, mostly download and … Continue reading →

I’ve been working with MySQL databases years. Since most of my projects have been fairly small, I’ve managed backups and schema updates manually using phpMyAdmin. Typically I will setup 3 separate server environments and databases: dev, test, and live. User … Continue reading →

I’ve been doing a lot of web programming using Eclipse on both my work Windows machine and my personal Macbook Pro. I’m finding the difference in the “Start of line” and “End of line” keys to be extremely annoying. So … Continue reading →