Posted by duvien on January 31st, 2008
It has been tough but it's time for me to step down as a project lead for the a8joomla CMS due to not having enough time and other life's commitment.
However, as i said on my blog post on a8eJoomla, i'll still try and be around to provide some help where it's required when i can make time for it. read more »
Posted by admin on January 31st, 2008
Last Tuesday was the first Scottish Drupal Group Meetup. I turned up expecting just a few folks but it turned out there were three times more, yay!. read more »
Posted by admin on January 31st, 2008
We are proud to present the third release candidate of Drupal 6.0. We hope that this will be the final release candidate before we can make an official release of Drupal 6.0. Since the second release candidate, we have fixed various issues including JavaScript performance problems, cleaned up menu updates, added several improvements to the update.module, and added a memory requirements check to update.php. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 31st, 2008
VirtueMart 1.0.14 is a Security Release, so all users are urged to update to this version. For more information please read the VM Security Bulletin 2008-01-30-1 and VM Security Bulletin 2008-01-30-2.
Posted by admin on January 30th, 2008
We are happy to announce the availability for download of Magento Preview version 0.7.15480. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 25th, 2008
Posted by duvien on January 23rd, 2008
Great news for all you Joomla users out there. The long awaited stable release is finally here for download after almost 2 and a half year in the making. This marks a complete shift away from Mambo and now Joomla can proudly stand up and say 'Joomla/Mambo' is definitely a thing of the past.
A big thanks to the core team and community for 'making it happen'.
Official Announcement: Ladies and Gentlemen... read more »
Posted by duvien on January 20th, 2008
Out of a request from a user to allow 1pixelout player to be rendered in Virtuemart product description, I have created a hack. This was only way to load mambots into VM. The great thing about this hack is that it not only allow you to load 1pixelout into description but also any other mambots you have installed.
This hack was created for use with Joomla! 1.0.x & Virtuemart 1.0.12 & 1.0.13a only. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 17th, 2008
This video shows you how to Install Drupal 6 and shows off the new, improved installer. It walks you through all the steps, including downloading Drupal, putting it on your site with FTP, setting up a database and running the installation script. It also looks at some common roadblocks and how to get around them.
Addison Berry
Videocast: http://www.lullabot.com/node/315/play
If you need to setup a web server for testing website on Mac then read my article. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 17th, 2008
Come along and meet up with fellow Scottish users for our first meeting @ 7.30pm 29th Jan 2008.
The Forest Cafe
3 Bristo Place
Edinburgh
EH1 1EY
http://www.theforest.org.uk
If there are any Drupal Users reading this blog post from Edinburgh or around, come join us... All is welcome and i hope to see you all there :)
Posted by duvien on January 17th, 2008
Posted by duvien on January 16th, 2008
Here are a few of our top tips for producing accessible Flash banner adverts. I’ve also included information about testing, compliance with WCAG, navigating Flash using Jaws and WindowEyes and some additional resources.
Note that the guidance here is just for banner adverts and not for more complex Flash animations that you may see on the web today.
RNIB
Read full article
Posted by duvien on January 16th, 2008
--- UPDATE: 16th Jan 2008 ---
I have updated this player which fixed a couple of small minor issues. Also added a CSS class in case you may want to style it. The CSS class is: span.1pixelout {}
Please re-download it. Thanks,
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This is a Flash audio player originally for Wordpress that i ported over for use with Joomla! and a8e. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 14th, 2008
I recieved an email from a user requesting for a Wordpress RSS Footer plugin by Joost De Valk to be ported to Joomla!
After having installed it on Wordpress to see what it was, it seems to be just a simple insert of a line of text that appears on each feed's description. So it didn't seem to be of any significant to port the plugin. Also, it would only require one line of code to be added. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 14th, 2008
The Joomla! team has released a security update for Joomla 1.0.x versions. You can help by downloading the patch or full version and submit any bugs you have encountered.
NOTE: Patch packages for 1.0.14 RC1 only exist going back to Joomla! version 1.0.12. If you need to upgrade from an earlier version you will need to first upgrade to 1.0.13 then upgrade to 1.0.14 RC1 read more »
Posted by duvien on January 14th, 2008
Moshe Weitzman a Drupal developer (along with Jeff Robbins & dvessel) has helped put together a module that can only be described as being like Firebug for Firefox but used for Drupal theming. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 13th, 2008
Setting up your own web server on Mac to test various open source CMS is a doodle, thanks to MAMP.
MAMP provides you with:
- Apache 2
- PHP 4 / 5
- mySQL 5
- eAccelerator
- phpmyadmin
That is all you really need as a testing ground for web developement. read more »
Du Vien Trang is a freelance web designer/developer based in Scotland. He is focused on creating web standard compliant sites and quality designs. Web accessibility & usability is also a key factor in his work he produces.
He studied Art & Design at college before taking up a degree course studying Computer Networking & Web Development at Napier University in Edinburgh. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 13th, 2008
WAMP is a package with Apache, mySQL, PHPmyAdmin and PHP 4 /5. It is what you need to run any dynamic websites in a testing environment.
Here is a videocast to show you how to install WAMP on Windows: http://quartz.syr.edu/rdlankes/Teaching/LAMP/WAMP/WAMPInstall.html
Posted by duvien on January 12th, 2008
This is a payment module i update to work with all versions of Virtuemart for the DIBS paying site.
Released last year (2007)
Download: VM DIBS 1.3
*** Full instructions on installing this payment module can be found in the download zip file (ie, readme_eng.txt or Reademe.1st file)
Posted by duvien on January 11th, 2008
As you can see, i've now added a download section to this site so i'll post up some of my old files and scripts that i've created for Joomla! and a8eJoomla. read more »
Posted by duvien on January 11th, 2008
Here are some good search engine ranking tips.
Read full article: How to Get Great Search Engine Rankings
Posted by duvien on January 11th, 2008
We are proud to present to you the second release candidate of Drupal 6.0. Although there are still a few known issues that we are working on fixing for you, we are confident that our code is stable enough for wider testing by the community. read more »
Posted by admin on January 11th, 2008
I'm updating this site to Drupal 5.6 which has been released 30 minutes ago.
Will be back online very soon... thank you.
--- EDITED ---
Upgrade completed, site back online - 11th Jan 2008 Fri 01:37am
Posted by duvien on January 10th, 2008
I've been planning on migrating a site that was using Wordpress to Drupal so started looking around the web. And damn! is there anything that isn't available for Drupal... :)
This was what i came across: read more »
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