When a user is submitting a form it would be nice to give them a tracking number. In order to do this it might be necessary to load the submission tree in code and locate the submission id. It is not otherwise available as a substitution token.…
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I found BlueHost on a site that was comparing it to HostGator. I was experiencing problems with HostGator looking for an alternative. So far the set up for BlueHost has gone smoothly. I was able to copy over my existing site and database.…
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I’m having a bit of fun playing with the Twitter Module for Drupal. The project has not been updated since July but there is a lot of discussion about how to patch it. For the uninitiated, this module posts a ‘tweet’ on Twitter whenever you post something to your web site.…
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After much research and shopping around, I finally took the advice of a friend and checked out HostGator. I really liked what I found. They offer affordable hosting packages with reasonable bandwidth ceilings. I’m still worried about bandwidth but unless I’m lucky enough to get on Digg, I should not have a problem.…
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The new system update for the iPhone is now out. One of the new features is you can add bookmarks to the front screen, a.k.a the springboard. The graphics that appear on the home screen are 57×57 pixel PNG files. You put the png file somewhere on your your server.…
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I think I finally have gotten my Apache problems settled down. I’m not sure what set it off. I made the mistake of updating the system software with a security patch. That updated PHP. Since I am running a custom PHP, I had to recompile and install PHP again to get libGD loaded.…
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I’m spending the day today updating my server’s software with numerous updates that have come out from certain vendors. For both Drupal and Squirrel, I’m glad I was slow to update because both had two updates in the intervening time. Once I get my updates current I can look at my spam filters.…
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I’m converting all my content from my own content system to Drupal. It’s going to take a while. Still working on it. For older content, you can visit www.boan.net
Drupal modules are pretty cool. I’ve just found a Tex filter that would allow a teacher to post mathematic formulas in text.
So this text “f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt” would turn into
[tex]f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^xe^{-t^2}dt[/tex]
The filter also can generate an iFrame with a graph. Here’s a sin(x) sample:
[graph]sin(x)[/graph]
I’m testing out Drupal to see if it will work for my needs. I read reviews that said it edged out WordPress for the kind of web site I want to work on. I have a lot of content in my own CMS systems that I will migrate if this works out.…
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