A problem that many web developers face when they switch from Microsoft Windows to an open source operating system (Ubuntu, Fedora, Archlinux, OpenSUSE, Mandriva, Debian, BSD etc.) is the imposibility of running tests on Internet Explorer, since IE is officially suported only on Windows. Read the rest of this entry »
PHPList is another example of an open source powered software that has all the required features of a complete newsletter manager. Build and maintained by Tincan Ltd., PHPList has reached over 300.000 downloads so far and is the perfect solution for a dozen companies when it comes to personalised mailing list or customer relations management (CRM) systems.
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XWiki comparison between versions 1.8 and 2.1.1, with macro snippet sample in xwiki 2.0 syntax
Jan 27
This is just a study between 2 version of xwiki, to see on single page what were the changes. All the information regarding the xwiki releases were taken from their official website.
Xwiki1.8 features:
- choose new page syntax from a visual element in the interface when editing a page. Before this version the xwiki 2.0 syntax was chosen by modifying the WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg file and configure the xwiki.rendering.syntaxes property.
Sometimes you wish to print the information contained in a Lotus Notes document. Lotus Notes offers such printing options, but if you have layout issues one solution would be to export into an word document.
You can create an word document in Lotus Script using CreateObject(“Word.Application”) function. It only works on your computer if you have Microsoft Word installed. Luckily Lotus Notes comes with an alternative, Lotus Symphony. Read the rest of this entry »
File Tracking Client 1.6.5.
Jan 15
Version 1.6.5 of File Tracking Client was released containing bug fixes that are meant to smooth up the whole application.
First of all the windows and dialogs were fixed so if they are rescaled, all their inner components change their size correspondingly. This creates a smooth look and feel on both Windows and Linux platforms because the previous version had big problems from this point of view. In order to make it a good Linux distribution candidate the path there the configuration files are saved was corrected. It is saved now in the $HOME/.FileTrackingClient folder. Beside this, an Ant build script was added in order cu build create the distribution archive for the sources. Previously, there was a building instruction file in the root but it was a bit complicated to follow because there are some cumbersome steps in this process.
PostgreSQL recently added several great new features like Common Table Expressions (CTE), Recursive CTEs, Windowing Functions (my favorite) and Parallel restoring of dumps. The goal of this article is to provide an overview of the new PostgreSQL Windowing Functions. Previously limited to enterprise databases such as Oracle and DB2, they open up a completely new world of functionality to SQL queries.
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When you need to convert an Array to Object in PHP there is a quick way to do this: Read the rest of this entry »
Every MS SQL Server database consists of at least two physical operating system files and these files are specified when a database is created or altered. One and possibly more (secondary files) are used for the data (as well as indexes and allocation pages) and one for the transaction log.
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Some tips to avoid a headacke when dealing with xwiki and xeclipse:
Common ground: xwiki version: 2.0, xwiki syntax: 2.0
-> If you need to create new and a lot of new documents in a space and time is limited for this activity, an error may occur when you close and want to reopen some already created documents in the project. See error display(error1.jpg) After you click “Ok” the connection to the server will be closed.
