The Coding Pad

An Unexpected Conversation with a Hacker

mary — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:02:24 +0000

Before I proceed, I want to state that I don’t know Verite’s gender, I didn’t ask. So my references to “he” and “him” are purely an assumption on my part. What I do know as facts is that Verite identifies...

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Setting the Time Zone for PHP 5.3.0+

mary — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:32:08 +0000

While working with PHP 5.3 scripts, you may have run into an error that tells you you need to set the time zone for PHP 5.3.0. This might happen when upgrading or installing a CMS or other script in your hosted or local web environment. A comment...

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How to Create Multiple Virtual Hosts in Ubuntu

mary — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:31:47 +0000

I’ve recently been doing a lot of my dev work and coding on Ubuntu 11.10 installed on a Lenovo Thinkpad T500, and learning the ins and outs of working from the terminal and all that. I have several sites that I’m working on in my local...

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MODX Revolution Beginner Tutorials Updated to Revolution 2.2

mary — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:16:20 +0000

Just a quick post to let you all know that the MODX Revolution Beginner Tutorials series has been updated to reflect the changes made in MODX Revolution 2.2. Initially these tutorials were written using Revolution 2.0.x, but MODX has since...

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MODX: The Official Guide – Book Review

mary — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:21:28 +0000

If you closely follow the happenings in the world of MODX you know that Bob Ray’s book MODX: The Official Guide is now available. I was fortunate to receive a copy of the unreleased PDF a few weeks ago and have been looking through it. Now...

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Master Drupal for Free with NodeOne Video Tutorials

mary — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:54:55 +0000

I thought I would take a minute today, take a little detour, and share a resource I’ve discovered recently that is an absolute MUST for anyone who wants to learn and master Drupal. NodeOne is a Scandinavian Drupal shop and they have the most...

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MODx Video Tutorial: MODx Revolution Template Basics

mary — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 05:30:15 +0000

I’ve just added a new screencast to the MODx Video Tutorials website on understanding MODx Revolution templates, tag syntax, and resource field tags. To see the full notes and related links and such, and to ask questions and discuss this...

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MODx Revolution for Complete Beginners Part 11 – Using getPage to Add Pagination

mary — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:59:49 +0000

Welcome to part 11 of the MODx Revolution for Complete Beginners series. Apologies for the delay in the series, I’ve been pretty buried in work and such. In this installment we’re going to continue exploring how to create a page that...

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