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Multi Editable Fields with jEditable

t73 — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:49:41 -0500

Building a CakePhp app with multiple inline editable fields, using jEditable, wasn't as hard as I had feared. Quite simple actually once I got the details right.

Add a touch of class to your Auth Flash

t73 — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:01:04 -0500

Have you ever wondered how to make your Auth messages from the Auth Core component, well more flashy and custom? The answer is fairly simple and straight forward. In this short tutorial, I will explain the traceback that occurs when a flash message is set for Auth.

loadModel Speed Testing Part 2

t73 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:26:06 -0500

loadModel Testing part 2 Use at your own risk! You've been warned. In other words, Try this at home. Not at work.

loadModel Speed Testing

t73 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:40:01 -0500

Loading a model with the builtin controller method loadModel() seems to be slower than simply applying the Contoller Global var $uses. Check it out.

Vacation

t73 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:55:48 -0500

Well, where does one go when they take a year long sabbatical from programming and computers and the internet in general ? They go crazy! Then they become sane, after a short while, and find other things to do.

Cake meets Ape

t73 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:26:19 -0500

Auth ACL -- A Complete Solution

t73 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:17:13 -0400

Well It's been some time since I wrote a decent blog entry, so to make up for it, and to help explain the time that has passed, I'm offering a complete ACL/Auth Soultion that has been used by me n several production sites so far, and I intend to continue using for more time to come.

Take it easy... bake a cake and REST

t73 — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:37:29 -0400

So I get updates when a new issue of PHP Architect is ready for download. Great resource. Browsing around their site I happened to come along a section entitled: REST and Resource Handling With CakePHP

Battle Star Galactica

t73 — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:26:47 -0400

Recently, I went to http://scifi.com/bsg/ and joined an online game to play as part of the BSG Community. It's web based, and pretty interesting. There are various tasks to accomplish, that pay out in Cubits, the currency of BSG, that you can use to "Pimp Your Viper".

BlackBerry Blog

t73 — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:59:33 -0500

So I got a new phone yesterday. Can you guess what kind?

Interesting Conversation with MySql Lead Developer

t73 — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:32:13 -0500

I just finished reading a short interview with MySQL's Jim Starkey, who is a Senior Software Architect for MySql. The future for MySql, and in turn CakePHP looks very Good!

Using jQuery in CakePHP 1.2

t73 — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:59:58 -0500

Recently, I was challenged by someone in the #cakephp chat room to try the jQuery javascript library. Here are my results.

CakePHP Ajax Comments

t73 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:28:21 -0500

Recently, in a post regaurding site improvements, there was a comment request from Lecterror for the ajax comments I used in my blog system.

Mental Ramblings Gets Fed

t73 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:51:09 -0500

In a recent post I had described the way to implement an xml sitemap generator for search engines, using the CakePHP XML Help with RequestHandler Component. I have tweaked that slightly to implement rss feeds for the posts.

Mental Ramblings Moves To Remote CVS

t73 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:54:44 -0500

Well it's something I have wanted to setup for a while now. CVS for the site is going to be very helpful, especially as I move into tougher areas with adding features to the site.

Automated Sitemap Generation With CakePHP 1.2

t73 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:56:13 -0500

One of the most important things for a website is to be indexed by search engines. When I changed mine over to CakePHP 1.2, I had found out that my sitemap.xml was missing. Well rather than take the time to manually do the sitemap each time I made a new posting, I decided to look for an automated solution.

Site Improvements Continue

t73 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 01:54:11 -0500

In an attempt to make this a more function blog system, I have in added in some new features.The hardest to implement was the comments system, even though it would seem that it would be easy. The reason that it was difficult was due to the fact that I wanted to have the comments system update right away using Ajax.

Mental Ramblings Site Gets a Makeover

t73 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:29:11 -0500

As an avid user and supporter of CakePHP, I had felt compelled for some time to switch the site from Wordpress to a custom CakePHP Blog setup. We'll look at the advantages and disadvantages of building your own custom blog.

CakePHP 1.2 ACL/Auth The Quest Continues

t73 — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:39:22 -0500

In a recent post, I had stated that my ACL Quest was complete. Now it continues. Based upon http://realm3.com/articles/setting_up_user_groups_with_acl_and_auth_in_cakephp_1.2 I have started a continuation of the previous Quest.

CakePHP Get's a Hometown?

t73 — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:14:28 -0500

That's right folks! CakePHP has it's own hometown. Established by Mariano Iglesias it as of today has 66 people in it's population. To visit it goto http://cakephp.myminicity.com/ and help raise the population!