http://webexpose.org views from the changing web Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:09:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While Subversion 1.5 doesn't make it merging as easy as a system like Git or Mercurial, it certainly solves common points of pain. As a famous quote goes, "it makes easy things easy, and hard things possible." Subversion is now beginning to match features in larger, commercial tools such as ... http://webexpose.org/2008/05/13/subversion-15-merge-tracking-looks-awesome/ The documentation covering routes in CakePHP is a bit confusing, and doesn't quite cover how you can you use paths in the URL as method parameters. I'll cover how I used them in a recent app in this short article. Routing in CakePHP is similar to using Apache's mod_rewrite to give ... http://webexpose.org/2007/05/09/cakephp-routes/ Digg is the new Slashdot, and whilst getting digged might not bring your site down like a true slashdotting, it is far cooler and carries more interweb credibility. So here are the top ten ways to get your site onto the frontpage of Digg: Buy your diggs The easiest way: create a ... http://webexpose.org/2007/04/03/10-ways-to-get-on-to-diggs-frontpage/ To clarify the article title, when I say web service, I mean a piece of software that will receive and send out data via the HTTP protocol. Furthermore, this data is usually transmitted in XML format. I will also call this XML RPC occasionally, but there is also a specification ... http://webexpose.org/2007/04/03/both-sides-of-a-quick-and-simple-web-service/ I realise posts have been thin on the ground lately, so here are a few good links to keep you busy. On a related note, I'm always looking for people who want to write articles on any (web) topic - there are no requirements, as long as you make sense ... http://webexpose.org/2007/03/29/some-tidbits/ Ok, I've had to disable comments on the IE7 for linux post, the amount of spam that's coming through is quite insane. Today there were 149 spam comments in my moderation queue. This site alone is eating up a large chunk of bandwidth on my host, I think (note: think) ... http://webexpose.org/2007/03/21/spam-lovely-spam/ Just a quick post - if you're using PHP's shell_exec to execute shell commands, take note of the following: Permissions If you're reading or writing files, ensure that your working directory has the correct permissions for the www/apache user to access what it needs. On some systems, PHP will run as the ... http://webexpose.org/2007/03/06/executing-shell-commands/ I often (a couple times a month) have to sort an array of arrays by some arbitrary value located in the internal array. For example, I might want to sort the following structure by name. Array[0] { Array[0] { ... http://webexpose.org/2007/02/27/sorting-arrays-by-an-arbitary-key-value-in-php/ CakePHP is an awesome MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework for PHP 4 and 5 - it provides a great base to build your web application on, and can save you a huge amount of time if used correctly. Unfortunately, the manual is sometimes lacking - whilst the information you need might be there, ... http://webexpose.org/2007/02/14/useful-things-to-know-in-cakephp/ Today's article is going to cover using the excellent JQuery library to implement an AJAX username availability checker (along with a bit of eye candy to show the results). The use of visual effects with AJAX can occasionally be quite tricky, depending on what you need to do - fades ... http://webexpose.org/2007/01/31/b2b-ajax-in-jquery-with-special-effects/