While programming in Flex 4.5, I came across an issue that took forever to figure out. It had to do with the ModuleLoader class and the inability of it to inherit styles from the application that was loading it. According to Flex documentation, a Module that is loaded into the same application domain as it’s […]
19
Nov
Flex Library Linking (RSL, External, Merged)
Setting up the Flash/Flex environment for development can take some time. When I first setup Flex Builder 3.0, I had to work through a lot of different configuration before I found, in my opinion, the best setup for it. Basically, I had the idea of setting up five different projects as Flex projects: Library (pure […]
09
Nov
WordPress index.php Redirects to Base Url
Problem Recently, I was working on a website that needed to display a temporary home page, while an installation of WordPress was being worked on. The custom home page was being displayed as index.html. WordPress uses index.php, combined with mod_rewrite, to handle all requests coming into the site. The server I was using would show […]
22
Oct
WordPress Permalink Page is Blank
Problem This problems comes up with various versions of WordPress; in this case, it applied to version 3.2.1. Sometimes, after an installation of WordPress on certain servers, the Permalink Settings page, in the site administration, comes up blank. The menu displays, as well as the site name at the top of the page, but nothing […]
23
Sep
Microsoft Access “ID is not an index in this table”
Microsoft Access Problem Recently I got a call from a client that was having issues with their Microsoft Access database. They told me that every time they opened the application, it would tell them that there was an error/problem with the database and that it had to back itself up and attempt to repair itself. […]
17
Sep
Google Syntax Highlighter Languages/Aliases
Here’s a quick reference to the WordPress “Google Syntax Highlighter” plugin. I’ve included it here since I alway have to go looking for it. The reference page can be found here: http://code.google.com. Language [Aliases] C++ [cpp, c, c++] C# [c#, c-sharp, csharp] CSS [css] Delphi [delphi, pascal] Java [java] Java Script [js, jscript, javascript] PHP […]
17
Sep
Zend_Auth and Active Directory
I just worked on a login application that connects to Active Directory using Zend_Auth and Zend_Auth_Adapter_Ldap. The application uses the Zend Framework and components of Zend_Form. Server Settings First of all, the web server has to have the ability to connect with LDAP. To do this, it has to be enabled in the php.ini file. […]
13
Sep
WordPress 3.0 Admin Issues (CSS/Javascript)
Recently I moved a WordPress web site from one server to another. The “move-from” server was running an older version of php than the “move-to” server. After logging into the WordPress administration, I noticed that the css was all messed up. Part of the css was working (displaying some icons, colors, etc.), but the majority […]
11
Sep
PayPal Pro and DPRP
Recently I have been working with a custom plugin for WordPress that is supposed to allow payments with PayPal Pro. The advantage of PayPal Pro integration is that you can do purchases from within your website; you don’t have to go out to the PayPal site, make the payment, then return back to the original […]