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Making Joomla Modules
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Monday, 4th December 06
Rich |
There are two essential files: one the XML descriptor, and two the PHP code. Both filenames begin mod_, then are followed by the name of the module, and the appropriate file extension of course.
So, to make a new featured items module (or really a special offers module) is fairly straightforward. The problem is how to mark products for display in this module. It would require some new ... ... |
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A Simple Terrain Model
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Tuesday, 5th June 07
Rich |
I now want to look into how terrain can be modelled in a 3D game. My feeling is that the terrain model must support a couple of functions, as a minimum. These are elevation(x,y,z), which returns the height of terrain below the co-ordinates passed in, and slope(x,y,z), which returns the slope of the terrain at the specified point.
If we consider a simple single-level ... ... |
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Replace the existing entry for your mouse in /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following and restart X:
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured ... ... |
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This article refers to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10, 32-bit), but the upgrade to Hardy Heron (8.4) also messed up my screen resolutions, as I expected it would. At least this time I was prepared, and I was relieved that the script here works just as well with Hardy. It also appears to work on Debian - at least, it worked great for me on Debian amd64.
I had had a load of problems ... ... |
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Sending email is very simple in PHP, thanks to the mail() function. So what about receiving it? Obviously this would be useful for webmail, but my intention is to allow remote control of a PHP app, which is restricted to specific IPs.
The idea is this:- Check at set intervals for email from a specific sender containing a specific phrase
- Send an email to that sender ... ...
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Joomla Templates
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Thursday, 23rd November 06
Rich |
The Joomla Template system is very powerful and seemingly elegant. It will be essential for our graphic designers to be able to create templates that give the required professional, and unique, look and feel to our clients' sites. Part of this will necessitate an awareness of exactly how the templates work, so that new ones can be built and deployed smoothly.
There are actually two ... ... |
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Minor Prang
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24 Apr 07
Rich |
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Returning from Redditch in the Carisma, along the main road to Birmingham (the A441 or A411 I ... ... |
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For the last few years, my 1981 Honda CX Custom has been sitting unused in my garage. It developed ... ... |
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This little game will be a simple two player effort, where each player controls a tank within a ... ... |
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The first thing to do is install Freespace 2 under WINE (you will need WINE already installed and ... ... |
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Quarter finals now. Germany against Argentina - Germany won all their Group games, and won 2-0 ... ... |
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Since early last week, my pushbike has had a broken spoke: the first spoke to break on this bike. ... ... |
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The category listing is displayed on the VirtueMart 'home page', ie option=com_virtuemart on ... ... |
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