Call for help

July 18th, 2007
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I found a CMS online that I’d like to try out. It’s called Symphony. It appears to be something I’d like, being very easily configurable and changable to almost anything you want it to be. So I downloaded it to try out here at home before I put it up live anywhere, and I’ve run into a few snags. First, because of the way it’s built, it requires an XSLT processor of some sort to be installed. No problem, I installed LibXSLT from the OpenSUSE repository, along with any dependancies (and there were several). I ran the install.php script for Symphony, and got a notification that I need an XSLT processor such as LibXSLT or Sablotron. OK. Wierd. So I download, compile and installed Sablotron. Restarted the machine (just in case), and tried the install script again. It still says I don’t have an XSLT processor installed, only, I do. I have two. So I did some poking around with google, and came across a post in Symphony’s help forum, called Overture, in which someone else is having the same problem. He’s got both installed, and when he gets phpinfo();, it shows '--with-dom-xslt' '--with-dom-exslt' '--enable-xslt' '--with-xslt-sablot' as being in the configure command.

So I did some poking around on my system. phpinfo(); doesn’t show any of those in my configure command. The problem for me is this: Which of the vast myriad of httpd.conf and php.ini files do I have to edit, and where and what do I do to enable either LibXSLT or Sablotron? Here’s what I have, from phpinfo on my system (click for larger):
phpinfo from Picasso, my OpenSUSE Linux box

One of the other forum members tells him he shouldn’t be using Sablotron anyway, that he should be using LibXSLT. Very helpful, man. But no further help seems to be forthcoming. So.. I’m putting the call out there for you Linux geniuses. What am I doing wrong? I should point out that I’m sort of a neophyte. I know enough about Linux to be dangerous, but I am (a) not a programmer (b) don’t know every intricate inner-working of Linux. So if you know how to make this work and can walk me through it (unfortunately I won’t be able to grant you access to the box, as it’s a private-side box that can only been seen inside the house, and the router has a bad history with port forwarding (it just doesn’t work).

Help?

UPDATE: Thanks to help from Roto via IM, it’s working now. Thanks Roto!

53 CSS techniques you couldn’t live without

March 15th, 2007
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Exactly what the headline says. Excellent resource! Have a look for yourself…

Update your WordPress!

January 19th, 2007
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WordPress 2.0.7
If you run a WordPress-based site, it’s imperative that you update to the latest version, 2.0.7. Apparently after the release of 2.0.6 update, there was a security flaw found that could leave your admin panel open to attack. The latest WordPress 2.0.7 update fixes this flaw. Go get it now!

Caution: Web work ahead

November 24th, 2005
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Here’s a snapshot of the site I’m working on for my employer.

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This is potentially the first of 3 designs for them to pick from. I had one previous to this, but I no longer like it, so it’s out of the running.

There is a problem, though. I guess it’s because I’m still learning the tricks of CSS. It doesn’t render exactly the way I want it to in Internet Explorer. It renders like this:

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Here’s the relevant CSS:

#pageHeader {
position:absolute;
left:5%;
top:0px;
width:90%;
height:100px;
z-index:1;
background-color: #FF0000;
background-image: url(../images/keating-bg.png);
background-repeat: repeat-x;
overflow: hidden;
margin: 0px;
border: 0px;
}
#navbar {
position:absolute;
left:5%;
top:100px;
width:90%;
height:25px;
z-index:2;
background-color: #425968;
margin: 0px;
border: 0px;
}
#main {
position:absolute;
left:5%;
top:125px;
width:90%;
height: 100%;
z-index:3;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0px;
border: 0px;
}
#news {
position:relative;
float:right;
background-color: #E0E7EB;
z-index:4;
margin: 10px;
padding:4px;
width: 150px;
height: 120px;
left:10px;
top:10px;
right: 10px;
}
#newsHeader {
background-color:#FF0000;
position:relative;
float:left;
z-index:5;
width:100%;
top:0px;
left:0px;
}

Anyone want to take a stab and tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Look at all the pretty colors!

July 30th, 2005
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While looking around the web for color ideas for a project in the preliminary stages, I came across this post in Veerle’s Blog. There are some great color resources here, tho at least one of them seems to require the use of Internet Explorer. Yeah, I’m not an IE fan. Nonetheless these are some very useful color links for when you feel down on your creativity and need a little nudge in the right direction.