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Index of pages filed with the "CMS" tag (listing records 11 to 20 of 34):
- A Fresh Coat of Paint
(Date: Mon 2-Aug-2004 | Comments: 30 | Permalink)
I would like to present to you, dear reader, the new-look Urban Mainframe. I was never completely happy with version 3 (Aston) and I've been itching to redesign for a while now. However, it is incredibly difficult for me to allocate time to personal ... (continue reading) - Quick Survey: The Captcha Mechanism - Utility or Barrier?
(Date: Wed 28-Jul-2004 | Comments: 12 | Permalink)
In March 2004 I introduced a Captcha device on my comments handler to assist in preventing the growing problem of comment spamming. The Captcha was fairly well received at the time and has been a non-issue for me ever since. However, Noah's comments ... (continue reading) - Comment Preview Usability Issue
(Date: Mon 19-Jul-2004 | Comments: 0 | Permalink)
I had reason to work directly in the Urban Mainframe's RDBMS this morning while implementing a couple of patches to the CMS. While I was poking around, I noticed several records in my "user_comments" table that were in the "preview state" (see: The Ultimate ... (continue reading) - Revised URL Schema
(Date: Sat 17-Jul-2004 | Comments: 3 | Permalink)
I have followed a couple of discussions pertaining to URLs over the past few days. As a result of various articles and their respective comments, I have made a few subtle changes to the URL schema of urbanmainframe.com ... (continue reading) - Back from the Gates of Hell
(Date: Mon 12-Jul-2004 | Comments: 0 | Permalink)
I've spent the past week performing a bug-purge on Shapeshifter, the underlying CMS behind the Urban Mainframe. During this time, I virtually cut myself from the distractions of the Internet. I didn't start my email client (and, by proxy, my newsreader ... (continue reading) - Urban Mainframe Archives
(Date: Wed 16-Jun-2004 | Comments: 2 | Permalink)
While the Urban Mainframe is blessed with a decent site map and a powerful search engine, I realised that accessing some of the historical content was not as quick nor as simple as it could be. Indeed, some information was totally inaccessible once it ... (continue reading) - The Ultimate Comments Handler (Beta)
(Date: Wed 9-Jun-2004 | Comments: 24 | Permalink)
I've listened to your feedback and scratched my own itches. The result is a collection of routines that, for myself at least, represents the ultimate comments handler and I am proud to present it for testing ... (continue reading) - Extending User Comments
(Date: Tue 1-Jun-2004 | Comments: 16 | Permalink)
My comment handler is missing one pretty significant feature, there is no support for any kind of mark-up. I am going to add this functionality now but, before I do, I need to know what to implement ... (continue reading) - Latest Addition: The Dynamic Blogroll
(Date: Fri 28-May-2004 | Comments: 8 | Permalink)
We all know that blogs thrive on linkage and mine is no different to any other. Thus, I have added a dynamic blogroll to the weblog ... (continue reading) - Redux: iTunes to Weblog Interface
(Date: Thu 27-May-2004 | Comments: 0 | Permalink)
Brandon Fuller recently released v2 of his "Now Playing" plug-in for iTunes. This latest version has several significant new features along with the usual collection of bug fixes and patches ... (continue reading)
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