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Installing webistrano on Debian Squeeze 64bits

2011-12-31T17:10:00.000+01:00

This is how *I* did it. By no means is this the perfect way, nor very probably how it should be done, but it worked for me. As root: 1 activate default repositories # vi /etc/apt/sources.list add, if not already there: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib 2 update apt # apt-get update 3 install the necessary packages

[FR] Les slides de ma présentation au PHP Tour à Lille en 2011

2011-11-25T10:28:00.001+01:00

Pour ceux qui souhaitent récupérer les slides de ma présentation :)

Zend framework: imaging the menu

2010-12-19T15:19:00.000+01:00

Hmm This is more of a reminder to ::self than a post. Because it took me nearly a full day to figure out how to be able to put just a logo image in the menu with Zend_View_Helper_Navigation_Menu. So here goes. Note 1: I used ZF 1.11 Note 2: For simplicity, I used "fullmoon" where you should use your application name. Take notice of case within the code, it's important and it changes depending on

Should your company develop it's own framework ?

2010-11-11T16:40:00.000+01:00

Having had some discussions with colleagues about building a framework, I just wanted to share my point of view, hoping it may profit to someone. Adapted to your needs A framework, per definition, is generic. If you develop one yourself and you do it right, your home-made framework will end up having as much abstraction as a public one. On the other hand, a public framework can be adapted to some

Setting the paper straight

2010-08-06T09:02:00.000+02:00

As a reminder note to myself, and for anyone else it may help, here's how you can easily set the default page size for printing in Firefox. fire up firefox Type about:config in the address bar Confirm that you'll be careful In the filter bar, type paper_size Double-click the entry print.postscript.paper_size and change it's value to A4 for example Hit Ok to save your modification Double-click

Ubuntu 10.4 ambiance theme: setting the buttons straight

2010-05-13T09:06:00.000+02:00

I just recently installed Ubuntu 10.4 LTS and set appearance to use the ambiance theme. The window border buttons were on the left though by default. Now, I'm not a fluent Mac user, so I prefer having those on the right. It proved to be really simple to do so: Hit , type gconf-editor and hit . Navigate to apps > metacity > general and edit the item button_layoutSimply put the

Quick trick

2010-04-29T16:34:00.000+02:00

Want to know easily if a given array is multi-dimensional ? There you go. Note that there's a caveat: if the second dimension element is an empty array, this will yield FALSE: will NOT say this is a multidimensional array.

PHP Vikinger in my town of birth !

2009-04-06T14:50:00.001+02:00

This year, Derick Rethans is organizing the PHP Vikinger event for the third time. And it’s in Leuven above all places :)If I can make it to Belgium (I live in France) on the 30th of May, I will definitely be attending at least part of the (un)conference. You can find more information –and register for the event- on the PHP Vikinger website. Hoping to see a few of you there :)

Ghost cookie ?

2009-03-05T12:56:00.000+01:00

Strange behaviour We last experienced a strange behaviour on one of our sites: marketing department wanted a tracking cookie to be written when customers came to the site through a sponsored link displayed upon a Google search. So the sponsored link had a request part that indicated the marketing code to put in the tracking cookie. But that marketing code was never put in the cookie. Why ?