They usually don’t play nice with each other. But what if we need a plugin/repository available for git AND for svn? The "new" way It used to work – but since a few weeks it doesn’t anymore. It WAS possible…
Month: September 2010
Useful Windows 7 Tricks
We all agree that Windows 7 is the most sophisticated version so far. WinXP is totally outdated, ME and Vista were crap. But despite the more stable workstation and some really good new features windows still lacks some basic stuff…
Setting up PHPDesigner for CakePHP
There are many great IDEs for PHP development. One is PHPDesigner, which is mainly for windows. With some minor adjustments it works pretty well with cake. Preferences Go to: Tools -> Preferences [CTRL + E] General File Encoding: UTF8 Trim…
Saving Model Data and Security
In google groups there are quite a few discussions every month about security against (primary key) injection, xss or other things. And yes, the default templates will not protect you from any of this. They are meant to produce quick…
External links and the target attribute
I like external pages to open in a new window. So that my page stays open. But target attribute is deprecated. If you want to validate the XHTML pages, it would result in errors. The thought behind it was to…
Keeping track of users/guests
On the one hand, there is piwik and other tracking tools. But they usually only track "total users per day". If you want to track users in real time, you can easily set up something yourself. We need to set…
Necessary Core Hacks – Cake1.3
As of now there are some litte adjustments that are either necessary or at least very useful to apply I keep this list here up to date and will remove or add hacks if something changes (usually the cake team…