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If automatic updates of Wordpress fail using 1and1.com, this change should enable them to work correctly for you.

I recently did a couple of presentations work, as part of my new role as Manager of Web Technologies. These presentations were focused on sharing knowledge and help them be more productive with these technologies.
In July (2008), the presentation was on Web Development tools. Background: The company has been using web interfaces (and [...]

You can download it here: http://snydersoft.com/easyPages/
I recently updated easyPages to include a few enhancements:

Added file icons for MSProject, WinZip, and Unknown filetypes
Display last modified time in format “(Updated DD-MMM-YYYY HH:MM)” after file names
Display “new” icon if the file was updated in the last 14days

easyPages is a PHP script that creates a listing of the documents/folders [...]

I wanted to document one of the hacks that I have made to a the Twitter Wordpress Sidebar Widget.
Edit to “Twitter Wordpress Sidebar Widget”
I wanted a line break after the time, so I added the following line:
li.appendChild(document.createElement(‘br’));
As the last line inside the following “if” statement:
if ( showTimeFirst == 1) {
I also attempted to [...]

I am very excited to hear that Microsoft has decided to reverse it’s decision on the default behavior of IE 8. This is great news for the Web and should keep us moving in a more standards based web platform. Every good decision like this helps to further the standards movement within [...]

Mozilla has been working on a “Site Specific Browser” implementation called WebRunner that is a stripped down version of Firefox that allows you to connect to a particular site and it appears as an application to your desktop. It can have a desktop icon, it appears in Alt-Tab list by itself, and can be [...]

I ran into a particularly odd problem when I moved to Flash CS3. It no
longer allowed me to place batch files in the fscommand directory and call
them from a flash projector file. I found this article while searching for
a reason why, and it provides an excellent way to overcome the current issue
with Flash [...]

Here is a great article on what it takes to embed flash on your web pageswhile still validating for XHTML Strict standards.
http://alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay

Microsoft’s Press Article: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07/09-04SilverlightPR.mspx
Here is a great place to start, if you are interested in Silverlightdevelopment: http://www.silverlight.net. The runtime, and SDK can bedownloaded at: http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/.
In the coming weeks, I expect we will see lots of comparisons betweenSilverlight at Flash.
Quick Summary:(I expect most of the comparisons will boil down to)* Silverlight is heavily focused on great [...]

Highlights of this latest release:

PHP Support
Ajax library wizard updates
Javascript outliner improvements
much more…

The Release Notes: http://aptana.com/docs/index.php/Aptana_Release_Notes