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When real life gets in the way
So real life has gotten in the way lately, which means no updates.
Exactly a month ago, I went skydiving in Woollongong. The day after, once I arrived at work I started to get ringing in my ears. I didn't think much of it at first, but an hour later I tried to get up to go to the bathroom and with each step it was like the floor was moving up and down. I knew something was wrong.
Four weeks later, after multiple hearing tests, visits with a specialist and having an MRI I am left almost totally deaf and have constant ringing in my left ear. I guess things could be worse.
CakePHP Trackback Controller
A Trackback is a way for bloggers to recognise articles from other bloggers while keeping the content on their own site. For example, I could like an article onLifehacker, and instead
of commenting on Lifehacker, adding more content on their site, I could post an article on my own blog and do a Trackback to the original article. Increasing the content on my own site but also
giving props back to the original post. This is also a way for an up and coming blog to get their link on a well-known blog or website and drive more traffic to it. Of course
most site admins have to accept Trackbacks before the link to the derived post will appear (usually in the comments section, if not in a specialised Trackback part of the original post).
This post will describe how to create a controller that will accept trackbacks, and post links on your own blog, in CakePHP.
Error: The requested address was not found on this server
After developing a new feature for this site and testing it, I uploaded it to the production server but kept getting this error:
Error: The requested address "..." was not found on this server
After double-checking the CakePHP core config and routes files and that I had added the new database table to the production server, I couldn't figure out why the page was still displaying this error.
I did a bit of googling and found out that I had to clear the /tmp directory of all files and folders. I did this and now it all works. Thanks to the DevAyd Blog.
CakePHP Gravatar Helper
Gravatars or (Globally Recognised Avatars) are a service used by many blogs and social media sites on the internet. It lets a user upload an avatar (or various avatars, each with their own rating, similar to those of movies)
and have it linked to their email address. So wherever they post comments or connect socially on the internet they will have Gravatar shown instead of a blank image (as long as the site is using the Gravatar service).
As I am building this blog myself I decided to create a Gravatar helper which will help me to post Gravatars next to comments on my blog articles.
About: Blog
So this is my new website, built using CakePHP (a Rails-like framework I'm currently learning at work). There isn't much here at the moment, but over-time I plan to add some new features: comments, openid/oauth integration and all the rest.
Here be mostly howtos and things that I feel are interesting in the web development and technology fields.
Stay tuned.
First Post
Finally have a half-working blog!
Actual content coming soon...
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