By Colleen, on February 7th, 2009%
Warning: Hard Core Dorkage ahead!
I ran into a snag implementing a general callback strategy. The issue is that you can’t use a class name as a variable and then call one of its methods. Here is the backdrop, the boo-boo, and the workaround.
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By Colleen, on December 23rd, 2008%
Is “shrinkage” ever a good thing? Actually, Jerry Seinfeld notwithstanding, yes! If you don’t know about shrinkage as it applies to the internet, learn the basics first , then come back and learn how to make money with it. I’ll wait.
There are rumblings that TinyURL, the oldest and probably most well-known URL shortener on the ‘nets, may not be the best link shrinker to use any more, mainly because you can’t track clicks. There are many other free shorteners that allow you to track your clicks. Adjix.com gives you the option of monetizing your clicks as well.
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By Colleen, on November 19th, 2008%
One of my web developer friends evolved her own custom CMS several years ago, when there the opensource CMS’s (a la Drupal, Joomla, et al) were not nearly as good as they are now. In the past few years many of her clients have wanted to start blogs. Writing her own blogging module seemed a bit silly in this day and age when there is so much free blogging software available. She considered what a lot of site owners do– installing a wordpress and hooking it to either a subdomain or a subdirectory of the main client site, but it was not her choice, mainly because if you self-host a wordpress you have to maintain and update it, and most of her clients were not willing to foot the bill for their own private hosted wordpress. She might have minimized their cost if she had them all running blogs out of a single wordpress install, but I do not think she considered wordpress mu, or doing what I have done, which is essentially my own homespun mu setup done with symlinks. Her solution was to use Blogger!
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By Colleen, on November 11th, 2008%
Warning: This is hardcore dorkage, not some soft core widget for your blog. You have been warned. Go browse Youtube cat videos now if your brain is easily overwhelmed.
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By Colleen, on May 23rd, 2008%
Where I lay out my master plan to leverage Ning . . . → Read More: Master Plan to Leverage Ning Events
By Colleen, on April 23rd, 2008%

The decision has been finalized. Zend Framework has been selected to leverage the power of frameworks for the legacy code of Tix•R•Us without forcing it into the rigid confines of a Content Management System (CMS) such as Drupal, that you then have to find modules for or program your own.
Zend Framework seems to suit my needs. I considered CakePHP and Symfony, both strong contenders, and CodeIgniter, which some people love, and I had downloaded and played with a few homegrown ones as well. But the bottom line is Continue reading Zend Framework Chronicles Part I