Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

Tong Family gets a slight update Did you notice that lots of the starter junk is gone from the front, And also search moved to the menu pane. Most current blogs have a tighter format than mine, so I’m gradually switching over. Next step is to start using (and learning CSS), so that I can…

Installing MovableType on Windows MovableType Installation. This is a good list of things to do, although at 2 AM, things get a bit blurry. Main things are to get Apache loaded, then ActivePerl, then to hook Perl up with Apache by editing httpd.confg. Instructions for Apache and Perl on Windows: Installing Apache. OK, on the…

boardom :: View topic – b2wap.php hack. Ok, a cool way to get the last set of posts from a b2 blog via a wap interface.

boardom :: View topic – [Request] People Who Are Not Logged In See Nothing. A good description from the author himself on how to get B2 to be private. Good for personal and family photos and news. Lots of different ways to do it. You could: Use .htaccess with apache Use the new filters command.…

Getting a local Apache server to work on XP I’m going to create a development server that mimics what is GeekFishing so here are some notes on how to make it all work similarly. This will also let me install things like the PHP DBG module that require major hacking that an ISP normally doesn’t…

Password protection This has come up several times. So, here’s quick tutorial. HTpassword generator. This is an all in one generator of htpassword which is a file you put in a web server to protect a particular directory. Creating .htpassword. This is how you create a file. Htpassword Line Generator. This is how you create…

PHP Editing and Debugging Freeware I’m tired of using wordpad and sticking in echo and print_r statements in PHP to figure out what is going on, so here is a search for a good debugging environment for PHP. I spent hours tonight trying to get the debugger to work. Let’s just say the freeware stuff…

MovableType Tips, Tricks and Traps Continuing the search for incredible tips on MovableType. There are an amazing number of things to wade through. In order of discovery, these are: MOvable Type External Resources. Where my search first started. There are some very nice hacks here mainly by Kevin Shay and Brad Choate and Adam Kalsey.…

PDA Your Movable Type Blog If you run a weblog using Movable Type, then you can easily make it available for PDA readers. It takes under 30 minutes to set it up. Wow, Movable Type sure is beautiful. The only thing really missing is mail2blog, but here is blog2avantgo2pda

Wiki, Wiki Wiki. Yet another strange technology for collaboration. Will it never end. This is some kind of content collaboration system. Earthweb on Blogs. A good article about how IT should handle blogs and what they might be good for.