Category Archives: Web Development

Anything web development related. Expect to see a lot about how I’ve developed this blog, and how I run my webserver.

Gallery 3 and WordPress 3

I spent a few hours this weekend exploring the Gallery 3 RC2, which I’ve been really looking forward to exploring to see how much it had been developed.  I’m very impressed with how clean and sleek the Gallery 3 system … Continue reading

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Blog overhaul

Clearly our blog hasn’t been updated for years now (apart from occasional photo gallery updates).  I’m now updating and overhauling our blog to bring it up to date with the year that it is, which means I’m going to be … Continue reading

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Role Scoper plugin for WordPress

I like to use private posts, as not everything that I blog about should be read by the public. Several versions of WordPress ago, I used the Disclose-Secret plugin. However, development of this plugin hasn’t really happened since version 2.3 … Continue reading

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Note to world: Tom Bammann blogging again

I didn’t stop blogging, I’ve just had higher priorities in the last few months. Since I last posted anything substantial, I’ve been doing a lot, and I will attempt to catch up with what I’ve been up to in this … Continue reading

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dBeautifier 3.4 for WordPress 2.0.5 and 2.0.6

Lately I’ve been a little frustrated. I think it was since I upgraded WordPress to 2.0.5 that it broke my dBeautifier plugin v3.4 for PHP5. Awesome plugin, bummer that Joseph Newing decided to stop supporting it. Lots of people are … Continue reading

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IET website for SA & NT

I’m currently working on a new website [edit: URL no longer exists] for the IET (Institution of Engineering & Technology) SA&NT division. I’d appreciate any feedback from anyone in the comments below this text. I’m currently putting content on it … Continue reading

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wordpress hack for comment links

This is my solution to a request for a WordPress hack from the support forum: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/71499?replies=2#post-374824 Edit /wp-includes/comment-functions.php Assuming you have WP v2.0.2, modify line 378 which is: $return = “$author”; to: $return = “$author”; I just tested it and … Continue reading

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new gallery system

I’ve started using the WPG2 Plugin for Gallery2 with WordPress. The reason for this is because the number of photos I’ve been putting in my gallery is getting ridiculous. Nowadays I have a sound grasp on using database systems so … Continue reading

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#1 debugging buddie = joel

I would like to say a big thankyou to Joel for helping me debug why my site hasn’t been loading the last few days, it seems it was a complication with my .htaccess file. To make a long story short, … Continue reading

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how to connect a locally hosted website on a cheaply purchased domain name

Tonight I have finally figured out what all my problems have been trying to transfer http://tombammann.homedns.org/any-post-link to http://tombammann.org/any-post-link Basically, I was using dyndns.com to purchase my domain name of tombammann.org, and then using dyndns.com‘s paid service to redirect the dynamic … Continue reading

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