Category Archives: Programming

Local development/test domain setup

Posted on March 14, 2011 by klaus

This posting shows how to setup a local domain for development and/or testing to allow access the same way as to the production system using a real URL instead of the customary development type URLs such as http://localhost:3000/system/login or http://127.0.0.1:3000/system/login … More →

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Simple RoR Deployment

Posted on March 1, 2011 by klaus

Since the beginning of using Ruby on Rails (RoR) I hesitated when it came to deploying the application in production mode. Everything I read sounded and look complicated and the fact that books recommended to use Capistrano drove the point … More →

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Been there, done that!

Posted on January 6, 2011 by klaus

Came across an interesting blog entry by Bob Sutor titled “Thinking about restaurant software and online services.” Reading it, especially the part that restaurant software should not only “look at all expenses and revenue and help manage those, but  also … More →

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Adding dynamic “sitemap.xml” file to Enki Blog Sites

Posted on December 21, 2010 by klaus

I realized that since switching my site to the new Enki based software that Google stopped indexing the site’s pages. Thinking about the cause I came up with the conclusion that because all the pages and blog articles are dynamically … More →

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Making New-Window Links Standards-Compliant

Posted on December 10, 2010 by klaus

Updated – March 25, 2011 – The article has been modified to also be relevant to WordPress. For what ever reason the Enki creator forgot that for the XHTML 1.x Strict recommendations the W3C no longer include the target attribute … More →

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First major layout change to Enki

Posted on December 9, 2010 by klaus

I notice that the main page (home page) displays the full article content for each posting. Looking at the code revealed that the only adjustment available via the configuration file was the number of articles on the main page, not … More →

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What’s with the new look?

Posted on December 8, 2010 by klaus

The main reason for the new look is that I decided to switch from RapidWeaver (RW) to Enki. Basically I became tired of creating my blog articles in RW, compiled the pages and uploaded the complete set of pages to … More →

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