Writing tagged Web Development
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Using virtualenv with Django on WebFaction
Getting a Django site running on WebFaction hosting using virtualenv.
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Hyphenation on the web
The state of hyphenation on the web.
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COMMENTS_APP error when extending Django comments
I was getting an error when customising the Django comments app. Here’s my solution.
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Setting up a Django environment and project structure
My notes on what I do to set up an environment for a Django project.
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Coding in public
I’ve put the code for the Django version of the site I’m building up on Github.
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Publishing with old dates in Movable Type
What I did to make the Pepys’ Diary website work with 343-year-old dates in Movable Type.
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Making a web page fit an iPhone screen
I had problems making a web page fit and fill the iPhone screen width-wise in both Safari and when opened from the Home Screen.
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Practical Django Projects source code
I uploaded to Bitbucket the code I ended up with after following James Bennett’s book.
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Is modern web design too like print design?
I’ve been wondering whether we’ve lost the “webness” of web design, whether it’s all too dull and influenced by print design.
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Ununited Eurasia
I worked on a project with Six to Start to promote Muse’s new single.
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Mailman Archive Scraper
A Python script I wrote that scrapes a Mailman mailing list archive and republishes it elsewhere, with some optional additional changes.
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Choosing a wiki
A quick run-down of what I looked at when trying to choose a wiki for Septivium.
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A new kind of front page
A step towards a better front page for an individual’s aggregated content on the web.
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Annoyingly slippery
Some tips and gotchas for Movable Type 4.2.
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Webloggery organisation
I’ve re-written the site’s back end, using less PHP and more Movable Type.
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DBD::mysql on Leopard with _mysql_init errors
I had problems getting the perl DBD::mysql module working. Here’s how I made it happy.
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A format only robots could love
I’m adding an archive of comments posted on other websites to my site, and thinking more about how personal aggregation of online activity should work.
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Stopping Movable Type from truncating long templates
If Movable Type is cutting your templates off when you save them, here’s how to fix it.
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Movable Type 4.2
Upgrading to the latest version of MT isn’t advised until fixes are released.
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Opacity: 1 ! important;
Bloglines recently changed the look of their Beta design. Here’s how to make it look better using Firefox.
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UTF8, MySQL, Perl and PHP
A summary of the problems I had with keeping things UTF8 when re-writing Haddock Blogs, and the solutions I settled on.
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The new BBC homepage
My thoughts on the new BBC homepage, which isn’t the project I was working on over the summer.
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A homepage, the power of design, and “consulting”
I spent some of the summer consulting at the BBC on the future direction of their homepage. “Consulting” is a new experience for me.
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Net::Delicious errors
I don’t like apologising for a post right at the start, but I must admit that this will…
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BBC Programmes
The site has just launched, with a permanent page for every episode of every TV and radio programme, and I’m proud to have been a part of it.