Another Website About Stuff 2016-01-03T13:15:30+13:00 Raj http://www.phigmov.co.nz/ rpatel@phigmov.co.nz tag:r-log,2016:r-log PivotX Copyright (c) 2016, Authors of R-Log 2009-05-24T19:36:00+13:00 2007-06-28T22:41:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2007:r-log.479

If you're a fan of Perl of Blosxom you'll appreciate the fully annotated Blosxom script by Rob Reed.

Blosxom you'll appreciate the fully annotated Blosxom script by Rob Reed. ]]> raj 2009-05-24T19:36:00+13:00 2007-04-03T12:36:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2007:r-log.483

I did my bit for Pivot by helping to get text importing to Pivot - this means people with lots of text files or people (like me) who have a Blosxom based website can suck the content into a slightly fancier blogging engine. Base-hosting plans often don't include database access so simple web tools like Pivot & Blosxom are a godsend. I suspect I'll be importing and moving my website to Pivot shortly although Blosxom is so simple I'm not sure if I want to learn a whole new 'engine' and templating system . . .

Pivot by helping to get text importing to Pivot - this means people with lots of text files or people (like me) who have a Blosxom based website can suck the content into a slightly fancier blogging engine.

Base-hosting plans often don't include database access so simple web tools like Pivot & Blosxom are a godsend.

I suspect I'll be importing and moving my website to Pivot shortly although Blosxom is so simple I'm not sure if I want to learn a whole new 'engine' and templating system . . . ]]> raj 2009-05-24T19:36:00+13:00 2006-07-03T21:40:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2006:r-log.481

Header graphic is a sunset over Pauanui beach. The Coromandel is a lovely place if you can avoid the Jafa's buying up property and plonking million dollar mansions in amongst the local bach's.

Pauanui beach. The Coromandel is a lovely place if you can avoid the Jafa's buying up property and plonking million dollar mansions in amongst the local bach's. ]]> raj 2009-05-24T19:36:00+13:00 2006-07-02T21:41:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2006:r-log.482

Ended up modifying an open source template from Asphaug for use with Blosxom. CSS is much trickier to get a handle on than I thought - I can see why templates are so prevalent - designing from scratch is a pain and the tools are not much better than those used at the dawn of the web (ie a text editor).

Asphaug for use with Blosxom. CSS is much trickier to get a handle on than I thought - I can see why templates are so prevalent - designing from scratch is a pain and the tools are not much better than those used at the dawn of the web (ie a text editor). ]]> raj 2009-10-13T18:47:00+13:00 2005-11-13T17:42:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2005:r-log.484

meta-creation_date: 4/6/2005 02:59:16 Bear with me as I experiment with the Reading Room in the right sidebar (note I haven't added my own books in yet - these are just the default ones).

Reading Room in the right sidebar (note I haven't added my own books in yet - these are just the default ones). ]]> Raj 2009-10-13T18:48:00+13:00 2005-11-13T17:42:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2005:r-log.487

meta-creation_date: 25/6/2005 02:46:49 Looks like a great perl GUI toolkit front-end - Sprog. The article demonstrates who to put a Sprog filter together to turn a web based phone list into an LDIF (LDAP Interchange Format) file. Sprog sourceforge project is here.

Sprog. The article demonstrates who to put a Sprog filter together to turn a web based phone list into an LDIF (LDAP Interchange Format) file. Sprog sourceforge project is here. ]]> Raj 2009-05-24T19:36:00+13:00 2005-08-28T09:05:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2005:r-log.485

I just realised my Blosxom 'categorytree' plugin wasn't working. The Blosxom web page was loading fine but none of the sub links/categories were working. A quick search of the faq turned up this tidbit on url-hiding. And I just had to add to my .htaccess file RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^osxom/?(.*)$ osxom/blosxom.cgi/$1 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ blosxom.cgi/$1 [L,QSA] Whats wierd is that I thought I had this fixed already.

A quick search of the faq turned up this tidbit on url-hiding.

And I just had to add to my .htaccess file


RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^osxom/?(.*)$ osxom/blosxom.cgi/$1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ blosxom.cgi/$1 [L,QSA]


Whats wierd is that I thought I had this fixed already. ]]> raj 2009-05-24T19:36:00+13:00 2004-03-08T22:35:00+13:00 tag:r-log,2004:r-log.486

Handle CPAN module installation - perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::libnet' Will download and install the libnet perl module in the same way as a debian apt-get install or redhat up2date. Searching CPAN will give you the appropriate module names. First time you run it you'll need to answer some simple queries but once its setup it seems to work fine. You can reconfigure the CPAN settings via perl -MCPAN -e shell cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.59_54) ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN') cpan> o conf init

CPAN module installation -

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::libnet'

Will download and install the libnet perl module in the same way as a debian apt-get install or redhat up2date.

Searching CPAN will give you the appropriate module names.

First time you run it you'll need to answer some simple queries but once its setup it seems to work fine.

You can reconfigure the CPAN settings via

perl -MCPAN -e shell

cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.59_54)
ReadLine support available (try 'install Bundle::CPAN')

cpan> o conf init ]]> raj