Informative

I've got most of the software I need for development and general computer use on my 8gig USB drive. The great thing about this is I have my favorite applications and custom settings no matter what computer I'm using.

Here's a list of the software I've installed and links to their downloads or setup instructions. Some of them have some tweaking to get them working, so if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email.

I haven't been around for a while due to a sickness in the family. Time has allowed no free time until now.

I should have some hours in the week opening up for development time again (fingers crossed). If you post in the forums, PM me or send me an email, it might take a couple days to get back to you, so please be patient, I will be responding to all inquiries.

Let me know if there are any issues that need to be addressed. Two issues that I will be looking at are:

I've been working on a two in one project in my free time. I've been working on a Social Networking web site for gamers. I also plan on releasing the custom CMS (Content Management System) I've been working on that will be the backend/infrastructure of the site.

I thought I'd elaborate a little more on my plans for the Social Networking Web Site for Gamers that I've been working on.

At first I'm going to focus on FPS Clans and MMORPG Guilds. A Clan/Guild leader will be able to sign up for their own "Den" (my terminology for web space). The Clan/Guild Leader will be able to choose a pre-built theme or create their own custom theme. They will be able to install plug-ins that will be individual to their own "Den", and they will have control over where menus/blocks are displayed.

All's Quiet On The Eastern Front, What's Up With That?

I'm sure you've noticed some changes around here lately, the two main changes being the disappearance of the forums, and a lack of blog posts.

Don't worry, all is not lost, and I've still been working hard in the depths of the jbWorld. In fact, so much so that it's taken my attention away from my open source dev and support.

I've been wanting to get my hands dirty with desktop software, so I've decided to play around with Python.

It's only been about two weeks, and I've already got the basic syntax down pat. Now I've been messing around with application/systems programming, and have been reading up on wxPython and PyGame. Talk about ease of use. Python is my new baby

A fellow e107 user got locked out of their site and asked me what was the best way to recover a password in e107. I thought I'd share my response:

There are two ways you can reset your password.

Using your e107 site to reset the password:
Go to the "http://www.yoursite.com/fpw.php" page and follow the instructions.

Manually changing your password in the database. Here are the instructions to do so using "phpMyAdmin":

FIRST THING YOU NEED TO DO IS BACKUP YOUR DATABASE!!!

Between the e107 Wiki and the YourFirstPlugin starter plugin, there is enough information out there to get started making your own plugins.

I thought that I would focus on individual topics, rather than starting from the beginning.

That being said, on to e107 Plugin Admin Menus.

The Two Pieces Of An Admin Menu

I was just wracking my head trying to figure this one out, so I figured I'd share my experience with everyone.

The Situation

I've got a page that a user needs to input information. This page has three fields that are required, two that are not. I fill out the form, yet leave out a required field (so I can test my validation code).

PHP4 support ended on 12-31-07:
http://www.php.net/downloads.php

MySQL 4 is in Extended Support, meaning you can only get security updates through the code repository:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/

Because of the end of support, PHP4 and MySQL 4 will not be supported.

If you run into any issues using our plugins, please make sure your server software is up to date.