Well we all know that Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (yes the web browser that comes preinstalled in every copy of Windows) is probably the least secure web browser around, due to the countless well-publicised security issues involving it. But is it really true that IE is the undisputed leader when it comes to browsing speed? Or has Mozilla Firefox claimed the throne? Read this browser speed comparisons – the conclusions might surprise you!
Plume CMS has turned out to be precisely what I was looking for because it has a very beautiful and simple interface, a quick and easy way of posting information (almost blog-like…we’ll get back to that in a while), elegant and simple file management system which allows users to upload files into their own subdirectories (only), AND easily create links to those files/images using a point-and-click interface….in other words, just what a harried teacher with little-to-no free time needs! (Does…
When my HOD/IT asked about the possibility of teachers having their own pages in Mambo (the CMS that the school is planning to move the school website too), I was intrigued. So I did some searching at Mambers and came across two component projects by the name of http://pxsystem.sourceforge.net/ MyHomePage and UHP. Without delving into too many details however, I found the two unsuitable: the former was too unnerving (required installation of several separate parts) and would give teachers too…
iPhoto has the ability to assign keywords to photos, but even in the latest version 5, it is so tedious that people never get around to using it. Yes, iPhoto 5 makes it easy for one to assign keywords when importing new batches of photos, but what about those already in iPhoto? Luckily, Keyword Assistant for iPhoto makes this a much less painful process.
A few days ago I wrote about hosting a website from your home but in Singapore, if you have a residential broadband connection, you can’t legally host a website from your computer. Which means that the only reason anyone would want to have all the web serving software installed in their computer would be to “check out” or develop content locally, on the computer, before uploading to the webserver. That being the case, I can understand why most people wouldn’t…
Finally got around to moving my Coppermine photo galleries from coolsphere.org over to the syamsul.net server. It was really much easier than I’d expected! This is what I did: Create a new MySQL database and username for my new Coppermine installation on syamsul.net using phpMyAdmin Using phpMyAdmin on coolsphere.org, export the existing Coppermine gallery database into a .sql file Now import that .sql file into the syamsul.net database mentioned in Step 1 Copy (or if you know how, archive) the…