So it’s been a while since I’ve been able to work on my Ancient Greek and I’m really feeling it. So I figure I’ll go through a sentence here every couple days (I’d say every day, but what happens if I miss a day?).
Tonight the randomly selected sentence is
οὐκ ἂν ἀφείην ὁπόσους ἂν ἕλωμεν πρὶν ἂν χρήματα δῶσιν.
I understand that I am, in discussing this, leaping into the fray of some truly difficult historical research and study. In discussions of this kind simply being exposed to such ideas without mentally preparing for them can result in rejection of faith, of historical fact, or even both. For those who are troubled by this post I’d recommend reading the polygamy chapters of Dr. Richard Bushman’s Rough Stone Rolling. (more…)
So I wanted to give HipHop a run-through. It seems like an awesome project to be able to write PHP and compile to C++ code (nice for me when I spend most of my non-school life in PHP). However, while following the Ubuntu build instructions I couldn’t make the project due to errors with ~/hiphop/hiphop-php/src/runtime/base/server/ on line 98 (
libevent_server.cppevhttp_is_connection_ssl was undeclared I think). Sorry for the lack of more precision on the error – I’ve solved it and I’ve lost the display of the error on my terminal so I’m writing this post based on my bash history). (more…)
The following is long because I want to make sure I approach the subject carefully. It is indeed a soft criticism upon statements given by a man I believe to be an Apostle of God, so I can understand if the very idea can be seen as offensive to some. I apologize for that offense, but I believe the criticism is valid. (more…)
Okay, I think I’ve got the repository nonsense worked out.
Feel free to checkout or browse the code at:
https://svn.xp-dev.com/svn/tpdFauxWPPlugin/trunk/ (more…)
This is mostly just for my own notes, because this will come up later in the project. (more…)
To build this plugin I’m going to start with a new project, entirely from scratch. This means that I will be initially developing a normal application. Once we’re nearing the end, we’ll package the project up into a plugin. This post will cover the development of basic CRUD functionality so we can actually do something if we want. (more…)
WordPress is, by far, the most popular blogging framework on the Internet today and that popularity is not undeserved. It has an easy installation and is set up to cater to non-technical people. After installation, it simply works and people are up and running quickly. It has an active plugin community to extend it in any direction a user might need. In short, it’s a great solution to use pretty much anywhere.
However, it’s also not very nice to play with as a developer. The code is mostly based around PHP 4 (although that will probably change when 3.0 is released) and writing plugins and themes can occasionally be a nightmare. Security is, unfortunately, a constant problem since the ease-of-use is occasionally in tension with secure practices. Finally, while the self-contained aspect of WordPress is great for a typical user who pretty much runs their entire site through WordPress, integrating a WordPress installation with an existing applicaiton — especially an application that has its own extensive user-management solution — is a daunting task. (more…)
So, for the past year or so I have struggled in trying to figure out how best to incorporate WordPress into a Symfony application. The conclusion I have come to? I’m really starting to wonder if it’s worth any of the trouble. So, I’m trying to figure out, for myself at least, what aspects of WordPress I really appreciate; of those features, I really wonder whether or not building a new plugin (or extending sfSimpleBlogPlugin/sfBlogsPlugin) would not be a better idea. (more…)
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