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One of the most requested features among our users (i.e., Me and the other four people using the site), is the ability to automatically save posts-in-progress.

This turned out to be easier than I had thought to implement as the Drafts module provides all the needed ( Read more... )

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Test server changes:

• Updated to Drupal 6.15. This was the easiest core update I've ever done. In November, I had moved all the modules to the site folder as recommended for a 6.x site. Previously, everything was in modules/contrib, and it was always a hassle to get ( Read more... )

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• Had Pazi run some functionality tests on the test server. For the most part, things seemed to work, but it's not where near as elegant or usable as I want...
• Enabled additional modules: Markdown, Flags, Freelinking:
  • Markdown helps to provide a wiki-like input syntax. I ( Read more... )

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• Tested login, and node creation with non UID 1 user. Everything appears to work, which further convinces me to copy the test server configuration to the production site.
• Reviewed and changed security permissions. Much of this involved removed permissions from the admin ( Read more... )

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• Not much today. I fixed a small bug with the default user picture. When I moved the Windowlight theme folder to /sites/all/themes, URL to the default userpic was not carried forward. This resulted in broken images being displayed for users that have not set a custom ( Read more... )

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• Fixed some issues with the new global image view. I'm not sure exactly why the derivative thumbnails didn't rebuild correctly after updating the image module, but going to the Files and Sizes control panel and resubmitting the form seemed to work. 
• The empty page text ( Read more... )

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For the past three years and the last year particularly, the activity at deninet and my creative output has dwindled. I've whined about it, justified it, unjustified it, and reasoned with it to no avail.

So what in the hell is going on?

Ever since I was a little kid, I ( Read more... )

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Catch Croc, Thom and I duke it out on the topic of the XOrg implementation on the OSNews Podcast.

I can't help but chuckle a bit each time I'm referred to as "the Linux chick" in the podcast comments. I found it so humorous that I decided to take a look at acquiring a ( Read more... )

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