If you create a Javascript enabled website, and it includes a dropdownlist that reloads the page when you change its value, please include a “go” button as well. Surround it by <noscript> tags if you must.
Remember that I don’t know you. There is no basis of trust when I first visit your site. I have Javascript disabled by default (using the NoScript add-on). So nothing happens when I change the dropdownlist.
My company is hosting a seminar June 28th. On that seminar we will put some Oracle technologies side by side, and compare them. Read the (Dutch) website for more info.
One of the technologies we will have a presentation about, is Oracle Application Express, or APEX. In the old days known as HTMLDB, and AskTom as a great example of the technology. You can recognize APEX sites by the “f?p=” in the URL.
This week we had a trial-run and I watched the APEX presentation. The presentation is very clear about what APEX is and how to use it. That alone should warm you up. But my colleague also demonstrates APEX live, and that is something you must see for yourselves. I had heard of HTMLDB/APEX, I already viewed some screenies and some casts, but as you all know: screenies don’t say anything about the amount of time to get there. And casts, well, they can be shortened or could be skipping tedious parts. Seeing the APEX application modified live in just a couple of minutes was a matter of “seeing is believing”. And boy, am I a believer know.
So if you have some guru-skills (not that you really need them) in SQL and/or PL/SQL and don’t want to learn something like Java, or PHP to create webapplications, than you really should try APEX. All you need is a browser, and a database to install the runtime-packages in. Simple.
If you are from the Netherlands, then by all means: come to our seminar. It’s free. We have a discussion forum with the presenters and the audience at the end. And of course we will have some drinks before we send you home. Hope to see your there.
If you can’t make it, or you’re not living in our area, please do yourself a favor and learn about APEX on Oracle’s website.
After some digging into RewriteRules and other mod_rewrite stuff, I tried to run the weblog with a clean install (just unzip into new directory and point Apache to it) of WordPress. The comments and single pages still did not show up. So I figured it must be something else. Since I also read somewhere that Askimet (an anti-spam plugin) could be disabled to solve the problem, I did just that.
It did not work. But I also have Bad Behaviour and WP-Hashcash active. Disabling Hashcash brought back the comments and single pages. FINALLY.
I did happen to use an old version of WP-Hashcash, so I’ll check to see if I can use the new version without any trouble.
Thanks for your patience.
Update: I switched from WP-Hashcash 2.3 to 4.0.1 and things still seem to be working.
Since I got some comments in March, I know the setup is correct, and I did not change my weblog/webserver setup since then. The only thing that changed, is the IP-address, since we’ve moved.
But for some unknown reason, you cannot see the single-post pages nor the comment page. It just shows an empty page (right click->view source -> nothing). How come? Anybody? You can reach me as Switchbl8 on Google’s mail.
Sun is asking developers to download the Netbeans 6 preview (milestone 9 for people following more closely), use it and blog about it. But I already did! And I will in the future. Although I’m an Oracle-adept, I can’t help but like the Netbeans IDE more than I like Oracle’s JDeveloper. Netbeans is missing some specific Oracle support, but it has tons of other stuff instead! What is there not to like about Ruby support? Or the full mobile development environment? The slick interface? Or the snappy code-completion? Heck, JDeveloper 11g (still in preview too) has changed the project-structure-pane layout so dramatically, even a newbie can’t help but dislike it.
So, if you have no special reason to use JDeveloper, by all means, use Netbeans (that rhymes). I know you won’t be disappointed.
There. Sun. I said it.
In Judoscript (check that one out, it’s very powerful, yet easy to grab) you can use here-docs. Unix-adepts will know them, since most shell have them too:
cat <
In Judoscript you use [[* as start of a here-doc section and you end it with *]]. Not as flexible as you would like, yes? Since: how can you embed the actual here-doc tags when explaining something? Well, if it's only for display, why not add a non-visible tag like [</>[*. Simple, but effective.
This afternoon Tweakers.net treated me on a “under construction, we’ll be back in 2500-something seconds” message. Please, please, please guys. Tell me there is a “use the classic layout” option implemented? Blame it on VNU is what you say? So they gotta make Tweakers more accessible to what? The non-tweakers audience? Why not rename the site into weeners.net in the same makeover?
Come on, gimme me a break. The new layout is something even Slashdot would not use!
We painted the wall in the living. We had a dark grey wall in our previous appartment, and wanted something like that but a tad darker. In the shop the paint looked like very dark grey, but as you can see, the wall is practically black. And we like it!
Today (looking at the time I see I actually mean: yesterday) I tried this JavaFX tutorial. Should be easy after following the instructions on this page to setup the JavaFX plugin first.
The plugin basically gives you a new projecttype when choosing File->New. And of course gives you the libraries. But mind you, following the tutorial until the actual “Run Project” will not result in a new Window to be shown, but in an error message. Choosing New->JavaFX Application will not add the JavaFXUserLibs to the project, you have to do that yourself.
What to do?
Right click on the project, as per the example JavaFXApp and choose Properties. Choose the Libraries category. In the Compile tab and in the Run tab add the “JavaFXUserLib” library. Now you can run you fx-files.
My PC acted really strange just a couple of minutes ago. It could not find a disk which I’m sure was mounted, it did not start Thunderbird, and some moments later did not start anything anymore. The CD drive was blinking and suddenly the screen went black and the system turned itself off. Not sure what happened, I just flipped the switch. The system started with the BIOS-setup screen, saying there was something wrong and I needed to check the powersettings. In that screen, I can also see my system’s health. When looking at the red figures, I could hardly believe my eyes. CPU temp was 78 degrees Celsius! To hot to handle!
Immediately I powered off the system, opened the casing to let the VERY hot air out. Now it’s running steadily again, but for the moment with an open casing. The fans are really dirty. They look grey and fluffy from the dust that’s on it. They should be black and shiny!
To be continued….