BFWorks http://bfworks.com Web and software development Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:30:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Upgraded Wordpress using subversion http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-wordpress-using-subversion.html http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-wordpress-using-subversion.html#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:30:10 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/?p=46 Upgraded to 2.9.2 using subversion. I documented the process on the wiki.

Although I was originally kind of sketchy on using subversion to upgrade Wordpress, I am now more familiar with subversion so I think I will be sticking to this method instead of using rsync.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-wordpress-using-subversion.html/feed 0 Temporarily changing default gid http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:29:57 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html I was not satisfied with just chgrp -R files that were created with SVN so decided to do some research on how Linux determines which gid to assign to a file when created.

I was hoping that it was as simple as just changing an environment variable but that was not the case. However, I came across this tlpd.org page:

http://tldp.org/LDP/intro-linux/html/sect_03_04.html

It brought to my attention the newgrp and id commands. I wrote up a quick  wiki article about this.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/temporarily-changing-default-gid.html/feed 0 Unique Comment Notify up on Wordpress.org http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:47:12 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html So finally got my plugin up on Wordpress.org’s repository:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unique-comment-notify/

My submission was pending for a little bit less than a month but I can’t complain–it’s free hosting.

This is actually only the 2nd time I have played around with repositories. I experimented with svn when attempting to follow Wordpress.org’s how-to on updating it’s software. However, because of my non-traditional setup, it didn’t really work for me. I ended up using a more involved method of upgrading.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/ucn-on-wordpress.html/feed 0 Setting up time synchronization http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:53:07 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html Wrote a wiki article on how I setup the NTP server on my Linux server and what I had to do to get my laptop to sync it’s time with the server.

Now that school’s begun, I won’t be doing many BFWorks stuff–if at all. However, I expect to have a busy summer after the semester. I plan to put more time in polishing my experiments in Facebook applications and Wordpress plugins.

I also plan to finish some of the projects I begun using Zend Framework.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/setting-up-time-synchronization.html/feed 0 WP Plug-in: Unique Comment Notify v1.0 http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 02:45:57 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html Cleaned and packed up a simple plug-in I wrote up. For more information, view the wiki article on it.

I will look into into actually submitting it to some Wordpress repositories sometime this weekend.

I also hope to publish the other 2-3 plug-ins for Wordpress that I coded up soon. However, none of them are polished and I am not sure when I’ll get the time to clean them up.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/wp-plug-in-unique-comment-notify-v10.html/feed 0 Upgraded to Wordpress 2.3.2 http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:37:17 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html I upgraded BFWorks to Wordpress 2.3.2. Documented the process in my wiki.

I know it is possible to upgrade Wordpress using svn (Subversion) but this method seems simpler for me. Maybe next time I’ll give the svn method a try.

As far as the upgrade itself, seems like it is mostly to address DB related security issues. They have implemented DB error templating. I will probably take a look at that later on in the future.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/upgraded-to-wordpress-232.html/feed 2 favicons for sites http://bfworks.com/posts/favicons-for-sites.html http://bfworks.com/posts/favicons-for-sites.html#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:29:45 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/created-faviconico-for-blogs-and-wiki.html Finally got around to creating favicon.ico icons for IAmBelmin and BFWorks’ blog and wiki. There’s a few how-to’s out there but in reality, it’s pretty simple. It’s just a Windows Icon file (.ico) saved in the root folder of the sites.

For Photoshop users, you might find this ICO Plugin useful. It allows you to open a file in Windows Icon format as well as saving as a .ico file.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/favicons-for-sites.html/feed 0 My PTR record http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:24:46 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html So I finally was able to get my PTR record changed for my static IP from Verizon.

Formerly, the generic:
static-68-161-230-103.ny325.east.verizon.net

Now, my static IP will resolve to:
home.iambelmin.com

I had to first call Verizon and the lady who I was first assigned to quickly recognized what I was requesting. This was a plesant surprise because I googled around trying to find information on how to modify a PTR record from Verizon and I came across many claims that their support was clueless.

Anyway, the lady then transfered me to someone in the “Enhanced product support” department who, after a few questions, requested I e-mail my request to her just to have everything in writting. Sent the e-mail while she was on the phone, she confirmed that she received it and said I will be receiving an e-mail with confirmation that it was done the following morning.

Around 10am the following morning, it was put through. Went pretty smoothly. No complaints here.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/my-ptr-record.html/feed 0 My Linux server http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:12:28 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html Now that school is officially off till Spring, I have been doing a lot of work on my “test-bed” server at home. I pretty much try to replicate a small business environment. I use this server to gain experience configuring and administrating services. Currently, it runs:

  • Web sever (Apache and PHP) – I run Wordpress (this blog and IAmBelmin blog), MediaWiki for wiki.bfworks.com and a couple of other PHP based sites.
  • Database server (MySQL) – Using MySQL for the database back-end of the sites hosted on the box.
  • Firewall/Router (IPTables) – Wrote up some custom IPTables rules to secure and route my network. Currently have two subnets–wired and wireless.
  • DHCP server (DHCPd) – Configured to give IPs to computers connecting to the network based on the subnet they are on.
  • Nameserver (BIND) – Through DHCPd updates A and PTR record for new clients on the server under the internal domain iambelmin.lan.
  • Filesharing (Samba) – Made a couple of shares, private and public, for my internal network
  • Other Linux services (SSH, NTP, etc.) – Services of typical Linux installations.

While school is off, I plan to write up a few Wiki articles concerning some of my configurations and administration practices. This is mostly for my own benefit since having things documented will help me better understand why I did things a certain way later in the future. As of now, I have most of my configuration files pretty heavily documented so this should not be a difficult task.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/my-linux-server.html/feed 0 LDIF directives wiki article http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:13:04 +0000 belminf http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html I quickly wrote up a wiki article about LDIF directives. I find myself going to Google when I forget some of this so figure I might benefit from documenting it myself for future reference.

]]> http://bfworks.com/posts/ldif-directives-wiki-article.html/feed 0