So, I took the plunge and installed PHP and MySQL on my computer so I don't have to upload all my pages every time I want to change something. I found a nice little package called xampp which has absolutely everything I need in it. I was going to install Apache, PHP and MySQL separately, but it was just my luck that Apache.org was down at the time. >.<
In other highly interesting news, I'm finally getting round to updating my question and answer script, PHPAskIt. Does anyone have any suggestions of improvements/features that need adding or even things that need removing? So far I have no ideas other than redoing the layout and general look of the thing. Oh, and I will make categories optional, as well as the option to update them from the admin panel instead of the itty-bitty list thing in the config file.
I still haven't got any ideas for layouts. Ranee suggested I make a Christmassy (if that's not a word then it is now) type one, which I have to say I'm rather tempted by. However, what to do and how to do it is still something that bothers me. Bleh.
By the way, my Wordpress comment notification emails are suddenly working again. Whaaat? I changed nothing. I didn't upgrade WP, I didn't change my mail settings, I didn't do anything. Weird.
Speaking of weird mail servers... xampp comes with a local mail server for receiving SMTP requests and such. Now, at first I thought the reason I wasn't getting the mail was because I had the wrong configuration options and/or coding. Wrong: it's actually Norton AntiVirus blocking it because of some error thing. I disabled email scanning, both incoming and outgoing, and even disabled NAV completely - nothing doing, it's still scanning my SMTP port and blocking anything I send out that isn't through Outlook Express. Grrr. I swear, Symantec are in league with Microsoft, trying to make people stick to their products and in turn insuring high income for both parties. Windows is full of "virus holes" and things, and NAV seems unwilling to do anything that's not to do with IE or Outlook/Outlook Express. *Grumble*
Edit: Ra. I caved and installed the Gravatar plugin. Wootiness.
Ranee
10/12/2005 at 3:41
See I still don't understand all these scripts and terms like php and stuff scare me still. If not for Krissy I would not be so up to date right now. I'm thinking a college computer class would do me some good, get me off my butt and in gear for a degree and actually let me do my own work on the net without begging for help.
Eh Christmas is almost here, do a kick butt new years layout, I'll post more if anything comes to mind.
valerie
12/12/2005 at 16:00
Just stopped working, your comment notifications? I feel like I've encountered that as well, but I can't remember for sure now...
However, my Gravatar plugin has done the same thing - just stopped working. The author said something about it having to do with gravatar.com being down, but not even my default one works and the problem's been going on longer than that...
okay, whatever.
Jem
12/12/2005 at 16:26
*is anti-symantec* Norton is shite!
Adastra
12/12/2005 at 19:25
for PHPAskIt: Multiple Categories would be neat ;)
But I know how hard that is, I tried to find out how I could do something like that for my blog, I didn't understand a thing... ^^