Development

Wednesday 23.06.2010

Using svn+ssh in TortoiseSVN over a custom port

8:21 pm

Just discovered this – to connect to subversion over a SSH tunnel that’s not on the usual port 22, you need to save a PuTTY session using the custom port, and refer to the session name in place of the hostsname in TortoiseSVN. It seems whilst TortoiseSVN accepts the usual svn+ssh://myhost/repository/path URI (and even the [...]

Friday 08.08.2008

Difficulties of choosing a content management system

6:10 am

How difficult can it be to settle on a system? I have been evaluating different CMSes for various projects I am working on, and I can tell you, there is no such thing as a perfect CMS! For the uninitiated (and there will be!), a content management system (CMS for short) helps web site operators [...]

Thursday 03.07.2008

Notes on column ratios

2:11 pm

I needed an idea of the pixels used for different column ratios, so I’ve taken the liberty of working out the possible layouts needed. I’ve limited these to 4 columns, and I’ve also listed some extra rounding to the nearest ten/five for neatness. The pixel ratios are based on a width of 900 pixels. Full [...]