by Andrew Johnstone
In: General
5 Nov 2005i18n & Flash system.useCodepage = true; Unicode or the traditional code page of the operating system running the Player to interpret external text files. The default value of system.useCodepage is false . Text that you include or load as an external file (using the #include command, the loadVariables or getURL actions, or the LoadVars or […]
In: General
24 Oct 2005After few weeks, into launch of a global application, I received word that a couple of employees have been unable to gain access to their internal networks in Europe, and are outside the realm of the global corporate intranet. A system is also in place to allow members to gain access to the corporate intranet, […]
In: General
17 Oct 2005Whilst developing with Apache, and IIS over a number of years, I have always found it frustrating to have to type and use a seperate port for the different web servers as you cannot bind to an IP Address with a single port, such as port 80. If you have tried to add multiple IPs, […]
In: General
17 Oct 2005When adding an application mapping for aspnet_isapi.dll, I noticed when invoking an webservice IIS would throw a 404. This is due to a flag being set to 5, which is the default. Either by editing the MetaBases XML in IIS6 or modifying the MetaBase in IIS5 with MetaEdit. You can alleviate this by setting the […]
In: General
17 Oct 2005Lately, I have been having a few problems with a very strange quirk, and have not been able to find the source of the problem as of yet. Currently I am authenticating over Netilla and also through Swivel implementation . All of this works correctly, however when NT Auth is enabled IE either hangs or […]
In: PHP
28 Aug 2005With the recent release of PHP 5.1.0 RC1, I have noticed a release of Zends Session Clustering that their marketing team had mentioned was due for a release (I assume this to have been delayed). Whilst I have been using standard file based session’s for an on going project, I hit an unusual stumbling block […]
In: General
27 Mar 2005After pitching for the Museum of London it has brought to light the hypocritical nature of businesses and web standards. Why claim under false pretences that your site abides to web-standards? I find this fundamentally scrutinizing when it states “The Museum is not be liable for any loss, damage or inconvenience arising from your use […]
In: General
14 Jun 2004Recently I have been researching into multi-lingual content, admittedly I have never properly looked into the concepts of Internationalization and Localization (i18n, l10n) before. Whilst reading the ICU documents. I have realised there is a significant lack of support for i18n & l10n in PHP applications. Despite the controversy with enterprise PHP, and the contenders […]
I have been a developer for roughly 10 years and have worked with an extensive range of technologies. Whilst working for relatively small companies, I have worked with all aspects of the development life cycle, which has given me a broad and in-depth experience.