Been a while since I did anything about my layout and since updaing my layout usually boosts my creative spirit I decided to pimp my old layout since I did really like it as it was.
So, at this point the only new thing is the layout, but I’m planning on re-doing the plugin pages to give more information on them and more proper support.
On my way home today I bought this bottle of apple-pear juice (in my everlasting search for a healthy drink with a nice taste), nothing special and who cares.. I know, but read the label..
Cracked me up 
Wish more companies would do this, gives you an extra reason to get one of these bottles (kind of like a happy meal .. but then for drinks).
Those who were already using NotifyMe prior to updating their WP installation to WP 2.5 should not have had any problems working with the plugin, however new installs on WP 2.5 failed miserably due to the fact that WP seems to have made some changes related to error checking for plugins.
The problem has been fixed in the latest version (1.04); all I really had to do was put the installation instructions in a function rather than have them hanging loose inside the php file.
Anyway, go get it.
On a side note; the code for notifyme is currently really dirty and hazardous.. I will certainly clean this up once I get around to making a final version of the plugin.
Anyway, back to the point, on my Laptop (my personal companion) I have a dual boot installation of Kubuntu 7.10 and Windows XP running, Kubuntu mainly for development and XP for leisure (aka. gaming).
One of the things I love about Windows though, is that it is so damn easy to customize explorer to your needs, I found a post on deviantart today.. which had some really interesting references to explorer addons in it, I gave it a try and well.. you can see the result in the attached screenshot! I guess I’ll be spending a few more hours than usual on XP today ^_^
(for those who need a new set of glasses; the addons, plugins, extensions.. call it what you like.. are: FindeXer, QTTabbar, QTAddressBar)
Isn’t she a beauty?
For those of you who haven’t heard of openmoko or neo1973 yet, check it out.
For all you iPhone lovers out there: this phone is technically better than the iPhone in almost every single way.
Can’t wait till it comes out.
I’ve just updated the pageactivity plugin with a small bugfix that will make it compatible with WP 2.3, credits to Emu for reporting this bug.
Also there were several people reporting problems with the NotifyMe plugin, I have tested this myself and have not experienced any difficulties what so ever..
If you are experiencing difficulties with NotifyMe in WP 2.3 I encourage you to report them at the Support Page (NOTE: be sure to give me proper debug info, the current reports im getting dont get me anywhere, I’ll need to know where exactly the error occurs and if there actually is an error message or that it simply skips ahead without doing anything.)
Also, I’ll soon be switching my blog software to Divia-CMS and I’m seriously thinking of discontinuing development on all the wordpress plugins I currently have offered, so if you are a developer and are interesting in taking over any of my wordpress plugins, please contact me.
Well I haven’t had much time to work on the CMS lately, but today I found some time to do some updates, I’ve started working on plugin support and have also improved the Log Viewer, as well as the Profile viewing page.
In the coming week I’ll have to add Plugin support to the entire CMS, meaning that I’ll have to add hooks throughout the entire coding scheme for the plugins to use, the same goes for logging messages.
One thing I’ve discovered that I didn’t think of though, is that the log viewer generates a huge amount of SQL queries if you choose to log everything, because of this I have added more logging levels so that you can choose to only log the most important actions.
If you want to try Divia-CMS read the following!
I am seriously considering releasing an early beta version of the CMS so that people can start testing the features and developers can get used to the plugin system (it’s quite simple really), but I have even more serious doubts about it as apart from a few people asking me to send them the CMS (no!) I haven’t had much feedback on it.
If you are interested in the CMS and are waiting to give it a try, let me know! The more people are interested, the more tempted I’ll be to release a beta.
Little update on the development of Divia-CMS, I’ve just finnished two quite unique features, that’s to say, I’m sure there are other systems out there that feature similar features, but I doubt they’re anything like these.
The first feature is the Log Viewer, I’ve been planning this for ages.. what this basically does is allow you to track website the website logs in realtime, and you can easily filter the results by modifying the MySQL query, keep in mind though, that the CMS is meant for developers, I will increase the friendly-ness of the log viewer, but someone who doesnt know much about PHP/MySQL probably doesn’t wanna see the log viewer anyway.
The other feature is at the moment only able to create mail forms, but it is planned to make any type of form, currently you can easily create a mail form processor, meaning that you define all fields, what’s required and what fields need to be validated, and then make a HTML form with the same form fields that you’ve defined in the Form Manager, you’ll be able to generate the HTML forms from the CMS or create them manually, all the form manager does is basically manage the forms and process them when someone submits them.
You can see a real live demo of the frontend on the Divia-CMS site, here.
That’s it for now, I’ll be working further on both features for sure, I’ve got big plans!
I just came across the following video on youtube.. it’s seriously fucked up how this guy thinks about the Internet, or the world in general for that matter.
Basically, “the internet” steals from the real artists, by releasing the same type of arts (if not better) without having people pay for it. Cause now real artists don’t get paid for what they do.
What a nutjob.. I love the hosts reactions though 
Well I was going through some of my old files today and I bumped into a complete backup of a hosting site I used to own together with a friend of mine, CrystalCore! Including in the backup was the very first CMS I ever made, looking back at it now it looks extremely poor, though in my head it always looked a lot better, anyway it’s not to be compared to anything you see these days.
Screenshots of the CMS
And screenshots of the frontend site of what CrystalCore used to be .. *sniff*.. I really enjoyed working on that site
This was all done by me, my friend took care of the technical side of business, eg. the servers and client management.
Keep in mind that my experience level was a lot lower compared to what it is now 
Nathan, 23 years old, dutch origins, lives in Canada with his Quebec wife.
