Merge two EE installs with MSM

I have two ExpressionEngine core sites that I would like to merge into one site using a personal license and the Multi Site Manager module. A few months ago I asked about how to do this on the forums, but it looks like it hasn’t been done before and everything needs to be manually done. I was hoping to find a better way, but so far no luck.

There are a couple of reasons I’m doing this. The primary reason is that EE core is being discontinued in the EE 2.0 branch and I don’t want to be left with outdated software. I know that EE 1.6.8 will be ... Read More

Wordpress theme development -super speedy

On Friday morning I recieved an email from my asking for a rush job on a wordpress theme where graphics were provided. I accepted the job with some trepidation as Wordpress is not my forte—any readers I do have will know that I love ExpressionEngine.

In any case I said I would aim for Tuesday. Well I’ve already finished it as of Sunday am. My total time developing the theme is about 8 hours with around half of that dealing with setting up the html/css and copying/pasting bits from the existing site. Developing was made easier due to using ... Read More

Linux: not for me

I’m a satisfied Windows user. However I’ve wanted to try out linux for some time to see what it is all about and whether it’s ready for the mainstream.

Over the past couple of years I’ve tried and failed to install linux 5 times prior to this past weekend. I tried ubuntu on my 2nd desktop a couple of times and then on my primary desktop i tried ubuntu, mint and suse. Each of these wouldn’t install—the install would start to run but never finish. I couldn’t figure out why as neither of my computers was particularly cutting edge at the time ... Read More

PHP - typos not welcome

After a few days away from PHP I’m back to reading PHP for Absolute Beginners I’m on page 85 right now. I’m going slow because I’m actually typing out all the exercises. Why type it out? Well I learn best by doing and by actually typing It’ll actually help me to remember the syntax.

One thing I’ve learned is that PHP is very finicky when it comes to syntax. One little typo and the whole script blows up and fails to execute properly. One of the most common typos I’m making is failing to type in the underscore for superglobals like $_POST and ... Read More

Search Box - auto disappear/reappear text

I was doing a couple of minor adjustments to my blog Repatriate Me! and found a very easy way to have a search box have text that will disappear on focus and then reappear when unfocused provided there is no user submitted text there.

I have to admit that I found this on another site, but it’s been removed from my browser history and I can’t remember the name of the site so am unable to provide proper credit at this time. If I can find it I will give credit—that’ll teach me to not document my code with finds.

Anyhow here is the ... Read More

Season’s Greetings

Today is Christmas Eve and I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year.