Archive for April, 2005

Backend Automation

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

Today we did a bit more work on automation of link checking, and performing various administrative tasks. Let's face it, the more you can automate any task, the less of a strain it is, and the more productive you can be. Intuitive tools are always a great joy ...

Google Site command clean

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

The site: command for Sootle is looking very clean. 275 pages indexed, with the Sitemap showing 270. All the pages have clear descriptions and title tags. Thank goodness there is no suffering from the unsightly URL only problem you see with so many directories. I'm convinced that you ...

Authentication system complete

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

I completed the user authentication system for the Sootle platform today. It's based on MySQL storage of course. So far it looks good. I need to bug test and add a lost password function. I think sending the password via SMTP may be the easiest and probably ...

Find your Ip

Wednesday, April 27th, 2005

An obviously simple tool, yet Find your ip address can come in handy on certain occasions. I didn't get too involved with proxies and forwarding. I assume people using proxy servers have a good idea what IP they're giving off.