Alistair Macdonald

I created a neat CMS with audio uploads and multiple jplayer HTML5 audio players on a page (as opposed to a playlist) all seemed well until the user started uploading m4a files – my logic has presumed mp3 only and I had hardcoded mp3 into my player script for each file – after changing this… Continue reading »

As a good way to test a site on a production server I have been using my Windows hosts file to allow me to browse with the actual domain name before it is switched to point at the server. This allows me to test and configure the site using the correct base url as it… Continue reading »

It seems like I am receiving email incentives to Like some company every day. This surely shatters the integrity of the term ‘Like’ and the intrinsic value of these clicks… What I mean is they are witholding their discounts or special offers until you ‘Like’ them, for example today’s bribe was from Travel Republic –… Continue reading »

morbid fascination I’m afraid….. there are quite a few examples of cringeworthy websites I am aware of – I will post a few more in time… but this one is one of the best http://fredandsharonsmovies.com/

So after much hair shedding and googling I couldn’t find a straight answer to my problem when trying to launch CKFinder, it suddenly struck me that as I was using a session variable, $_SESSION['editor'], to authenticate the user that maybe perhaps a session ought to be started by the config.php file! Simply adding session_start(); at… Continue reading »