A Little of Both – Page 17 – A Little About Technology

Ducks in a Row

Here is my latest editorial for the August 2013 issue of php[architect] magazine:

Ducks in a Row

“Don’t reinvent the wheel.” “Don’t waste time; use existing libraries.” I can’t even count how many times I have heard this advice in various forms, but reusing code means relying on external resources, and external resources add their own brand of complexity. Continue reading “Ducks in a Row”

Categories in Magento Store Will Not Display

I installed Magento, and set up my categories through the admin panel. Then, I opened my browser to view my categories, but they were nowhere to be found. Through trial, error, and tips from from some very kind Magento experts, I was able to get them to display. Here is what I discovered. Continue reading “Categories in Magento Store Will Not Display”

WPML Pages Keep Reverting to Default Language

I’m working on a website that is using the WordPress Multilingual plugin (WPML) to support having the site translated into multiple other languages. I have English set as the default language and then 12 other languages activated. We added the content for all of the additional 12 languages, and everything was working great. We’ve now run into an issue, though, that every time we update the English version of the page, all of the other language versions reset back to English. Continue reading “WPML Pages Keep Reverting to Default Language”

Don’t Forget the Front End

Here is my latest editorial for the July 2013 issue of php[architect] magazine:

Don’t Forget the Front End

Front end development is one of those things that I thought I wouldn’t have to worry about when I became a “real” programmer. Continue reading “Don’t Forget the Front End”