This brilliant site is giving away commercial software - one per day
I’ve downloaded the powerpoint to flash convertor.. now to see if it works.. [SWF]http://www.spencerwestwood.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/flashspring-demonstration.swf,400,300[/SWF]
Yes it does! Click on the arrows in the above presentation. Done in a few moments.
I’m developing (again!) a program in php to perform some podcast stuff. So I needed to get a setup configured locally to do my development work on.
Here’s the tools I chose.
Xampp for the apache/mysql/php server. I configured a simple virtual host as well to make things a bit easier.
Wscite for text/code the editor. Even though Maguma Studio Free is ok it has a bug on my XP system that the scroll mouse causes and I don’t have the time or inclination to fix it.
I tried a couple of different templating solutions including Savant and went back to Smarty again as this seems the most logical in my mind.
Next I needed some templating and css editing facilities. The best thing for css (as I can’t stretch to buy Dreamweaver just now) is to install the Firefox Development suite. It works a treat once you’ve got a rough idea of layout to work from.
I also re-installed NVU so I can test out HTML code and steal it for the template as I go. I know I can do this in Firefox as well but sometimes its faster to use another app/window.
I need to make sure the code is versioned (it’s a bad idea with php to do anything else as it lends itself so well to quick fixes that then take ages to back-out). So a fresh install of WinCVS was in order. I don’t recommend it to anyone unless they know what their doing. I’m probably going to switch over to Subversion anyway once I’ve tested TortiseSVN.
I’ve been looking into getting a helpdesk ticketing system to handle general enquiries before I start ramping up my internet presence any more.
After a few searches and a lot of reading I’ve found the one I’m going to use…
Yes I’m a sucker again… To be burnt by day job killer was one thing but to then go and pickup on the Niche Marketing On Crack ebook which is even smaller was just foolish IMHO.
The book goes into only a little detail but it does layout a specific method for generating cash from niche sites.