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For those who follow...documenting your programs
Programmers, especially younger ones, are notoriously resistant to writing any documentation for their code. This is partly about experience and partly about managers ensuring that writing the documentation delivers value to the person writing it, not...
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Documentation
(servers and networks) can lead to surprising events like critical systems running on unsupported servers. Documentation must not only be accurate at the time it was created it should also meet these additional criteria: Available The people who need...
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Reporting Bugs
it rather than address the actual bug. The ensuing flame wars won't achieve much. Expected behaviour poorly documented Documentation is hard to do well (ref to doc article) and often lags behind the application release. Documentation bugs are still...
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Wikidpad - a structured notepad
and I know I won’t accidentally archive the project directory that happens to have the crucial access details... Network documentation Normal people don't document their home networks. I do, using the Graphviz plugin, Wikipad can generate a useful...
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Joomla tricks - submenu indicator
The built-in menu module in Joomla 2.5 does not offer a way to indicate that a menu item has undisplayed sub-menus but with a little bit of PHP coding we can make it happen. The context of this problem is a menu displayed at the left of the main...
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Network Security
and system administrators. Such firewalls generally retain outdated ‘testing’ rules and lack the proper planning and documentation required to demonstrate the correctness of the ruleset. Firewall rules can be developed from the needs of the business...
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Configurable or Customisable - which is better?
report layouts without having to resort to code customisations. References Joomla extensions directory Joomla developer documentation
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Choosing the right tool for the job
copy-and-paste aren't as universally supported as you might expect. For off-the-shelf applications, having good system documentation is a must. Flexibility. I favour configurability over customisability - meaning a user interface to change the behaviour...
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Make Joomla Weblinks open in a new tab
If your Joomla site uses Weblinks and the Smart Search component, any search results that match weblinks will open the link in the current window, regardless of your weblinks configuration. You can fix this with a small template override. Weblinks...