http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk dynamic tangent conceptions network Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:23:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since discovering Magento, I've stopped developing with Cubecart. The first thing that attracted me to Magento was that it was free and it didn't require each page to have "I'm a tight-ass using the free version of some cheapo shopping cart" in it's title ...and it was template driven. ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/uncategorized/magento-vs-cubecart/ My uni seems incapable of setting a single timetable for a term and sticking to it, so they make several "up-to-date" timetables available on their website which are updated daily. However they insist on keeping these timetables in Word and Excel formats, because that's what they are made in ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/ramblings/tech/viewing-microsoft-office-documents-with-firefox-on-os-x-without-using-office/ A cool little AppleScript from apple to open things using Quicklook rating: **** usefulness: 10 ease of use: 10 minimum user level: novice download: Quick Look Droplet http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/downloads/free-programs/os-x/leopard-os-x-105/quick-look-droplet/ Kubrick tabs is an adaptation of the default WordPress theme (based on the famous Kubrick by Michael Heilemann) to use the dymanic tabs plugin. I've tested it with Safari, Firefox, and Windows Internet Explorer. In order for this theme to appear any differently from the original Kubrick, you need to have the ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/downloads/wp-themes/kubrick-tabs/ Contents: Description Recent Changes Requirements Installation Updating Uninstallation and deactivation Themes pre-enabled for dTabs Adding dTabs to your theme Example Download Donate Known Issues Future History Support and Feedback Description Provides a function to output a user controled dynamically tabbed navigation system with optional drop down menus in Wordpress. Basically, it makes adding dynamic tabs to your Wordpress blog/theme easy. ...more info dTabs can be easily added ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/downloads/wp-plugins/dtabs-dynamic-tabs-wordpress-plugin/ As some of you may have noticed, the site was down for like over 2 or 3 weeks in Janurary due to problems with my old web host, but only two webhosts and three servers later it was back! I've been meaning for a while to write this post ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/info/finding-a-new-webhost/ I'm wriitng this post as a warning to other potential customers to UK:Web group, formally UkWebHosting. After using the company for the last couple of years I paid to renew my domain name in December when reminded by email. UK:Web Group took my money but didn't renew my ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/ramblings/problems-with-ukweb-group/ I included SafariPlus in my original list of the best free programs available on OS X and Windows. It's an InputManager plugin for Safari on OS X, mainly for cookie management but also for blocking flash and gif animations. It's best feature was however it's ability to set ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/ramblings/tech/safariplus-works-in-leopard-kind-of/ Contents: Description Requirements Installation How enable automatic update checking in your plugin Download Donate Future History Support and Feedback Description Allows Wordpress plugins to automatically check for updates without them needing to be stored in the WP Plugin Repository. Download apuc_v1.zip (8KB) If you find this plugin useful then please consider making a donation to help fund it's further development. You may be ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/downloads/wp-plugins/apuc-automatic-plugin-update-checker-plugin-for-wordpress/ The dTabs Wordpress plugin has been updated to support that major database schema changes introduced in WP 2.3, and the Kubrick Tabs Wordpress theme has been updated to the latest release of the Default theme (1.6) shipped with WP 2.3 so it now supports the new tagging features and Widgets. ... http://dynamictangentconceptions.dtcnet.co.uk/news/update-for-dtabs-and-kubrick-tabs/