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  • Developing OPML Editor Tools

    Introduction – what is the OPML Editor? The OPML Editor is an application based on the open source version of the Frontier kernel, originally developed by UserLand Software. The Frontier kernel site states that Frontier “provides high-performance web content management, an object database, and a system-level and Internet scripting environment, including source code editing and…

  • Setting up Firefox 2 context menu for Mac

    I reinstalled Firefox 2 on a MacMini with OS X 10.3, but could not remember how to get the single-button context menu setting restored. Thanks to Google, I found a posting that had the information: On the location (address) box, type about:config (this will bring up a list of all configurable settings) On the filter…

  • Modifying file upload settings for WordPress

    In a recent post, I wanted to upload a Stuffit file with a .sitx extension, but had a problem using the upload features in WordPress (error was “file type does not meet security guidelines”). After some searching, I found this article describing how to fix this problem (modifying wp-includes/functions.php to add ‘sitx’ => ‘application/x-stuffit’). Once…

  • Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript

    MacTech Magazine recently published my two-part article titled “Test-Driven Development Using AppleScript”. In the April 2008 issue, part 1 gave an overview of test-driven development techniques using the AppleScript language, then gave a short example of those techniques using the ASUnit testing framework. In the May 2008 issue, the ASUnit framework was used to develop…

  • Using the WordPress OPML Editor Tool

    I have been testing the WordPress tool for the OPML Editor on a development WordPress weblog. Tonight, I decided to try it on my main weblog. Here goes…. It worked! I was able to successfully add another weblog to the tool setup.

  • Fixing the archives link in the Copyblogger theme

    After I installed the Copyblogger theme, I noticed that the “Archives” link in the header of the page did not display the archives for my site. I reviewed this article which talks about adding links to the header navigation area, but it did not have any information on my problem. After some searching, I found…

  • Welcome to Perl.com readers!

    For those of you who are coming here from my article on Perl.com titled “Making Perl Reusable with Modules“, welcome! I have continued working with the concepts of Joseph Schillinger that I described in that article. I have created a short Perl script which allows the user to create a MIDI file from a Schillinger…

  • About this weblog

    Welcome to Andy Sylvester’s Web! This is a personal weblog which will cover a variety of topics I am interested in. See the Categories section on the sidebar to get a feel for my interests. Welcome aboard!