art-ificial ramblings...

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Miami

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Last Wednesday, we all flew to Miami.

From there, Tianna boarded a plane to the Dominican Republic to spend the summer with her Dad.

3 days -- What to do in Miami ???






Spend all day at the beaches!!
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Elegant Dining!
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Oh..the nightlife?
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Friday, June 08, 2007

Violin Recital




Tianna's first violin recital.

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Anyone want to mambo?


I am working on a side gig that has me implementing Mambo CMS and OpenRealty on a FreeBSD box. After 4-5 test installs, I'd thought I'd make some notes for myself in case I would need to reinstall again (in this order).

Mambo
1. One of the problems I initially had was untarring the tar file

--the installation said to:
tar -xvfz latest_mambo_version.tar.gz


--I had to add one additional line if a file ends in .tar.gz (e.g. file.tar.gz) type:
gzip -d latest_mambo_version.tar.gz
and then
tar -xvf latest_mambo_version.tar


2. I did both the manual and browser install. Manual was definitely a lot more tedious (I really don't recommend it). The problem I initially came across was the manual installation said to:
"Copy the file configuration.php-dist to configuration.php in the root of your mambo directory".. DO NOT RENAME. Once you are done, you will simply copy the necessary code Mambo provides for you and create a configuration.php.

Other than those two problems, installing Mambo was pretty straight forward.

Open Realty -
If you follow everything on this page, you will have a working installation.

CMS Realty Core Component - this is the component that integrates the Open-Realty listings management software with Mambo

>> When uninstalling, use Mambo to uninstall the component. Don't be a newbie like me and delete the files manually. For some reason due to permission problems, I was not able to delete all the files... very messy

Mambo and Open Realty are installed with generic templates. The next item is to develop new templates...

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

2nd Grade Play - The Rainbow Adventure

My daughter played a whale in a school play this morning. The play is about kids with "rainbow" colored skin and their search for acceptance. Their search takes them from the jungle to the oceans and finally back to where they came from.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Memorial Day Weekend - Jalama Beach