Dynamic Object Properties in Edit Mode

6 Feb 2014 in PHP

When working with model objects in the Istarel Workshop application framework, you inevitably want to display some data related to (but not intrinsic to) the object. For example, in an editor, you might want to display a calculated result. Now, you can certainly have an IWDivElement as the element in an IWFormElement (or similar object), but sometimes you want to display the information like an ordinary input element that represents a property on the model object.

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Unix Host Name

7 Dec 2013 in Mac OS X, Ubuntu

After A2 Hosting managed to annihilate a virtual server due to some cloud server problems, I was in the position of rebuilding that server. I did not like the name showing in the bash prompt, though.

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Image-Free Apache Access Log

29 Oct 2013 in Apache, Mac OS X, Ubuntu

Apache logs can get very large very fast. Even with a relatively limited user base, the access log becomes unwieldy. Fortunately, you can easily filter what goes into the log. For example, it is seldom useful to have image or javascript requests in the log.

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