Monthly Archives: December 2008

WordPress 2.7 Coltrane

Posted on by
Reply

Named after the jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, WordPress 2.7 has been released today. I have to say my experience with the release candidates has been brilliantly suprising. I was late getting on the WP bandwagon all those years ago but this platform really does have great potential in many different arenas of web site development. The new admin interface is sleek, intuitive and most importantly its damn fast. I am using it as a basis of CMS build outs to help visualise what a site’s infrastructure will look like. The ease of being able to build sites quickly and the sheer amount of community support and flexibility allowed puts this little package at the forefront in my minds eye.

Dreamweaver SSH Connections

Posted on by
Reply

I just came across an issue with a certain overseas project that required SSH access to the web server. The web server did not have FTP installed and thus all site files were maintained via SCP and SSH. This was of course going to be a bit tedious dealing in a text editor for this particular project as I prefer to do a lot of coding in Dreamweaver for its resources and reference material which readily on hand. Plus I did not really want to have to have refresh on ‘VI’ commands! A bit of research directed my attention a java application called MindTerm. This works perfectly, allowing me to see the remote folders and files and quickly find what I need to edit and update. Continue reading →