http://hellorobot.org hellorobot.org is the web development hub, blog, & portfolio site of Brian Leary. Who is Brian Leary? Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:13:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 en http://hellorobot.org/2008/06/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-end/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/06/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-end/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:13:44 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/06/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-end/ if (condition) { with no closing }; or, as another example, an foreach($var as $subVar): with no endforeach;.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/06/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-end/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/changes-coming-in-php-6/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/changes-coming-in-php-6/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:32 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/changes-coming-in-php-6/ safe_mode, register_globals, the old long predefined variable arrays (like $HTTP_GET_VARS), the ASP-like open/close script tags (<% and %>).]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/changes-coming-in-php-6/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/twitter-abandoning-ror/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/twitter-abandoning-ror/#comments Fri, 02 May 2008 16:47:44 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/twitter-abandoning-ror/ Rumors are that's what's happening at Twitter.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/05/twitter-abandoning-ror/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/dotted-borders-around-links-in-firefox/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/dotted-borders-around-links-in-firefox/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:52:19 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/dotted-borders-around-links-in-firefox/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/dotted-borders-around-links-in-firefox/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/object-doesnt-support-this-property-or-method/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/object-doesnt-support-this-property-or-method/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:56:34 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/object-doesnt-support-this-property-or-method/ I had an object in the JavaScript and an object in the DOM with the same id. When I tried to manipulate the DOM object it couldn't do it because that object had be overwritten by the JS object.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/04/object-doesnt-support-this-property-or-method/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/continued-confusion-in-the-zend-db-class/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/continued-confusion-in-the-zend-db-class/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:07:39 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/continued-confusion-in-the-zend-db-class/ well described in the documentation). That was easy; I like that.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/continued-confusion-in-the-zend-db-class/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/a-better-understanding-of-the-mvc-pattern/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/a-better-understanding-of-the-mvc-pattern/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:25:24 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/a-better-understanding-of-the-mvc-pattern/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/a-better-understanding-of-the-mvc-pattern/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/the-model-in-zends-mvc/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/the-model-in-zends-mvc/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:45:53 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/the-model-in-zends-mvc/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/03/the-model-in-zends-mvc/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/adding-a-header-image-to-grid-focus/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/adding-a-header-image-to-grid-focus/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:16:46 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/adding-a-header-image-to-grid-focus/ It requires editing two files: first, the header.php file; and second, the style.css file. Both are found in the ../wp-content/themes/grid_focus_public/ folder. You can edit these files in a simple text editor like Notepad on Windows or TextEdit in Mac OS.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/adding-a-header-image-to-grid-focus/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/choosing-a-php-framework/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/choosing-a-php-framework/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:51:36 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/choosing-a-php-framework/ I think that frameworks should be evaluated on their maximum potential. A framework should be extensible, transparent, and professional.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/choosing-a-php-framework/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/bug-in-wp_list_bookmarks/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/bug-in-wp_list_bookmarks/#comments Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:15:13 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/bug-in-wp_list_bookmarks/ WP documentation, I entered 'orderby=updated&order=desc.' It didn't work.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/02/bug-in-wp_list_bookmarks/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/01/customizing-the-grid-focus-wordpress-theme/ http://hellorobot.org/2008/01/customizing-the-grid-focus-wordpress-theme/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:10:12 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/01/25/customizing-the-grid-focus-wordpress-theme/ this list from Smashing Magazine. It's where I found Derek Punsalan's Grid Focus, which I loved for its clean and neutral look. I like the hyper-organization of it. What follows is an ongoing documentation of the changes, customizations, updates that I am making to hellorobot.org's Grid Focus install. Hopefully, some of these changes are for the better.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2008/01/customizing-the-grid-focus-wordpress-theme/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/12/ie-8-passes-the-acid2-test/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/12/ie-8-passes-the-acid2-test/#comments Sat, 22 Dec 2007 17:26:16 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2008/01/21/ie-8-passes-the-acid2-test/ Internet Explorer 8 passes the Acid2 test.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2007/12/ie-8-passes-the-acid2-test/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/12/a-case-for-css-selectors-and-declarations-on-a-single-line/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/12/a-case-for-css-selectors-and-declarations-on-a-single-line/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:14:45 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2007/a-case-for-css-selectors-and-declarations-on-a-single-line/ I like to organize my stylesheets so that all of the declarations for one selector are on one line. I find it easier to scan and, thereby, easier to update and maintain.]]> http://hellorobot.org/2007/12/a-case-for-css-selectors-and-declarations-on-a-single-line/feed/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/11/ies-disappearing-reappearing-broken-borders/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/11/ies-disappearing-reappearing-broken-borders/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:58:53 +0000 admin http://hellorobot.org/2007/ies-disappearing-reappearing-broken-borders/ http://hellorobot.org/2007/11/ies-disappearing-reappearing-broken-borders/feed/