Adventures in TYPO3 :: Busy Noggin, Inc. http://www.busynoggin.com/ Adventures in TYPO3 en Adventures in TYPO3 :: Busy Noggin, Inc. http://www.busynoggin.com/fileadmin/busynoggin/feeds/feed-icon-16x16.gif http://www.busynoggin.com/ 16 16 Adventures in TYPO3 TYPO3 - get.content.right http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:19:00 -0600 Boiler Plate Content for Styling Checks http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2008/march/article/boiler-plate-content-for-styling-checks/ Recently I have put together some code to help with checking CSS styling on sites. Basically I have... Recently I have put together some code to help with checking CSS styling on sites. Basically I have put together XHTML code that contains pretty much all of the elements you will use in your work. You can paste this code into your project and tell on one page how styling is effecting any particular...

]]> CSS TYPO3 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:19:00 -0600 Launch of a Multi-Campus TYPO3 Site http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2008/january/article/launch-of-a-multi-campus-typo3-site/ The first of the year found me pretty busy helping to put together a large TYPO3-driven site for... The first of the year found me pretty busy helping to put together a large TYPO3-driven site for Christ Fellowship in Florida. We launched the site last Friday at gochristfellowship.com. This site has some unique features that...

]]> TYPO3 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:44:00 -0600 Out on My Own http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2008/january/article/out-on-my-own/ Well, today is my first day of being in full-time web development with my company, Busy Noggin,... Well, today is my first day of being in full-time web development with my company, Busy Noggin, Inc.

For the last 17 years I have served Irving Bible Church (IBC) as communications director with a season of additional responsibilities in financial oversight and information technologies. The folks...

]]> General Tue, 01 Jan 2008 18:02:00 -0600 Dealing with the Leopard Menu Bar http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/october/article/dealing-with-the-leopard-menu-bar/ Got Leopard installed this morning and one thing I hate. The translucent menu bar at the top. Not... Got Leopard installed this morning and one thing I hate. The translucent menu bar at the top. Not an improvement IMHO.

There is at least one hack out there but didn't want to go that route. I hope sometime in the future Apple will give us a way to choose how we want it.

To get around it, I...

]]> General Software Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:53:00 -0500 RSS Feed for New and Updated Extensions http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/september/article/rss-feed-for-new-and-updated-extensions/ At our last Dallas TYPO3 Users Group meeting, one of the guys mentioned an RSS feed that lists new... At our last Dallas TYPO3 Users Group meeting, one of the guys mentioned an RSS feed that lists new and newly updated extensions. Putting this in my newsreader has made it much easier for me to keep up with additions to the TER. You can subscribe to this feed <link...

]]> TYPO3 TYPO3 Extensions ron@busynoggin.com Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:10:00 -0500 Controlling Comment Spam for Modern Guestbook http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/august/article/controlling-comment-spam-for-modern-guestbook/ Well, I guess I have arrived as a blogger. Comment spam is becoming a problem. And as flattering as... Well, I guess I have arrived as a blogger. Comment spam is becoming a problem. And as flattering as it is to be considered worthy of spamming, I really do not have time to rush into the TYPO3 backend to delete every bogus entry.

Fortunately, I located an extension that squashes spam for me....

]]> TYPO3 TYPO3 Extensions Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:40:00 -0500 Getting Rid of the XML Prologue http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/july/article/getting-rid-of-the-xml-prologue/ Sometime back I learned to set my doc type in TYPO3 by using TypoScript code like this: ... Sometime back I learned to set my doc type in TYPO3 by using TypoScript code like this: 

   config.doctype = xhtml_trans


This tells TYPO3 how to render content and what to set in the final HTML for the Document Type Declaration.

However, I had to stop using that method because...

]]> TYPO3 TypoScript Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:22:00 -0500 SEO and TYPO3 http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/july/article/seo-and-typo3/ I ran into a series I think many of you might be interested in. The articles concentrate on search... I ran into a series I think many of you might be interested in. The articles concentrate on search engine optimization (SEO) with TYPO3 and are written by John Dawson, a developer in Los Angeles. He has a general article on the subject called <link...

]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2007 21:15:00 -0500 Developing a Flexible Code Base http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/july/article/developing-a-flexible-code-base/ I have finally started a personal project I’ve been intending to tackle. The goal is to develop a... I have finally started a personal project I’ve been intending to tackle. The goal is to develop a code base and set of best practices for my web development efforts.

For sometime I have seen the need and benefits of the following:

  • Standardization of coding and development practices like...]]> Basic Starter Site Tue, 10 Jul 2007 21:39:00 -0500 Redesign of the Stonebriar Site http://www.busynoggin.com/blog/blog-item/archive/2007/june/article/redesign-of-the-stonebriar-site/ In the TYPO3 community we spend much of our time talking about technical things such as how to... In the TYPO3 community we spend much of our time talking about technical things such as how to configure a particular extension or the ins and outs of TypoScript. This is all fine and dandy, but sometimes we lose appreciation for the forest as we wander about our trees of code. Every now and then...

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