Author: mary

MODx Revolution on Wamp with PHP 5.2.x

In this short post I am going to cover the workaround to a problem I’ve run into installing MODx Revolution (currently in Beta 5) on Wampserver.   I am using the most current version of Wampserver at the time of this posting – 2.0i, with Apache 2.2.11, MySQL 5.1.36, and PHP 5.2.11.   By default Wampserver 2.0 comes with PHP 5.3.0 but you can add on other versions of Apache, MySQL and PHP and switch between them as needed.  I’ve been running Wampserver with the 5.2.11 version of PHP because I’m working on some old projects that haven’t quite caught up with 5.3 yet and throw a lot of errors when I try to run them in 5.3.

When I start the install, it works fine until the point where the Installation Summary shows up and I get an error regarding the MySQL client version.

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Interview with Shaun McCormick (aka splittingred) – MODx Foundation & Lead UI Developer

In this first of a series of interviews on the Coding Pad, I talked to Shaun McCormick, MODx Foundation and Lead UI Developer.

shaun_mccormick1. Hi Shaun, most of us who are members of the MODx community know you better as splittingred (your MODx forums username).  Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

Hi, I work for Collabpad, the company behind MODx, and work from home in Austin, Texas (the best city in the US). I love my wife Jamie, Jesus, playing any instrument I can get my hands on, audio recording, chess, poker, my church Hope in the City, and fruit snacks. I am also always up for a good game of basketball, even though I will usually lose. Did I mention I love fruit snacks? 🙂

2. What is your development background? When did you start programming, what languages have you worked with? Continue reading “Interview with Shaun McCormick (aka splittingred) – MODx Foundation & Lead UI Developer”

Looking Back at 2009 and Forward into 2010

Well, 2009 has come and gone and what a year it was.  I’ve just been reading the first post I wrote in 2008 and the things I said I wanted to do, and I can comfortably say I accomplished most of them 🙂  This post is kind of a reflection and recap and a look ahead for the Coding Pad. Continue reading “Looking Back at 2009 and Forward into 2010”

Exploring MODx Revolution

In this screencast we will start exploring MODx Revolution, which at the time of this posting is at Beta 5.  We will install Revolution and then proceed to look a little bit at the manager, create a resource, install some addons, and just start to get a feel for it.  While Revolution is still in beta version and not recommended for production sites, I believe we’re getting very close to RC and eventually GA so if you haven’t yet, there’s no reason not to start exploring and playing with it.

I look forward to your feedback and to learning more from those who’ve already starting exploring MODx revolution so please go ahead and leave your comments.

Configuring Zend Framework to Work with a Local Development Environment

The NETTUTS web development blog  just posted a tutorial screencast that I did on how to configure the Zend Framework and Wampserver to work together.  The steps that I go through to do this can be adapted to any Apache, MySQL, PHP stack with some minor changes.

The Zend framework is an open source, powerful PHP application framework that’s made by the people behind PHP.  By following the steps in this screencast you will be able to configure your local development to work with the Zend framework.