Posted Thu, 29/01/2009 - 21:47 by chris
I'm afraid this is a blog about a blog. I have a bit of a task ahead of me and part of which is integrating CiviCRM with Sage. I have a few questions I'd like to put to the community so the best place for it is to ask directly on the CiviCRM site. You can have a good read here
UPDATE:
It seems I have more things to write about so here is another blog about possible future development ideas for CiviCRM here
Posted Fri, 16/01/2009 - 22:11 by chris
So having spent a month or 2 working on CiviCRM recently I'm coming to realise how different civi is to drupal. While some of the principals draw parallels with what drupal does, I was really thrown with the complexity of civicrm, or so I thought. I suppose in reality the complexity is about the same, its the execution that differs.
Posted Thu, 01/01/2009 - 10:26 by chris
By rights I should still be asleep getting my body back in check. The reality is, I had so much sugary drink last night that my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my chest. 4 hours of sleep was enough it seems before I was suddenly wide awake and desperate for more water. I can still feel the effects of so much caffeine and sugar now.
Therefore today's resolution is to get sober, drink plenty of water and try to get my body clock back to how it should be. I'm sure there's a bacon sarnie in there somewhere too.
Posted Fri, 05/12/2008 - 16:21 by chris
While I'm not overly competent with CiviCRM I recently needed to work on the content of a page from within a drupal module. The hook system seems to be in active development but as of v2.1.2 it hasn't got to the point of exposing the template to the hook api. I added a few lines of code to enable this. I also files a feature request for version 2.2 so hopefully it'll be added for that.
Posted Thu, 27/11/2008 - 22:48 by chris
I have just managed to secure myself a few tickets for Ross Noble's Things tour next year at Birmingham hippodrome. I suggest you grab yourself a ticket if you've never seen him before. The Birmingham hippodrome website is here: Hippodrome The bloke is a genius. His mind works at a million miles an hour (faster than mine even). See you there.
Posted Sun, 16/11/2008 - 18:43 by chris
I can't believe how long it takes to paint the hand-rail and spindles on my staircase. So far I've been at it 2 days. On the upside I'm going to have a few days off in Paris soon so that'll compensate for the mindless tedium of painting.
Posted Wed, 12/11/2008 - 17:25 by chris
I found this written on a wall round the corner from the office. It made me smile.
Posted Wed, 12/11/2008 - 08:53 by chris
Drupal is a fantastic CMS which I have been actively developing for, for some time now. Yesterday was the first time I had really ventured into the Ajax territory but I learnt a lot and hopefully this guide should help others.
Currently this example is Drupal 5.x only. I will update it for Drupal 6 in another post in due course.
I'm going to create a simple module to demonstrate the communication between client and server. There is already a module out there that does more or less exactly what this demo will do so I'd advise using that if you require the same functionality.
Posted Tue, 04/11/2008 - 09:54 by chris
I bought myself a new laptop the other week from the Apple refurb site. I saved about £300 on what can simply be called an amazing laptop.
I opted for the 15 inch model for portability's sake. The battery life is great as is the speed. The screen is crisp and matt so no reflections.
Posted Tue, 04/11/2008 - 09:45 by chris
I used the wordpress blogging app for the iPhone a few months ago and decided that I'd love one for drupal. So far I haven't found one so unless anyone else does one in the next month or so I'll start work on one. I need to plan the feature set before diving into code so if you stumble by this page and have suggestions, please leave a comment or use the site contact form to put forward your ideas.
