WordPress: Coding it sucks

Filed Under (Ramblings) by Mr K on 25-02-2008

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There is a problem in WordPress - actually if you look around far enough there are a number of them, however for now I want to pick on one in particular.

I’ve been pushing and shoving and sculpting wordpress over the past few days to try and make it perform like a CMS - which is actually really easy provided you don’t have anything complex in your layout. I thought “Sweet, WordPress lets me publish code - you know good ol’ fashioned HTML”. Read the rest of this entry »

Mix ‘n’ Match

Filed Under (Code, Technology, Technology & Software) by Mr K on 21-12-2007

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phpGetting a website or online business online is not the easiest thing, especially if you are not a coder. Trying to find out what CSS, PHP, ASP and other terms mean is hard. When you start looking at off the shelf products it makes it even more confusing.

I’ve just been asked by a friend if he can mix and match a PHP application with a website built in ASP. Strangely enough he’s the 3rd person to ask me this in the last 7 days.

Well the short answer is no, you can not install a PHP application on an ASP server. (By the way, ASP & PHP are coding languages used to build web applications - look for more explanation in my upcoming Jargon Explained series). Trying to install PHP on an ASP server is like trying to put Diesel in your Petrol car.

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