SugarForge has been launched to help developers working on new modules and extensions for SugarCRM. The site uses gforge and provides the same kind of functions available on SourceForge Over the last few months the number of users and developers who have shown an interest in SugarCRM has grown exponentially, so the foundation of a dedicated community for developers is a … [Read more...] about Sugar CRM – Open Source Extensions
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Google scumware?
If you know your meta tags or are involved in SEO you probably remember the debacle around the MS Smart Tags. The tags were another "brilliant" idea from Gates & Co to "improve" the user experience through the auto-insertion of links/content into websites when view using IE. Fortunately MS offered an "opt out" clause via a meta tag and eventually shelved the idea (more or … [Read more...] about Google scumware?
WordPress – multiuser
I finally got wordpress multi-user working "sanely". I think I was too addled during the week to get a grip on what I was actually doing! So far I've got it working with: Autosignup Reasonably formatted welcome email Custom default links What I need to resolve relatively quickly is the URL being sent in the welcome email. At the moment it's sending out the wrong URL … [Read more...] about WordPress – multiuser
PayPal phishing attacks
We seem to get one or two of these emails a week, possibly more. They are usually very well crafted and unless you actually read (and understand) mail headers it is easy to see how someone could be duped by them. The one we got this morning is below: It looks and feels like a genuine Paypal email, until you look at the headers or the HTML source. The scammers have, of course, … [Read more...] about PayPal phishing attacks
Basic Concepts: Tangible vs Abstract
One of the things I've noticed is that highly intelligent people get confused by 'net concepts very easily. Although they have no difficulty in dealing with complex philosophy they seem completely baffled by the basic concepts surrounding domains and the way the 'net works (or doesn't). The other evening I was trying to explain to a client the concept of a domain alias and he … [Read more...] about Basic Concepts: Tangible vs Abstract