Paul from Blackdog was chatting to me earlier today about Jobberbase, so I naturally asked him if he'd managed to hack around its rather annoying "200 status" issue on "pages not found" ie. ones that should return a HTTP response of "404".I've been using the software for the last few months on two free job sites that I setup - freelancejobs.ie and technicaljobs.ie.Not only did … [Read more...] about SEO Tweaks For JobberBase
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Pidgin 2.5.5
I hadn't had any issues with either Pidgin or Adium since the minor issue back in January. However, as of yesterday, ICQ was refusing to work on Pidgin. Seemingly there was a new release of Pidgin (2.5.5), however Ubuntu hadn't released a packaged version.Since Pidgin is open source and they release the source files it is possible for a user to create their own Ubuntu / Debian … [Read more...] about Pidgin 2.5.5
Google Culls Its Flock – Jaiku and more gone
The online chatter today is buzzing around the announcement by Google that they are cutting back on several or their services - including Jaiku.I've always preferred Jaiku's web interface to that of Twitter, as Jaiku supports threading - ie. you can actually follow a "conversation" without losing your mind!Seemingly Jaiku isn't being fully shutdown, but it won't be developed … [Read more...] about Google Culls Its Flock – Jaiku and more gone
MSN Messenger Broken on Adium and Pidgin
If, like me, you don't use Windows, then you probably rely on Adium or Pidgin for instant messaging.As of this morning neither Adium or Pidgin has not been able to connect to the MSN messenger servers for instant messaging.If you're on a Mac you can install the Microsoft Messenger for Mac software or you can downgrade Adium to an older version. The Pidgin developers are aware … [Read more...] about MSN Messenger Broken on Adium and Pidgin
A Bit of SQL For Jobberbase Open Source Job Board
JobberBase is an open source job board application written in php / mysql.It's pretty powerful and is open source, so I've decided to use it for one of my many sideline projects that I promised myself to get off the ground this year.Unfortunately there wasn't any SQL for the counties of Ireland, so I did up a simple one last night.You can grab it hereThanks to Paul from … [Read more...] about A Bit of SQL For Jobberbase Open Source Job Board