Web Resources

I just updated my web resources page.  Hope you find these useful!  I’ve been surfing a lot lately. :)

Domain Updates 2007

I really should be preparing paperwork for my meeting tomorrow, but I thought I’d put my foot down and fix up my domain. I installed WordPress 2.1 on the domain and moved my blog to http://php-princess.net/blog. Please update your RSS feed links to: http://php-princess.net/feed.

The domain now has a base for me to build on. I also installed a new board with the old data that Voxorb nicely converted for me. The past year has a been a little rough, but I think I’m ready for a fresh new start. :D

Many thanks to N.Design also for such a lovely layout!  It’s beautiful, and very inspirational!

WordPress Theme Competition

Are you a graphics designer? Do you like to win prizes? Then you may be interested in competiting in the annual WordPress Theme Competition! Here are the rules.

Prizes include:
1. Grand Poobah – $50. The best overall design.
2. Plain Ol’ Poobah – $20. The first runner up.
3. Mini Poobah – $10. The second runner up.
4. Most Creative Design – $20. Most creative use of the theme system – go crazy with your designs.

Good luck!

Free Gmail Account From PHP Princess

If you’re a php-princess.net member and is interested in a Gmail account, please read the rules here on how to get one. :)

[edit] Sorry, I’m out of gmail invites.

Updated Web Portal

I updated the web portal to Geeklog 1.3.9. New features include:

• Geeklog now uses PEAR::Mail to send all emails. This gives you the option to send emails via PHP’s built-in mail() function (as before), via sendmail or via SMTP.
• There is a new admin option called Content Syndication that lets you create and configure (RSS) feeds. In addition to the standard feed containing all the new stories, you can now create feeds per topic, for upcoming events, and for links.

  This feature is extensible in that plugins can provide additional feeds. It is also possible to provide feeds in formats other than RSS 0.91 by providing additional feed classes.

• Admins can change the block order easily from the list of blocks now.
• There is an alternative interface to adding users to groups (requires JavaScript).
• Users in the Group Admin group can now only assign other users to groups of which they themselves are a member.
• Image upload can now also use the GD library to scale images.
• Comments now use templates.
• To accomodate strict webhosts who don’t allow file uploads to the standard image directory, you can now set a new configuration variable, $_CONF['path_images'] to point to a directory outside of your webtree where article images and user profile pictures will be saved.
• Geeklog now supports URL rewriting for story URLs, i.e. you can have URLs like http://www.geeklog.net/article.php/20031229225326631 which are known to be picked up by Google.
• Plugins can add their own section to Geeklog’s What’s New block.
• All URL fields can now hold up to 255 characters (requires theme updates).

Also, be sure to check out the new resources add to the site. Feel free to add your own as well.

WordPress 1.0.1 Miles

I downloaded and installed WordPress 1.0.1 Miles last nite, and the script is just wonderful. I upgraded from a very old version of b2 and the conversion didn’t take too long. The data was imported in less than a minute. :D

I found this beautiful template at Alex King. It’s made by Naoko M., and is called Pink Lilies. :) Thank you for the WordPress Template!

Updates on Domain

I just upgraded the PHP Princess.net Board to Invision Power Board version 1.2 RC 1. The upgrade wasn’t hard at all. A bit tedious to upload all the files, but that was probably the hardest part. ;) The only drawback is that the old skins will not work. But I found some nice ones at Nbsdesignz.com. ;) Also, the chatroom has been moved to #php-princess on irc.ufirc.net.

Ranked 272,143 on Alexa.com

I was just browsing around at Alexa.com and saw that the traffic rank PHP-Princess.net was 272,143. That’s pretty high. :) I just wanted to thank everyone for supporting PHP-P!

Note: that stats on alexa.com only reflect users who use MSIE and have the Alexa spyware on their computers.

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Version 4: Princess Bee

Wow, finally a new layout! So what do you think of Princess Bee? I’ll be organizing the domain more in the next few days. Some things are still unfinished, but I wanted to get this layout as soon as possible. :) If you have any comments, feel free to leave a message. Enjoy.

phpFunctions Reference List

A new phpFunctions Reference List has been added to the domain. It’s a list of all the functions in php and their corresponding description. It’s pretty handy when you’re trying to find out what a certain function does. The script was written by my boyfriend Albert.

Recent News about Domain

Here are some recent news about the domain:

- The board has been upgraded to Invision Board 1.1 Final. Along with the upgrade, I added 5 new themes.

- I recently updated the web portal from Geeklog 1.3.6 to version 1.3.7sr1.

- I added two scripts to the scripts section; a random image script and a countdown script.

- I added random scripts to the domain which are pulled from the geeklog web resources. You may add more resources here.

Wearable Princess Gear?

I was having too much fun today creating the php-princess online shop. Now you can buy your very own PHP-princess apparel. :)

Store brought to you by cafepress.com and the illustration was drawn by Annia.

PHP builder Mod Job

PHPbuilder.com just recently upgraded their board to a vBulletin one. Since the upgrade, I’ve been posting more at their board, helping out wherever I can. And just today, one of the admins gave me a mod job. *smiles* What an opportunity!

Newsfeed Portal

I just added a newsfeed portal to the domain. It’s using a script that Michel wrote called, cafeRSS. cafeRSS is an RSS aggregator, that grabs data from other RSS files. This way, you can fetch news and articles from other sites and put it on yours. :) Try it out.

New ib Board

I finally installed a new board! WOot! It’s an Invision Board. ;) Please come by and try it out.

New Domain Design

The new domain design has just been launched a few minutes ago. It starts Annia’s cute ladybug illustration also. :)

A new section called Fun and Entertainment has been added for your pleasures. ;) Enjoy the domain, and tell me (and annia!) how you like the design so far!

4images Gallery

I just installed 4images Gallery, an image gallery management system, and I think it’s absoultely what I havve been looking for. There’s photo voting, e-cards, templates, skins, upload support, image resize, users, and more! I love it. You can see an example of it in action at the PHP Princess Gallery. I still have to figure what I want to use it for, so stay tuned!

Where to begin on the board.

Are you lost on the board? Well, if you’re a beginner, here is a guide as to what threads you should start reading first:

• How to make a PHP file

• What is a Variable?
• Why is $PHP_SELF helpful
• PHP include files
• What’s your IP?
• include.php?page=aboutme
• PHP Tips and Tutorials

I hope that helps. :)

Board Participation

I’m really happy to see the participation at the board! There are tutorials on how to install devBB written by jisatsusha, password protection written by Wyntarvox SilverWolf, the difference between single and double quotes, written by dj, and many more in the Tips and Tutorial Forum. If you’re curious about PHP, come join us and ask away. :)

New Board and Layout for the Domain

There’s a new layout and a new URL for this site. :) I hope you like it, I drew the ladybug myself using Adobe Illustrator. I’m still in the process of putting together the domain. But in the meantime, I installed a new board today, so if you have any PHP-related questions, please join the board and post away. Thank you.