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Distopian Predictions
We are all doomedIn a recent discussion on social media relating to the acceptance of AI, anti-AI sentiment and what has been described as...
Carvey Update
PCB LayoutAfter stripping down the controller I’ve settled on a path forwards with the replacement design. Top of the list is getting all of...
Carvey CNC
CarveyI’ve long been a follower of the desktop CNC scene and was pretty impressed when the Inventibles Carvey was released. It was a very...
Open Hardware Licensing
A dilemma…If you’ve been following my work you will probably know about the DIY Flow Bench project. This is an open source software /...
Fusion 360 Plasma Post Processor - Combining Files
UPDATE:Tim added an additional field in his plugin that lets you specify exactly which G-codes are used as end marks. This allowed me to...
Handheld Wifi MPG for ESP32 based CNC Controllers
##It all starts ith an idea…I had an idea to create a WiFi pendant using an MPG jog-wheel, axis and speed selectors in a...
ESPduino + Protoneer CNC Shield
If you’ve been following my recent posts on building a new improved Sienci MillOne you may recall that I wanted to experiment with using...
Installing FlatCAM on OSX Big Sur
One thing that I wanted to be able to do on the Mill One was to make some prototype PCBs. Generally I use JLCPCB...
Sienci Mill One Upgrades
Way back in 2016 when I was running the ill fated Fabribles website, one of the many products I came across was the Sienci...
Proma THC Setup
This week I’ve finally got around to getting the plasma table back up and running. The table has lain dormant for some time now,...
Plasma Upgrade
Lotos LTP550D Plasma UnitIf you’ve read my post about the DDCSV Fusion 360 Plasma Post Processor you may recall that I’ve been resurrecting the...
Robot Laser Scanner
Using an industrial robot as a laser scanning devicePhotogrammetryThere’s lots of new ‘3D Scanners’ making it into the marketplace, many with simple point-and-film capturing...
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[RANT] Bloatware
Random musings for today.No one writes code any more. Why code when you can use a library instead. Why use one line of code...
Acqua - Implimenting Datatables
Datatables LibraryI’ve been slowly working through my list of TODOs on the Acqua project, which for the initial alpha release is just a basic...
Acqua - CRUD
CRUD literallySo I’m developing Acqua in python / flask as it seems like the best format for a browser based app (or at least...
Adding a footer to flask-bootstrap
Whilst working on the Acqua project I wanted to add a footer to the applications web page. Acqua uses flask along with flask-bootstrap to...
Fusion 360 Plasma - Adding spot marking
So after creating a DDDCSV plasma post processor for Fusion360, I’ve been dialling in the plasma post processor getting it to work on my...
Acqua - Data Acquisition and Processing unit
Acqua - Data Acquisition and Processing unitThe Acqua project is a data acquisition and processing system based on the Raspberry Pi and Arduino nano...
THIR DIY Open Source Automatic Aquarium Roll Filter
THIR Aquarium Roll Filter(That’s How I Roll)Open Source Aquarium Roll FilterTHIR is a build it yourself roll-filter for your aquarium.About the THIR projectAutomatic roll...
DDCSV Fusion 360 Plasma Post Processor
So todays project has been setting up my CNC plasma (again). It’s been offline for a number of years waiting for me to finish...
Raspberry Pi Nano Datalogger
This follows on from my previous post on using arduino nano as a control node and builds on the basic idea discussed there.The idea...
Arduino Nano Nodes
I’ve been playing with the Reef-Pi system for a while now waiting for hardware to turn up so that I can finish building my...
Panic Nova
A while back I tried to sign up as a beta tester with Panic for their new code editor ‘Nova’. Being a long time...
Making The Change
DNS now Pointed at GitHubSo the deed is done. I have pointed the DNS for deeemm.com at the github servers. The site is no...
Prose Hell
ArrrghNot sure I like using Prose.io as my jekyll editor.Just lost the last rather large post I wrote into the ether. I have no...
Welcome to my new Github io page
Just figuring out how to use Jekyll and migrate my existing page here from DeeEmm.com now that I have migrated my blog here from...
Installing mysql2 under OSX with gem
I ran into the following error when trying to install MYSQL2 under gems. I was trying to install MYSQL2 to be able to import...
GitHub Pages
I'm probably late to the game with this one but just discovered GitHub PagesGonna give it a test drive and then might migrate DeeEmm.com over...
DIY Drip doser
If you've read my post on dosing Lanthanum Chloride you might be trying to work out how to drip dose. Dosing machines tend to have...
Lanthanum Chloride Dosing
So a year down the track after building my algae reactor I've given up using it due to poor results. In the mean time...
Aquarium Automation with Reef-Pi
I'm setting up a reef-pi controller on my tank. Reef-Pi is a DIY Raspberry-Pi based aquarium controller. I had considered making a simple controller using...
[Rant] Goudy Plugins
Why is it that plugin and extension designers feel the need to make their admin interfaces completely different from the parent product? Bright colours...
Adding order status to woocommerce-product-attachment plugin
I'm using the woocommerce deposits plugin with DotStore product-attachment plugin but noted that the partially paid order status was not included in the available...
Using InkCut to control a Klic-N-Kut Zing Air Vinyl Cutter
I've had this vinyl cutter for 6 years and in all of that time its probably only clocked up a handful of hours. It's...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Managed to scrounge half an hour on the cyclekart this evening. I laid out some string to take a look at what I needed...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Finally got around to making a start on the rear axle. I worked out the length, cut the bar stock down and turned one...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
mainlinemick commented on this post about 6 months agoForgot to post about this. I found some cool looking gauges when I was having...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Did a bit more on the cyclekart yesterday. Managed to get the front wheels fitted up. I made up some 20mm spacers on the...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Worked up the enthusiasm to do something for the cyclekart project this evening.I've been selling off some stuff to try and clear some space...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Been a bit too sidetracked by Christmas and other things to get any progress on the project. I did manage to do a few...
Marlin CNC Pendant
I built an MPCNC a while back and am finally getting around to finishing it off. My machine is a combined use CNC and 3D...
DIY Flow Bench Controller
Flow Benches are used as tools for measuring and quantifying modifications and improvements made to items such as automotive cylinder heads and carburettors by...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Picked up the wheels today, very stoked with how they have come out. I had the rims blasted and powder-coated in satin black and...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Got the front suspension kinda mounted up. I welded on the front spring hangers and made up some keeper plates for the U-Bolts. I...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Managed to scrape half an hour on the cyclekart this arvo.I pressed the old bearings out of the front hub on one of the...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Managed to get a few hours this arvo to finish off the front beam and suspension, I'm pretty happy with how it came out.The...
Brooklands Bentley uploaded 28 photos in the album Suspension and Steering
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DIY Cheato Reactor
I've had a marine aquarium for the past 12 years. Over this time I have battled with water quality parameters and algae issues. Most...
Rumba Board - Dead atmega16u2 (USB) fix
Way back in 2013 I bought a Rumba board for my 3DR printer build. Unfortunately it had a bit if an issue with the...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Managed to squeeze a few minutes build time in yesterday. Drew up some front spring hangers and made a few cardboard templates to figure...
CNC Plasma Upgrade
I built my Plasma CNC about 5 years ago. I had originally intended to use it to cut out component parts for a product...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Had a bit of time this arvo so decided to take a look at the front spindles today. The basic design uses 5/8" UNF...
Brooklands Bentley uploaded 4 photos in the album Suspension and Steering
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Managed to get the tyres off of one of the wheels. I tried (and failed) to do it the old fashioned way with tyre...
Brooklands Bentley uploaded 11 photos in the album Wheels
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Mick uploaded a new video
Machining my Cyclekart WheelsFacing off the hub on the rear wheels to mate to the axle flange. Just about managed to squeeze the wheel...
Mick Brooklands Bentley
Picked up some smaller flat bar to make up the leaf springs from. The local steel supplier had a bunch of 25 x 1mm...
Brooklands Bentley uploaded 5 photos in the album Suspension and Steering
Faster IO on the Arduino
This article will show you how to control the Arduino IO pins faster, a lot faster.
NC Viewer // GCode Viewer and Machine Simulator
Online NC / GCode Viewer.
DIY Extruder screw making machine Part 2 - Mounting the grinder
Last week I wrote about the extruder screw that I'm making and shared the initial build of a machine to make my own screw....
Our war on plastic education
Regular readers will remember that earlier this year I embarked on a project to help my son with a climate control school initiative, I discussed...
DIY Extruder screw making machine Part 1 - The table
In my last post Improvements to a wood auger based plastics extruder I discussed an idea to make a simple machine using hand tools from which...
Improvements to a wood auger based plastics extruder
After some discussions on the Precious Plastics forums about adding compression to a wood screw auger based plastics extruder by various means, I had...
Political reform now.
Another election, another term of broken promises.The two party system is broken and it is the same the world over. There is a lack...
South Australian (Aquaponics) planting guide
A bit of a departure from my usual tech posting, but I needed to keep this somewhere and here seemed as good a place...
Installing CNCJS on Arduino Yun Shield
IntroOpenWRT Updating OpenWRT to latest versionI tried to install CNCJS under the Last version of Yun firmware available via the Dragino repository but found that...
Set up EXTROOT on Iduino / Dragon YUN shield
The Arduino YUN shield is a shield that combines an additional stand alone processor and WIFI. It runs a cut down Linux distro called OpenWRT....
XBOX DIY VR Headset
I was looking at this DIY VR headset the other week - https://github.com/relativty/Relativ It uses a gyro and arduino to create controller movements on...
Precious Plastics
About 6 years ago I invested a bunch of time and energy into creating a 3D printing startup called Fabribles. It was basically an online...
DMCMS - As featured in Wikipedia
Been undertaking a bit of spring cleaning and updating some of my websites so decided to clean things up a bit here. I've fixed...
Use terminal as serial terminal on OSX
- Open temrinal- Search for serial devices - in my case I'm looking for a
More suspension software...
http://www.vsusp.com
Online suspension design app
Here's a really cool online suspension design simulator. They also have a bunch of other cool simulators toohttps://www.racingaspirations.com/apps/suspension-geometry-calculator/Just leaving it here for future reference...
Arduino and stepper controlled dividing head
Some time ago I converted my rotary table into a dividing head using a stepper motor, Arduino nano and a stepper motor driver. The...
Sparkduino - Arduino based automotive ignition system.
I've been a long time supporter / user of open source EFI systems and have been playing with Speeduino for the past year or...
Bluetooth Modules | Martyn Currey
Just gonna leave this here for later reference.Handy info for connecting bluetooth serial modules to your Arduino / whatever projects
boxedcnc: EMBROIDERY CNC: first completed work
Cool project to make a CNC embroidery machine from a regular sewing machine
DIY CNC Milling machine 2
I previously waxed lyrical about the Sienci DIY milling machine in DIY CNC Milling machine. Well since that particular post I have received pretty...
Un-bricking a Sonoff S20
A while ago I invested in a bunch of home automation stuff to augment my Google home. I opted on the Sonoff devices as...
Relativ - Build Your Own VR Headset for $100 - Arduino Project Hub
Now this is a cool project. I have one of those VR headsets that you can put your iPhone into, but the main issue...
Home Automation Sonoff-Tasmota. ESP12:
Some home automation stuff for later digestion…I have been blown away by the capability of the Sonoff-Tasmota firmware for the Sonoff devices. These, combined...
Build your own Google Home using a Raspberry Pi
If you need a project for the Raspberry Pi you have lying around, you could always turn it into a DIY Google Home.
P38 Touch screen media player - Part 2
Following on from P38 Touch screen media player - Part 1 the Raspi touch screen arrived a week or so ago and I've been itching to...
P38 Touch screen media player - Part 2
Not too much to report. My touch screen unit has arrived
DIY CNC Milling machine
For a while now I've been thinking of building a small CNC mill so that I can mill aluminium stuff. For the most part...
Geekism versus Narcissism
Traditionally I've always blogged about software related stuff here at DeeEmm.com and left blogging about my other hobbies for one of the many other...
Sierra OSX media button issue
For some reason the devs responsible for the latest OSX update have decided that the media buttons should control whatever media player last had...
P38 Touch screen media player - Part 1
I always wanted the sat nav unit for my P38, but being an optional extra that wasn't originally supplied with my car I had to...
Fusion 360 and OSX magic mouse
If, like me you are a die-hard Apple fan you have no doubt embraced all of Apples products including the sometimes not so magic,...
DIY Reflow oven
I need to make up some SMD boards and have been looking for a low cost reflow oven.Came across this today, made from a...
Order of magnitudes
So many of you will be familiar with the site as a result of the plugins and modules that I used to offer. Whilst...
Recovering InnoDB tables from database files.
After a hiatus of several months the site is back up. The site was unfortunately victim to some script kiddies and fell under the...
Hiatus Haiku
A passage of time gone.DeeEmm has been away from here.Set to return soon.
Automated dividing head
This weeks project - to automate my dividing head for my Mill (to make it easier to use). Now I can elect number of...
ZeroPi - RasPi 3D Printer Shield.
Just backed the Zero Pi project on Kickstarter. Looks like a cheap and easy way to build a Raspberry Pi based 3D printer.I like...
Plasma THC controller 1 : Me 0
Plasma THC controller 1 : Me 0Finally got the torch height controller working on the plasma CNC. Unfortunately it did not survive testing. Made...
Recycling plastic into 3D prints
I've been thinking of making a shredder and extruder to recycle plastics for use in my 3D printer. I've found some pretty cool projects out...
Ticket system back up and running
Apologies to those of you who have trie to access the ticket system and were unable to lodge new support tickets. Unfortunately there was...
New JomSocial and Hikashop Plugins
I've been busy tidying up and publishing some of the plugins and extensions that I use across my sites. Most of the plugins are...
OSX Maverick stikes again? Exchange Sent Mail Dissapearing
I've been a proponent of Mac and OSX for some time now having been attracted to its simplicity and the 'it just works' way...
Detecting soft 404's in Paul Irish's Infinite Scroll
Ive used Paul Irish's excellent infinte scroll on a number of projects before but recently found that I was having issues with ending the...
Software, reputation and Virtuemart
It's been a while now since I last posted about my experience with VirtueMart, but a recent update caused me to have several issues...
Virtuemart PayPal checkout issues
Over the past couple of days I have had a number of PayPal payment gateway issues. This has resulted in a number of transactions...
Configuring Joomla to use Zoho mail with MSMTP on Ubuntu.
A while ago I switched to using zohomail for the email handling on a number of sites that I run. Zohomail is a nice...
3DR Printer Build. It lives!
Inspired by the recent receipt of my hot end I decided that it really was time I strung up the spectra line and got...
DIY Hand Held 3D Printing 'Pen'
Make your own DIY 3Doodler style 'Filament Gun' from a hot glue gun and downloadable 3D printable filament sticks. If you are a bit of...
3DR Build Update
Just ordered the stepper motors.As I am such a cheapskate I ordered four of these...ausxmods.com.au/index.php?main_page=prod...ath=2&products;_id=74These are a 35 ounce / inch Nema 17 form...
The 'G' test
If you create your own 3D models for 3D printing you might have wondered which of the current free mainstream 3D modellers gives the...
My 3DR Delta Printer Build
After a lot of indecision of what type of printer to build I found the this thread for RichRaps 3DR delta format printer and was instantly...
DIY Acetone Vapor Chamber
We have been having a bit of a play around with acetone vapor today. Inspired by the attempts of others, and wanting to achieve a better...
EasySocial, raising the bar for Joomla social extensions
If you are familiar with Stack Ideas products, such as the blogging component that you are reading from right now EasyBlog, you might have noticed that...
JomSocial CSS Maxification - less is actually more
Just been putting a site together on the new JomSocial version 3. One of the first things I always do (as you should) is...
You cannot access the private section of this site.
This was the error I was recently faced with when I re-enabled user registrations here on the DeeEmm site.You may recall from my last...
Virtuemart Revisited
Over time I have gone through various stages of selling mods and extensions and somehow every time have ended up vowing never to do...
Fix your painfully slow PHP mail() function.
Having moved all of my sites to the Excellent Digital Ocean hosting I noticed that on some sites the php mail function seemed to be...
Cloning your Joomla site
A while back I was working on a project that allowed replication of an instance of Joomla. The reason for this was that I have...
User Clearout
I've deleted a bunch of old user accounts that were either never enabled or never revisited the site after being enabled. In the very...
Downloads now available again
The downloads section is now back up and running. All available downloads can now be downloaded without having to log in or become a member.If...
Site Reshuffle
Been busy today tidying up the site. I've been meaning to get around to finishing off a few things, namely the poor cataloguing of...
Ubuntu Forums Hacked
Looks like the Ubuntu forums have been hacked as they are currently offline. The forum is currently displaying the maintenance page with the following...
Green Geeks
I have had a few of my larger sites hosted at Green Geeks for a number of years now. At one time I used...
Farcebook. Dolphins and Conundrums.
Along with the recent site update I have also decided to junk the 'web technologies' moniker and revert to just the plain old 'DeeEmm' name. The...
Site Update
Decided to update the site and freshen it up a little.The template is now based on the popular Twitter boostrap template and some of...
Running CRON for JomSocial
To enable your JomSocial site to communicate with it's members you need to set a CRON job up to pop messages off of the...
JomSocial Group Discussion Exploit
Been getting spam for quite a while in a few of my JomSocial sites so decided to take a look into why. Spam messages were...
Go Yabba Daddy
Not being a very heavy traffic type of site DeeEmm.com has always been quite happy residing on a shared server along side the other...
DeeEmm.ORG
Something new is happening. The past few weeks I have been rejigging all of my sites, services and applications so that they all now fall...
Evernote 5.... Epic Fail!
I've been a proponent of Evernote for quite some time now, I use it on my Mac, my iPhone and iPad as well as...
Macbook dies in freak plane accident
The past week has been pretty painful as I have been without my trusty macbook. Unfortunately it died in what I can only call...
Allow guests to view JomSocial activity stream comments
I have recently migrated a site from Dolphin to JomSocial and needed to modify the way that the activity stream was displayed to visitors....
Mobile Joomla Mobile Template
http://www.mobilejoomla.com/Another multi platform mobile template, Mobile Joomla. Works great with joomla and kunena and is configurable with seperate templates for different platforms. This is...
JTouch Joomla Mobile Template
http://www.mobilemews.com/View your Joomla based site on a mobile device. Just installed this on DeeEmm.com. Needs some tweaking but works reasonably well.
Airflick & Airplayer
http://ericasadun.com/ftp/AirPlay/Turn your Mac into an airplay device or serve files and URLs to Apple TVTried this out last night to watch a file I...
Nautilus Dolphin to JomSocial Migrator RC1 Released
At long last the Nautilus script is ready and available for public consumption.I have now finished writing the script and the accompanying URL rewrite script and...
Nautilus: Dolphin to JomSocial migration script - Latest progress.
After restarting work on the migration script a few weeks back I have made great progress on getting it finished. I have gone through...
iPad 3 months on
Been a while since I started using the iPad so thought I'd best post some progress.If you have read the iPad versus MacBook experiment post you...
iPad versus MacBook experiment
The first in a series of articles documenting an experiment with an iPad, a consultant and a sense of adventure, If you are considering...
Server migration
To address some issues with the current hosting we are moving the site to another server, in fact, if you are reading this message,...
EasyBlog - Display list of blog titles using the Latest Blogs module
When recently migrating the DeeEm.com site I needed a way to be able to organise the tutorials section so that each tutorial was easily...
Jcomment to EasyBlog comment migration
The recent migration from Joomla 1.5 to Joomla 1.7 left me without a comments system for the tutorials section of the site. Previously this...
Black Wednesday
If you are a regular internet user, or even a regular user of other more traditional media, you probably couldn't fail to be aware...
Busmans Holiday
You would think that working on websites all the time i would have an up to date site myself, the problem is, that by...
Fix 404 error for restricted content
If you want to replace the default Joomla behaviour of showing a 404 error for restricted content, then you can use the follow custom...
New OHS Community
I'm just about to embark on the start of a new project to build an occupational health and safety web portal for engineering professionals....
Dolphin to Joomla Migration - Hints and Tips
If you are new to Joomla / JomSocial there are a few handy things to know...Joomla 'Modules' are similar to Dolphin 'Blocks' you can...
Dolphin to Joomla Migration - Installation
PLEASE READ ALL DOCUMENTATION BEFORE ATTEMPTING INSTALLATION QUICK INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONSA/ Install JoomlaB/ Install JomSocial componentC/ Install additional components D/ Run migration scriptE/ Tweak settings to...
Dolphin to Joomla Migration - Limitations
Currently the following limitations should be notedOnly standard Dolphin tables will be imported. Modified tables may not work.The joomla admin user you created on...
Dolphin to Joomla Migration - Pre-requisites
The following requirements need to be met in order for a successful installation 1/ Backup your Boonex Dolphin files and MySQL database 2/ Download...
Dolphin to Joomla Migration - Compatibility
This script has been tested with the following versions.Dolphin 7.0.4http://www.boonex.comJoomla 1.7 http://www.joomla.orgJomSocial 2.2.4http://www.jomsocial.com/Kunena 1.7 http://www.kunena.org/downloadcorePHP Wordpress component version http://www.corephp.com
Beta Migrator now available for testing
Good news for all those waiting for migrate to JomSocial, you can now download a beta version for testing.Instructions are included in the file...
First steps
If you are one of those visitors who is expectantly waiting for the release of the Dolphin to Joomla migration script, you will be...
Dolphin to Joomla Migration - Introduction
If like me, you have had enough of your Boonex Dolphin website, and want to change to a more stable platform, you will need...
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day
It's very nearly here. The Dolphin 'Fish Script' to JomSocial migration script is just around the corner.To continue on with the theme so affectionately...
Finish What You Started...
I had to laugh to myself when I took a look at the Boonex website earlier today. True to form, and as predicted by...
Free Stock Icons
Occasionally I need to use icons in an application or website, generally I favour the 'standard' stock icon sets like the fantastic and widely...
Show Joomla template elements on selective pages
We have already discussed how to hide template elements from logged in members in this tutorial, but what about if we wish to only...
Hide Joomla template elements from members (logged in users)
If you are using a custom template and want to control how it is displayed, you may need the following mod.This quick easy modification...
Last post for LastPass?
Xmarks is a great cross browser bookmark and password sync tool. I've been using it for years to sync my bookmarks between the variety...
Sneak Peek at Dolphin to JomSocial migration script
Progress on the Boonex Dolphin to JomSocial migration script is underway, with the basic dolphin module mapped out and user data already handled by...
End of the road for DMCMS
With it's inception way back in 2004, DMCMS was originally developed for my personal website. Written in PHP and MySQL, it was aimed at...
iJoomer JomSocial iPhone app trumps Dolphin oo
Whilst surfing the other day I stumbled across iJoomer an iPhone that connects to the joomla platform. Being a recent iPhone convert, and an...
Dolphin to Joomla (JomSocial) migration
It's been a while since I've finished the Geeklog to Joomla (JomSocial) migration, and with a new update released by Boonex, I've decided that...
Joomla / JomSocial - Import Stories from Geeklog / GLFusion
The final part of our Geeklog to Joomla / Jomsocial migration deals with migrating the main site content.With Geeklog, content is organised into 'Stories'....
Joomla / JomSocial - Import user galleries from Geeklog / GLFusion Media Gallery (MG)
If you are using Media Gallery to provide image handling functionality to your Geeklog site, the following will help you migrate your images. Media...
Joomla / JomSocial - Import Forum from Geeklog / GLFusion into Kunena
This is the second article in the migrate from Geeklog to Joomla series and outlines the method by which you can inport your existing...
Migrating from Geeklog to Joomla
[UPDATED!]Now that the New Year is under way, I've turned my focus back to the Joomla project that i have been working on. This...
Joomla / JomSocial - Import users from Geeklog / GLFusion
If you wish to convert your Geeklog site to the Joomla platform, then you will have a number of things that you will need...
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all of our customers and visitors, and best wishes for the new year./DM
Dolphin 7 - Get rid of annoying blue padlocks
This is one of those issues that has annoyed the heck out of most Dolphin users, and one that has been put in the...
WD 10TPVT 1TB Macbook Upgrade.
A short time ago I upgraded the drive in my macbook pro as I had filled up the stock 250GB drive that came with...
Dolphin - Blacklist Email domains from joining
If you are suffering from spammers repeatedly joining up from the same email domains, this mod will help stop this.It's a quick and dirty...
Fix iTunes 'genius is unavailable' issue
If you suffer from a non-working iTunes genius, you may find that the following fix is of some help. I recently changed my mac,...
IBDW Spywall - Subscription Mod
If you use Ilbello Del Web's excellent Spywall mod, you might have noticed that when people subscribe to a users wall feed, the link...
DIY Maps
With the advent of Google maps, it's now very easy to add a map to your website, a few lines of code, and you...
D7 - Stop 'viewed by guest' messages.
If, like me you get tired of seeing an activity feed that is full of "profile blah viewed by guest" type messages, the fix...
JomSocial v's Dolphin
A current project that I am looking in to is an update for an existing community site that I run. The site is based...
Just for fun
Boonex regulars will know that there is soon to be a new policy put in place in Unity, instant bans for anything spoken out...
Sitemap Generator Updated
The DeeEmm Dolphin 7 Sitemap generator has just been updated. The update addresses an issue where multiple URLS are included within the sitemap.Some configuration...
Time Out
After 6 months of Dolphin development, I have decided that it is log overdue, to take some time out. The change in bias for...
Dolphin - Add extra info to Contact page
If you would like to add some extra info to the 'Contact Us' page, such as an address, or a phone number, then the...
Dolphin 7.0.3 on the horizon | More free MODs
A new blog post by Andrew Boon over at Boonex, has finally announced the upcoming release of 7.0.3. Whilst there is still no commitment...
Dolphin - Open RSS links in same window
If you do not want a new window opening when you click on links in RSS feeds - such as the forum feed, you...
Dolphin - Hide banners from guests
If you want to hide advertising banners from non members - do this...Edit/inc/banners.inc.phpSearch forreturn $out;Replace it withif (islogged()){ return $out; }Thats it!/DM
Dolphin - Include instructions on the 'Add Site' page
The sites module in Dolphin sometiumes does not create the thumbnail, often refreshing the page fixes this. To display a simple tip to your members...
Dolphin - Hide Menu Bar from Guests
If you would like to completely hide the menu bar from non-members, then this is the mod for you.Edittemplates/base/scripts/BxBaseMenu.phpFindreturn $this->sCode;Change it to...if (islogged()){ return...
Dolphin - Redirect users after editing profile
If you would like to redirect users to a different page after editing their profiles, then make the following changes.Editpedit.phpFind...if( empty( $this -> aErrors[0]...
Dolphin - Auto membership level on join
If you would like to automatically apply membership levels to new members, then this mod is for you.This can also be useful when wanting...
Syntax highlighting code in TinyMCE
After a recent tutorial a member mailed me to let me know that the code snippets were not displaying correctly. A quick look told...
Dolphin - Show Group / Events latest forum posts
If you would like to add a block to your Group or Events home pages that displays the latest forum posts , or maybe...
Dolphin - Add search by country to Groups
To add an extra search field to your groups - for example 'Country' do the following.Edit/modules/boonex/groups/classes/BxGroupsFormSearch.phpFind$aCategories = $oCategories->getCategoriesList('bx_groups', (int)$iProfileId, true);Add After$aCountries = $oProfileFields->convertValues4Input('#!Country'); ...
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Dolphin - Hide custom pages from non-members
Dolphin is not very good with permissions, as a result it is impossible to assign permissions to individual pages. So if you have created...
Dolphin - Record user Name and ID with IP address
You can (fairly) easily record the userid along with the ip address by adding an extra field to the database table and modifying member.phpHere's...
Dolphin - Change landing page after login
If you want to direct members to a page other than the standard dashboard page (member.php) after they log in, then follow these simply...
Dolphin - Remove 'unregister' Links
To disabled the un-register buttons on your site - go to admin > builders > navigation builder and un-check both member and guest check...
FREE RMS Service
For those of you who have been using Dolphin for a while, you will remember that Boonex used to offer a free RMS hosting...
FREE MODS
After a little deliberation I have decided to release my mods for free. I am currently holding back a few premium mods, which i...
Dolphin - Flat comments mod updated
I've just updated the mod that converts all threaded comments into flat style comments. The original mod had an issue with the wall posts...
Add Youtube video button to TinyMCE
Not strictly a Dolphin modification, as it applies to TinyMCE in general, but I will outline it here for Dolphin 7. It's a pretty...
Dolphin - Remove big join button from promo
There are a few different ways of removing the join button from the promo banner. The method you use will vary depending on your...
Dolphin - Remove checkboxes from keyword search page
If, like me, you do not like the massive long list of checkboxes at the top of the keyword search page, removing them is...
Boonex Blogs Gone
Well, maybe the title is not strictly true, but for all intents and purposes, the user blogs over at Boonex Unity are now dead....
Dolphin Maintenance Tools Module
We have just released a free module that allows you to easily enable / disable your website. This is a great help for performing maintenance tasks...
Increasing server memory limit
If you are experiencing memory issues with scripts, it may be necessary to increase the memory available to the script.If you have access to...
Dolphin 7 - Increase text size in comments box
If you have the tinymce editor enabled for comments boxes, and you wish to increase the size of the text, then you will need...
Dolphin 7.0.2 Released
The Boonex team have just released the not so long awaited 7.0.2 release. It seems that they have taken community comments about a shorter...
Dolphin Tag Converter
If like me, you used the migration tool to transfer your Dolphin 6 based site over to Dolphin 7, you will notice that there...
Google Chrome for Mac
If, like me, you have been using the beta version of Google chrome for mac, you will be pleased to learn that Google have...
Boonex Dolphin Security Vulnerability
It seems like this week is a bit of a strange one so far. Not only is it National Cyber Security Awareness Week here...
National Cyber Security Awareness Week
This week is National Cyber Security Awareness Week here in Australia.National Cyber Security Awareness Week is an annual initiative of the Australian Government held...
Dolphin Orca Update
The Dolphin forum, or Orca, as it is known, was a parallel stand alone development that was integrated as a module into the Dolphin...
Dolphin 7 Security Vulnerability Exposed
It would seem that this weekend has been an active time in the CMS community for security vulnerabilities, first Joomla issue a patch for...
Joomla 1.5.18 Released
XSS Vulnerability addressed.Joomla 1.5.18 has recently been released and includes a security update to fix a core XSS vulnerability. All Joomla users are advised...
Free Mods Released
It's been a very busy week here in the software office. Hot on the heels of the recent Flat Comments and Group Forum Posts...
Dolphin Forum - Show Expanded Categories
Here's a quick hack to get the forum categories to display as expanded by default on the forum home page.Edit modules/boonex/forum/classes/Forum.phpSearch for the following... ...
2 New Dolphin MODs Released
Just released two new mods for the Boonex Dolphin platform.The first mod is a Dolphin 6 mod that changes the standard threaded comments layout...
Nowdoc string handler
Some of you may be familiar with the heredoc string handler which allows multi-line strings to be easily assigned to a variable, this great...
Scroll to top of page
Regular hyperlinks and anchors are fine for navigating pages in most situations, but i found that whilst trying to add an anchor to the...
Dophin 7 TinyMCE Browser MOD updated
The DeeEmm Dolphin Tiny MCE Browser modification has now been updated to work with the new Dolphin 7.0.1 release.This release is a compatibility update,...
CVS changed to SVN
The Sourceforge DMCMS source control active repository has now been changed from CVS to SVN. The old CVS repository will remain accessible for historical...
It's Official. IE6 is Outdated
I have long held the view that the internet needs to be ridded of Internet explorer 6. IE 6 still equates to a massive...
Dolphin 7.0.1 and beyond
The latest release to Boonex's CMS system - Dolphin 7, has now been out on the wild for some time. Released at Christmas, the...
D7 Hide Promo from logged in users
If you would like to hide the flash promo from displaying to logged in members all you have to do is the following.Edit inc/design.inc.phpFind...
D7 Move avatar from promo to banner
After updating my Dolphin 6 site to the new version 7 software I decided that I wanted to move the avatar to the banner...
DMCMS beta builds
In a recent forum post about DMCMS, i promised that at some point the current version would be spruced up a little and released...
BoonexNerd Update
Just had a bit of a chat with James Tadeo, who has recently updated his successful Boonex support site BoonexNerd.net to run from the...
Webstore Now Open
We are please to announce that our online store is now live.At present we are in the process of uploading all of our modifications...
Hosted Exchange 2007
We are pleased to announce that along side our hosting packages, we are now also able to offer hosted exchange email services. Our Hosted...
Dolphin 6 - Login Redirect MOD
This mod will automatically redirect new members to the profile edit page when logging in for the first time. Every time thereafter members are...
Delete .DS_Store files
Whilst recently packaging some files for distribution, I noticed that that the folders that i was compressing contained .DS_Store files. These .DS_Store files are...
Restore deleted Mac Mail inbox from Time Machine
If, like me, you have deleted your email account without first moving or saving messages from your inbox, you will soon notice that removing...
PDF Generation - Add Custom text into footer
This is a quick and dirty hack to add some text to the footer of the PDF's generated within Joomla. The library used to...
TinyMCE - add items to style drop down
If you have to display code snippets on your Joomla site, you might find that the following mod is of help. This quick mod...
Toggle Hidden Files In Finder
This is a great little tip for showing hidden files in OSX. Normally all files are hidden, and so access to the hidden unix...
DMCMS Lost and forgotten?
Development on DMCMS has laid dormant for a while, and to most it probably seems like it has been abandoned. Work commitments, managing websites,...
VMware Fusion - Increase virtual machine size
Like many ex M$ Windows users, I still have the occasional need to use it to run programs on that will not run under...
Times a Changing
The site migration is pretty much finished, with just a few small odds and ends to fix up. One of the things that I...
Fixing the paragraph spacing issue
You may have noticed that after neatly setting out your post within the TinyMCE editor, when the page is published, the paragraphs are all...
New Look for DeeEmm
Welcome to the new look DeeEmm website. The site has been re-developed to match a change in focus for our core business, by redirecting...
Site Relaunch
Over the coming weeks we will be updating and relaunching the site. We will be integrating the web side of our software services company...
Mac Database Client
A recent project using a remote database server forced me to go looking for a suitable database client for my Mac. Previously i had...
Dolphin 6 - Add / Move Advertising Banner To Block
If you would like to utilise the inbuilt banner manager in Dolphin, you are stuck with the locations lais out in the templates. Sure...
Dolphin 6 - Add Image Browser To TinyMCE
One thing that Dolphin 6 lacks is a decent way for users and admin to be able to add images to postsThis is now...
DOLPHIN - Create Custom Blocks
Just a very quick tutorial this time.i was looking for a way to create a block that didn't have the normal border and header...
Dolphin MOD - Upcoming Events
One thing that has always bugged me about my dolphin site, is that it always shows me events that are waaaay waaaay in the...
UEX Ultraedit For Linux
It's a very exciting time in the DeeEmm office, we have been made part of the beta team for UEX - yes, that's right...
Dophin X-Site RSS Feed Bouncer
Using Boonex Dolphin software can be a bit taxing on your patience, there are many idiosynchracy's that alter the way that Dolphin works from...
Coda - Web Code The Mac Way
It's been a long time since I switched from using Windows as my primary development platform, and whilst you may hear a fair bit...
CSS For Beginners
{jcomments on}After discussing template editing on another site, and how easy / hard it is to change the look and feel of your site...
New Communities
It's been a little while since I've posted anything here, my time has been taken up with other projects which has left me with...
How To Pass It On
This week has been an interesting time in the Linux driven portion of the household. After struggling with my HTPC in the lounge getting...
Whats New?
It's been along time since I wrote anything to this page, this is mainly due to not having the time to spare to site...
Exchange Mail And Linux Hosting + EMMA
Some of you may be aware that I've been setting up a new business - Indau Industrial Automation. Before setting up the new website...
Change Afoot
Well the new tax year here in Australia has brought change for in the guise of a new job. It's been a case of...
Firefox Download Day
June 17th is 'Download Day' - the official release date for Firefox 3. Firefox have decided to try and set a world record for...
Ubuntu 8.04
Well not being able to resist the advert shown above, I decided to take the plunge and update my Ubuntu install. Generally I have...
A Good Time To Try Linux
With the New release of Ubuntu just around the corner and the bloated and expensive Vista requiring a hardware upgrade for most current 2000...
Eclipse PDT And Xdebug (Better Than Ultraedit?)
Unusually I have found myself with a spare half hour this morning so decided to put it to good use and write a post...
PhpBB Blog Mod
With the recent update of a site I help manage and some discussions about a new direction for DMCMS towards the social networking side...
MD Webhosting
Regular visitors will have noticed that the site has been out of action for a number of weeks now - this is due to...
One Week Later...
I've now been using Eclipse for the past 5 days and must admit I think I've found a serious contender for replacing Ultraedit. I've...
Eclipse
Last Friday I decided to throw a curve ball at my editing practices and try something that didn't involve Ultraedit. Somehow I ended up...
CVS Linux Or Windows???
With my new Ubuntu installation taking shape there are only a few things left to sort out to make it 100% functional as my...
Lamp Not Wamp
As regular readers would know, I have recently changed my primary operating system over to Ubuntu. This computer is mostly used for web development...
Dual Boot Linux And Windows
As some of you may recall, after a recent hard drive crash I invested in a new laptop and then installed Ubuntu on the...
An E-Mail Server For Your WAMP Setup
For all of my development work I use an AMP stack running on my windows machine (commonly referred to as a WAMP server). This...
Start As You Mean To Go On...
With the first working week of the year at an end I am very pleased with myself - not only have I managed to...
Resolutions
Once again it is that time of year where most of us will make the resolve to change something for the New Year. Usually...
Wine At Christmas
Regular readers would remember my look into IDE's / Programming Editors for the Linux platform from the last post. My main reason for this...
Linux Programming Editors
A week or so in and I am really digging my Ubuntu installation, so much so that I'm almost regretting spending the cash on...
Ubuntu
A recent hard drive crash ended up in me treating myself to a new laptop. Somehow the hard drive on my old Dell decided...
Hold The Front Page
Regular visitors to the site will notice the sudden shift in editorial content on the front page. This used to be the space where...
Open Source
A recent hard drive failure has forced me to purchase myself a long overdue new laptop. I ended up purchasing a nice Asus F3....
Pocket PHP
I recently discovered a Pocket PC PHP server called PocketHPH. PocketHPH is available from MobileLeap and runs on various platforms including the WM5 that...
X10 Kit Arrived
I took delivery of my Active Home X10 starter kit yesterday. The kit is the 7 peice version that includes the Computer interface, appliance...
Home Automation Part Duex
Regular visitors may remember me mentioning that I had been looking into home automation. My 'research' has lead me to invest in an x10...
A New Project Is Born
Regular visitors to the site will recal that a few weeks back I mentioned that I was working on a new project. The new...
Suggestions Please
Interest in DMCMS has slowly been building over the past few months. This increased interest has been reflected in the number of downloads that...
Test Drive
I've been getting the framework of the safety analysis / risk assessment software laid out to get a better idea of how to put...
Home Automation
This week I've been delving a little into home automation. Home automation is a topic that I have been meaning to have a look...
Risk Assessment Software
It has been nice to have some time away from the computer this week, perhaps it is something I should do more often. The...
Time Out
I will be taking some time out this week to get some stuff done around the house, this means it is likely that I...
Insensitivity
In my haste to get the last version released it would appear that I wasn't thorough enough with testing it to make sure everything...
Only Buggin
You may have noticed from the news flash that the DMCMS.0.7.0.BETA release has a bug in the SQL database file. This has hopefully now...
Hate Is A Strong Word
{jcomments off}Trying to get the latest incarnation of DMCMS ready for release seems to be a never ending battle. Just when I thought that...
Admin Style
{jcomments off}This weekend I've been taking a look at the administration interface and how it is presented to the user. The admin interface is...
Re-Integrated
{jcomments off}Latest offerings for the upcoming release is a better method of integration for 3rd party web applications (forums, wikis, etc. etc...). The current...
No Sleep Until 1am
{jcomments off}The automated user registration is now up and running on my test server. There are still some things to iron out and a...
New Features On Their Way
{jcomments off}Work has been progressing towards the next release of DMCMS which will likely be another major revision due to the amount of changes...
ReCAPTCHA
I just surfed across reCAPTCHA whilst researching some code for DMCMS. reCAPTCHA is a site developed to make better use of the 'Captcha' security...
0.7.0.BETA
{jcomments off}DMCMS.0.7.0.BETA is very nearly here. The files are finished and uploaded to SF.Net's servers but I just can't seem to add them to...
IE6 Display Issues
{jcomments off}It's just come to my attention that there are a few issues for Internet Explorer 6 users. This is mainly that the drop...
IE6 Display Issues Fixed
{jcomments off}The IE6 display issued have been traced to a simple spelling mistake (actually incorrect case on one character in a javascript function). The...