Joomla Custom 404 Pages

Posted by on Apr 15, 2010 in Joomla, Web Development | No Comments

Great little tutorial over at phpRiot on how to set up an intelligent custom 404 error page in PHP. However, if you’re using a stock Joomla 1.5 install with mod_rewrite enabled (e.g. SEO-friendly URLs) then you can just forget about doing this with an Apache directive. Joomla has control (though looking at the .htaccess file I’m […]

Flash Banner Ad clickTAG Tutorial

Posted by on Mar 30, 2010 in Web Development | No Comments

Handy Flash banner ad clickTAG tutorial for anyone who doesn’t do this often enough to remember the technique off the top of their heads. This sort of thing is for use in ad syndication services like Google AdWords. Also, some good stuff at the Adobe site. Each ad network uses different case sensitivity rules for […]

Duncan’s 5th Birthday

Posted by on Feb 14, 2010 in Family | No Comments

We recently celebrated Duncan’s 5th birthday, and here’s the reel! =)

Sheri’s 40th Birthday Surprise Party!

Posted by on Dec 13, 2009 in Family | No Comments

We recently celebrated Sheri’s 40th birthday with a big surprise party at V’s Italiano Ristorante. Great place, great people, and a great time (at least I had a great time!). Check it out here…

Joomla Plugin: Tabs & Slides

Posted by on Dec 9, 2009 in Joomla, Technology, Web Development | No Comments

I’ve got another post up over at Group 3 Solutions. We’ve turned our attention away from WordPress Plugins over to Joomla Plugins this time around. First up is Joomla Tabs & Slides. The post gives some background on tabs as a concept and then shows how to easily implement them in Joomla using this plugin. […]

Halloween Fun 2009

Posted by on Nov 1, 2009 in Family | No Comments

Here’s video from some of the seasonal events we’ve been to and also Halloween night itself. Enjoy!

Great WordPress Category Hacks

Posted by on Aug 22, 2009 in Web Development, WordPress | No Comments

Great article over at Vandelay Design for anyone interested in hacking WordPress categories. Really helpful.

Kids Concert, March of Dimes Benefit, Aug. 28

Posted by on Aug 21, 2009 in Family, General | No Comments

Just a heads-up announcing a benefit concert for the March of Dimes that will be Friday, August 28th at 7pm at Coffee Break near UMKC. Here’s a map and directions or visit the Coffee Break Facebook page! Coffee Break is providing space for us to have kids’ music and entertainment from Dino O’Dell and Dennis […]

Some Kindle Publishing Questions Answered

Posted by on Aug 19, 2009 in General, Publishing, Technology | No Comments

Was looking into Kindle publishing at Amazon for a friend and discovered that it’s a real pain in the neck. Here’s a thread breaking down the basic “what do I have to do to my Word doc to make this thing work” questions. Also, forget about simply uploading your existing PDF files or anything with […]

Custom Joomla Component Tutorials

Posted by on Aug 18, 2009 in Joomla, Technology, Web Development | No Comments

Been tinkering around with custom Joomla 1.5 component development. Here are some helpful getting started links with “Hello world” -level tutorials: vojtechovsky.net softmarket.ro packtpub.com