Browsing all articles from May, 2007
Pligg Hits A Critical Security Vulnerability
Recently, the “digg clone” CMS Pligg was informed of a security attack that can compromise the entire management system by a hacker. It’s only a matter of time before a hacker exploits the vulnerability because this is an open sourced project and anyone can see the code changes, thus a hacker with some coding knowledge [...]
Got A Project? Just Get It Done!
There are thousands of creative people in the world but it seems only a handful get their projects done. Many folks have come to me with the “I have an idea for a great website” or the “I have this great application that needs to be coded” comments but nothing ever arises from it. In [...]
Expect The Unexpected: Handle Your Errors!
Everyone wants to think they’re a great programmer. Great programmers create bugs just like greenhorn programmers, the difference is, great programmers can turn around bugs quicker. How do they turn bugs into working code so fast? History always repeats itself Handle error cases up front Remember, history always repeats itself. You’ll find yourself making the [...]
Why Write A Functional Specification?
Yet another lost art, the functional specification. Many large development firms require months of functional specifications and round table reviews before going live with a project. Why? Perhaps, to throw “red tape” at a problem when you could be coding the solution right this instant? There is something these big companies have learned which many [...]
Experiences with Drupal E-Commerce And Coupons
So I’ve taken on a challenge that must be executed to exact precision. Designing a coupon system for the Drupal E-Commerce CMS. Why? Because I’ve found the stock contributed module for Drupal which does coupons is poor. Not to take anything away from the tremendous effort to design a free module, but the design doesn’t [...]