My Hard drive just crashed this week and now I want to have a repository for my code just in case it happens again.

To make Hostgator+SVN to work , you need:

1. SSH access.. SSH is free if you have the business plan (shared)

2. Putty (Windows)

3. TortoiseSVN (SVN Client)

Step1:

Instructions:
Type your domain name and the port as 2222, in the Saved Sessions textbox type: keithics or any name, then click Save. You can see the Name on the text area on the left.
Then click Open.

Step2:

When Putty loads, it will ask for your Username and Password. Please note that when you type your password, you can’t see anything in Putty’s commandline.
Just type your password and press Enter.

Then Create a repository..


svnadmin create myrepo

step3:

Install TortoiseSVN and Click Settings. In the Network Tab, browser for the Putty.exe path.

Step4:

Create a repository by right clicking an empty folder then choose TortoiseSVN->Create Repository Here.
Add a text file to that folder then right click the folder then choose SVN Checkout.
IN the URL of the repository type:
svn+ssh://keithics@keithics/home/keithics/myrepo/
Replace the bold text with your own.
svn+ssh://<HOSTGATOR NAME>@<PUTTY SESSION NAME>/home/<HOSTGATORNAME>/<REPO FOLDER>/

Good Luck and if you have any problems, just put it on the comments!

Problem
INSERT INTO tbl_lang (enname,code,charset,inorder) VALUES (‘asd’,'asd’,'asd’,(SELECT MAX(inorder)+1 from tbl_lang))

Fix:
INSERT INTO tbl_lang (enname,code,charset,inorder) VALUES (‘asd’,'asd’,'asd’,(SELECT MAX(inorder)+1 from tbl_lang as l))

2. Add memory limit to php.ini

ini_set("memory_limit","128M");

3. Debug the output html first before converting to pdf.

4. Load images on the same server and with relative paths. You can’t load images using “http://domain.com”.

5. Use wordwrap with caution.

6. Always add width to your table and first row cells

7. Make sure images are in correct format with correct extension. A BMP file with .jpg extension will trigger an error.

8. Avoid special characters if possible.

If you some trouble with DOMPDF, just comment and maybe I can help you out.

All are based on experience!

For XP , just edit:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Dreamweaver CS4\configuration\DocumentTypes\NewDocuments\Default.html

for my case I have this default below, this applies to all other documents like CSS, PHP, JS etc..

*** update : they moved their server to godaddy. more info here ****

Tasks includes redesign , coding of xhtml , php , forum integration and the hardest part is integration of existing users from the old site to the new site. This website also have a custom admin which can control almost any content of the site, as well as flash animated and XML powered gallery!

Visit their site: http://www.juliesbakeshop.com.ph

(thanks Ms Niceless Morales for giving me the project!)

Common Google, can you make it a bit lively and creative, please?

You can hire me if you want, I am confident I can make a better design! LOL

Background Image

Also, I was thinking of making a template for free if I have sometime this week. I remembered that my first free template was about an Anime. So, I think it’s time to design another anime site this time! Let me know if you want a particular anime, and I will give it a thought.

this was my design about 5 years ago using early Macromedia Fireworks version:

Solution: Try to do conference calls on non-peak hours, I usally do it at 1am-4am.

2. Slow connection – I think most ISP’s are hiding something from us; they will tell us that they will provide 1.5MBS but all you get is lower than 50% of what they promise. I even got a connection slower than dial-up sometimes! All I have to do is restart the modem again.

Solution: After restarting, expect to have no connection. All you have to do is restart the modem again and again and again and pray.

3. Modem – If you have worked for a Call Center before, most of you are familiar with modem names. But did you know about a modem named “Prolink”. Well, that’s my first time too. This modem gives me a headache, one technician from Globelines told me to replace it. What he meant was to buy another one! It will cost you 2500pesos just to have a better one. I even requested to have a new modem since my modem is very very old! The customer service rep told me “D pwed sir, kc gumagana pa naman eh.”. Are they telling me to throw the modem so that will replace it?

Solution: Buy a new one

4. Wires got stolen – I have experience more than three times with no internet connection for days due to this reason. As a freelancer who rely on internet as a way of life , this is a major problem!

Solution: Go to an internet cafe or you cousin’s house and work there

5. ISP cache – Most of you know about cache right? temporary files that will be saved from internet websites so that the next time you visit the site the browser will use the “saved file” rather than connecting again? But did you know about ISP cache? they both are similar. But the only problem with ISP cache is that you cannot delete it! As for web developers who are editing a site, they will not see the changes. They will still see the old site even if you cleared you browser cache, deleted the temporary files etc! I even waited for a day just to see my changes!

Solution: Go to a proxy website and see your changes there. Here are some websites that i used: http://zend2.info/ and http://hidemyass.com/.