Archive for the 'Windows' Category
TinyMCE in Ruby On Rails on Windows
Filed under: Rails, TinyMCE, Windows | Tags: Programming, Rails, ruby, TinyMCE, Windows
Comments(1) I am currently working on a Social Networking website for a friend of mine and decided that I would use RoR for the project. We wanted to integrate TinyMCE into the site to make it easy for creating blog posts. Once I got to the point where I was able to add in TinyMCE, I went to the Ruby on Rails Wiki to begin. I never used Subversion, so I needed to download the client before I could get started. I opted for the command line client, which at the time of writing is at svn-1.4.5-setup.exe. The Rails Wiki is pretty good and I also found the post by John Wulff on his blog. It should be noted that both of these are excellect sources, but I wanted to add my own that is specific using it in a Windows enviroment and adds some additional details about using TinyMCE.
Note: After I installed the subversion command line client, I had to reboot my computer for it to function properly. If you get the message that svn.exe is not a recognized command, try rebooting.
Installing TinyMCE
- Open the command prompt and go to the vendor/plugin directory of your application (<YourWebAppDirectory>\vendor\plugin)
- This downloads the TinyMCE plugin into the plugin directory.
svn export https://secure.near-time.com/svn/plugins/trunk/tiny_mce - This installs the javascipt files that are used with TinyMCE.
rake tiny_mce:scripts:install
How-to enable the Developer tab in the Office Ribbon bar
Filed under: MS Office | Tags: excel, office, powerpoint, ribbon, word
Comments(0) Today I had a friend ask me to write a macro for a Word Template that would update some versioning information that is present in several places throughout the document. I have written macros for Excel in the past, but never with any of the Office 2007 products. The first thing I discovered was that I couldn’t find anything on any of the tabs for creating a macro. So of course I go to my best friend `google` and find this article by Erika Ehrli that references the Beta 2 version. She provided very good instructions for enabling the Developer Tab, but of course it wasn’t completely relevent for the GA version of Office 2007. So I thought I would give an updated intruction list as it only took me about 15 minutes to figure it out.
Branding SharePoint 2007 - Make it Personal
Filed under: ASP:NET, Internet, Windows | Tags: Branding, InfoPath, SharePoint, Wiki
Comments(0) Over the past 7 years, I have been building web based solutions for companies. Several years ago, the company I work for released a reporting producted that was sold as an out of the box solution. Which, in a sense it was, but all of the templates were branded with our company logo. To my knowledge, not a single one of this customers is still using the product. But then about 3 years ago, they started selling it along with professional services and we began building custom solutions for each customer. The first thing that draws attention, is that fact that now we brand it with THEIR logo. We try to do all color schemes based on their logos. This makes the solution theirs, not ours. You can not believe the impact branding internal solutions has with your target audience.
As often is the case, companies don’t spend much time on internal development. The biggest reason, there isn’t any profit in doing so. Often companies feel like it will just cut their profit margin even more considering that they have to either have the in-house talent or contract it out. And if you have the in-house talent, then you have to take them away from their normal duties to work on internal projects that are not considered profitable. Read more »
MS Vista -vs- Ubuntu(Edgy-Eft)
I just read this awesome article comparing Vista with Ubuntu Edgy-Eft at Re-Cycledair.com. I am only throwing in my 2 cents on this issue, as I believe the original post is excellent and there isn’t any need for another similar article. If you haven’t read about my experience with installing Vista, you may want to read the article ‘Worth the trouble of upgrading to Windows Vista?’. I personally have always been a user of Microsoft, though not always a fan. Linux was the route I wanted to take, but I just didn’t have the time required to make everything work as I needed it to. Here is my take on Vista, after you are finished, read the above mentioned post at recycledair.com. Read more »
Worth the trouble of upgrading to Windows Vista? Part 3
Filed under: Windows | Tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Live OneCare, Microsoft, Office 2007, SQL 2005, SQL Express, virtual pc, vista, Visual Web Developer
Comments(0) There is nothing so quite so miserable as trying to get third party software to run on a new Microsoft operation system. My last article dealt with the standard Microsoft software I use in my everyday life, this one will deal with third party software. I did mention that I have already installed Firefox, as I won’t waste my time with IE. I do use IE when I am doing web design, as most of the world uses it. But aside from that, I can’t see any real benefits in using IE. Read more »
Worth the trouble of upgrading to Windows Vista? Part 2
Filed under: Windows | Tags: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Live OneCare, Microsoft, Office 2007, SQL 2005, SQL Express, virtual pc, vista, Visual Web Developer
Comments(0) Let’s pick up where we left off in Part 1 of this series. At this point I have reformated the drive, installed XP sp2, and upgraded to Vista Business Edition. The interface is still very confusing and is going to take several days to get used to. I had to install all of my software and waited until I had Vista up and running. Read more »
Worth the trouble of upgrading to Windows Vista? Part 1
Filed under: Windows | Tags: Database, onecare, sql, sql server, virtual machine, virtual pc, vista
Comments(0) I have heard a great deal of complaints in regards to trying to successfully upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista. And even more that you don’t get any benefits out of it that would make it worth the trouble. My opinion is that it is not worth the trouble if you are happy with your installation of XP. But if you have just started on XP, then you should considering upgrading now. I will detail issues that I had when upgrading and issues that I have had since that time. Read more »
How to Blog With Word 2007
Do you get tired of having to log into your blog, go to the admin panel and create your blog for the day? Or do you want to be able to work on it when you don’t have internet access, and then publish it later on? Well, thanks to Microsoft, it has become very easy in Word 2007. Read more »
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
Filed under: Windows | Tags: access, Database, excel, Office 2007, powerpoint, spreadsheet, word
Comments(0) After beta testing office 2007, i finally installed Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007. Microsoft has provided a wide range of versions that should meet all needs as well as budgets. Most home users will be satisfied with Home and Student 2007 Edition
Microsoft has done an excellent job in resigning the look and feel of the entire Office suite, as well as adding a number of new applications. I will also tell you that while beta testing office, I had a number of issues with Outlook. But I was so impressed with the product overall that I considered it a minor inconvenience.
Over the next several weeks, I will continue to post on each of the different applications and some of the features of each. Please continue to check back regularly.
AntiVirus Software - Windows Live OneCare (Part 2 - Scanning for Viruses & Spyware)
Filed under: Windows | Tags: AntiVirus, Live OneCare, Microsoft, onecare, Security, TuneUp, Windows
Comments(0) Not sure what a computer virus is or why you should worry about protecting yourself from them, then you may want to read the Wikipedia article on computer viruses. Read more »
