Autoindex Dark Theme
May 06Autoindex is a popular and simple PHP script written by Justin Hagstrom. It was intended for quick deployment onto any server with quick and simple configuration options. Usually i will theme it up to suit the rest of the site, or to whatever I feel like. So this small simple theme is perfect for anyone who wants a dark looking theme for autoindex.
Autoindex Dark Theme Preview
Since this was more for a personal project, testing isn’t far a wide. I have had a quick look on the common browsers, if you want to diverse into the world of obsure browsers for testing, be my guest. As for the common ones, they all display it ok. Some elements of the CSS may not work with some browsers as I have used pseudo selectors as well as a few bits of CSS3.
Working In…
- Internet Explorer 8
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Opera
- Apple Safari
Download
Installation
Unzip the file, and paste the folder “dark” into your autoindex themes folder /templates/
Enjoy!
Upgrades and Downgrades
Apr 17So I managed to get my Web Hosting down to £2.49 a month with mysql which may sound normal, but mysql is usually only in mid range to high hosting packages. So that’s saved £8 a month. Well that was the downgrade, even though in a way it was an upgrade…
I’ve just ordered a new computer for University as my current one is beginning to show its age when I’m running around five Adobe programs, iTunes, Messenger and whatever else I need. So it’s finally time to upgrade from the Pentium 4 ‘Prescot’ core to a high end Dual Core. I was going to get a Quad core but I’m not going to be using it for gaming much so two cores are fine.
Work has been a bit slow over Easter, lacking enthusiasm at the moment. But I’ll get back into it.
Linux and Chrome, a shakey start
Mar 31
So last week I installed the βeta of Google Chrome for Linux, and yes I know it’s a “βeta” and can’t really start moaning but seriously, I’ve used hundreds of programs in βeta and have never found them to be so problematic. I currently use Chrome on Windows so I know it’s not an cross-platform problem. Chrome for Linux has serious problems. Even more so, the more I use it the worse it seems to get, it’s like it’s a rusty car slowly falling apart the more it’s used. A lot of the problems are actually encountered when entering Google sites like Gmail, Google Calendar, Chrome Extensions. Google uses certain bits of CSS which cut down image loading like the one shown to the right. It’s a good technique which I use myself quite often.
When i visit parts of Google where techniques like this are used instead of Chrome dealing with the CSS and seeing that only part of that image should be used, the whole image is used about 400 times on the page as different parts are used all over. Making the page a little hard to read.
The other main concern is that Both Google Mail and Calendar don’t load with Chrome. Calendar doesn’t even know what browser its being viewed in, and throws a message at the user explaining this, and Google mail gets all the way to 99% and decides that it doesn’t want to do anymore and freezes. Even the HTML version breaks. Why?!
Countless errors with pages only using the most basic of designs even seem to struggle, I wonder if this is just me or if others get the same problems. It’s a dying shame as Chrome for other OS’s is working well and has taken over the use of Firefox, a long running top browser for many years.
I currently run Linux on two desktops and one laptop, all seem to have these problems with Chrome. Let’s hope the wizz kids at Google get them fixed soon, else it’s back to Firefox.
Ok so my little rant is over, for now Firefox is back, but not for long.
March? Oh it's almost gone
Mar 22So March has been pretty slow, I’ve only had two small assignments to do, apart from the Login System mentioned in the post before there are a few more along the road which aren’t entirely huge, the only large one I can think of is Digital Media for Mike which seems quite large, but I think it’s completion time shouldn’t be as long as the first Media assignment. There’s not much else to say really, except now the weather is looking better, there’s some nice looking sunrises when I walk to the bus stop, I’ll be getting back into photography hopefully.
Catastrophe!
Jan 19So my computer blew up a few days back, that was a very bad day. All of my current coursework was residing on its’ Hard-drive so I’m just hoping that it didn’t get fried. I got home one evening and turned it on…nothing. So i had a look at the plug and tried a different lead since it was the same type. I think i used my Screen adapter. Plugged it in….BANG! Yea it wasn’t very nice. A few sparks flew out of the PSU soon followed by a lot of smoke. It turned out that it had already blown in the day sometime. And trying another adapter with which hadn’t blown its’ fuse exacerbated the problem causing the PSU to overload.
It took ages to find a new PSU as my computer is a Dell (yea i know). Finding any part specifically made for Dell computer is like trying to find Gold in my backyard, but i eventually found some guy who was selling the exact one on eBay brand new. I think he must have owned a Wholesale or something, he has about 500 of them. Anyway all that aside it got here today so now I have to go into town just to get a 10 Amp fuse….Probably the most pointless trip ever!
I’ll post whether or not my computer is back to life later on…
[Update]
Managed to get the computer working again before the assignment due date. The new PSU got here earlier than expected. Miracles happen occasionally.
Study Journal
Nov 25This Journal has been created for my own critical reflection towards my progress and that of the course. Any views inside this Journal are strictly my own and no-one Else’s. If you would like to contact me regarding anything said in this Journal then please contact me about it asap.
I hope to do a few a week so i don’t have to do one long one where I can’t remember everything. I’ll paste them into Pebble Pad accordingly.
Jake Kimpton-Hyde (JK91291) – Truro College HE