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I’m an official Drupal contributor now – how did you become one?
Today I got my CVS account for Drupal.org. It’s really funny how it happened. I was planning to apply for one anyway in the near future because I’m working on releasing a complementary Drupal module for the Meetup API I developed. However, I actually just wound up patching the Fill PDF module with some extra [...]
The new WizOneSolutions.com has launched!
I’m happy to announce the launch of the new design for WizOneSolutions.com. After many months of anticipation, it’s here! There’s quite an interesting story behind this new design, too. Around the end of summer last year, I asked my good friend Andrew Sepic over at Think Up! Design if he could help me create a [...]
Also posted in News, Updates Tagged design, design implementation, thematic, Think Up! Design, web site, wizone solutions, WordPress 1 Comment
Developer musings – should I put them here or on a separate site?
Hi there – a question for you! Answer it in the comments. I have lots of stuff I could potentially share and that I run into all the time. I’ve been holding off on blogging too much here because I’m not sure if it would fit the page. I see on other developer’s sites though [...]
VIM: Moving around windows made a little easier (and how to escape without Esc)
This is a quick post with some shortcuts I just implemented in my vimrc file that I just felt compelled to share with the world. It answers the question, “Are you tired of hitting Ctrl-W to move around windows?” Then do I have the solution for you! Pop these guys into your vimrc file: nnoremap [...]
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Code merging with VIM
So today I had the chance to learn about vimdiff, VIM’s mode for file comparison and merging. It was a lot better than I expected! When I switched to using Ubuntu for my day-to-day local testing (because I need reliable Xdebug, and Windows Vista’s Apache-PHP module just wasn’t cutting it as far as Xdebug stability [...]
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Coding on phone; Vim pays off
Learning more Vim paid off the other day. I edited a couple files on a remote server using my T-Mobile G1 along with the ConnectBot program. The process was, of course, pretty simple. Start ConnectBot on the G1. Connect to the server. cd to the directory containing the file I wanted to edit. Type vim [...]
Vim Tips – Increase/decrease number under cursor