Journal

Hurricane Rita Induced Hiatus 09.21.05

With the impending fury that's bound to occur with a Category 5 hurricane headed my way, JROJR.com will be going into hiatus for a while.

Xaraya: Impose Your Will on Pubtype Sorting 09.14.05

Sometimes you don't want to sort by publication date or article title. Take advantage of Xaraya's flexibility to sort publications the way you want.

Xaraya: using xarModURL to create links 09.14.05

In Xaraya, hardcoded links are rarely a good choice for creating links to internal objects. The Xaraya function xarModURL() allows for the creation of dynamic links, which adjust as a site changes.

Xaraya: Privileges and Content Filtering 09.14.05

Security checks and masks are there to facilitate the filtering of content to your users in Xaraya.

Importing a phpBB Forum Into Xaraya 09.13.05

The predecessor to the current CMS-enhanced version of TAMUSigmas.org was a message board implemented by phpBB. Though there is an import tool that can be used import whole phpBB forums into Xaraya, I encountered some difficulties using it.

TAMUSigmas.org: CSS and Design Notes 09.08.05

Before I could get started with implementing a CMS solution for TAMUSigmas.org, I had to duke it out with the Infamous Browser Bugs of CSS.

TAMUSigmas.org: Introduction 10.27.04

Every designer has a project that marks a significant transition in their life. In my experience, no project is a better representation of this than TAMUSigmas.org.