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Comment on Using Subversion with FTP by Vinny Brown

Vinny Brown — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:19:24 +0000

I am having a problem getting this to work and I was hoping you might be able to help. I successfully created the repository (locally) and then copied it to my ftp site using NetDrive. However when I try to import, it adds the branches, tags and trunk folders but then generates an error saying it “cannot move ../transactions/0-1.txn to ../db/revs/1 the system cannot find the file specified”. Why would it be doing that? The .txn file is being created. Why can’t it be found?

Thanks for any help you can offer.
Vinny Brown

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by Rohan

Rohan — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:23:25 +0000

These scripts work great for detecting between desktop and mobile (.mobi), but is there a way to detect whether a user’s mobile is only able to display .wml? I unfortunately have to cater for the older phones in my application as well.

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by S Parrott

S Parrott — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:22:58 +0000

I tested the script and it works great, thank you. And a BIG thank you for making it so clear to us Graphic Designer who dabble in the web because out clients require us to! :)

Question: Is it possible to have a script that detects the mobile device and then sends the visitor to a page that fits the mobile device size? I notice that on different devices, the page is not always clean and clear. Some are narrower, etc.

Is this a good idea or am I making it more difficult than I need to?

Thank you,

S Parrott
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Comment on Using Subversion with FTP by Barryke

Barryke — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:33:00 +0000

Cheers!

I’d like to do the opposite: make Subversion an archive of whatever “happened” on a ftp. Basicly a ongoing backup. Any ideas?

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by Shibu

Shibu — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:52:04 +0000

Thanks for the great explanation. I am new to PHP. I do use formmail.php to process a form from a web page, but I am having trouble with the above codes.

First, I am unsure of how the code should look. Basically I want the code to reside in my index.html file if possible & just redirect any mobile browsers to http://mywebsite/m. If it is not mobile, I would like the code to just continue on & display the page as normal.
Would the following lines be correct:

52. // example 1 - detect and redirect mobile browsers
53.
54. if(detect_mobile_device()){
55.
56. header(’Location: http://nyfootexpert.com/m/index.html/‘);
57.
58. exit;
59.
60. }
61.
73.
74. ?>

Comment on Can’t Afford Adobe CS3? by Jeff Lee

Jeff Lee — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:44:04 +0000

I’m a school teacher who wants to dabble with a website. Adobe is so expensive, I can’t even get high school Design class to spring for a copy.

I’ve been using Gimp in my classroom for a couple years now and I love it. -the rest of your suggestions are brilliant. thanks!

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by admin

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:51:35 +0000

There’s no way to do that conditional redirection with HTML. JavaScript might help you with redirecting based on user agent. This might be tricky because some mobile devices don’t handle JavaScript properly.

However, if you have access to PHP on your server, I recommend that you use this since the “work” is done on the server and doesn’t rely on the browser or operation system (example: WinCE or Blackberry)

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by Niko

Niko — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:35:46 +0000

Maybe do you know where could I get a code for HTML? For example, I have HTML site and I would like to install detection code in it in order to detect a device.

I have tested your code for php and it works perfectly! But I can’t implement this into html. So I’m a little worried because it seems that no one can help me.

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by admin

admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:51:48 +0000

Well actually this code is for php pages only. The basic schematics look like this:

- index.php page with php code redirects to any page (php or html) ->

[php code] —|
|— mobile (this could be html)
|
|— not mobile (this could be html)

Comment on PHP Lightweight device-detection by Niko

Niko — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:16:52 +0000

Yes, thank you. Actually, I wonder which code to use for HTML language. Your code above works perfectly on php language. I have a site written in HTML so therefore I would like to know a proper code for HTML. Or it is the same?

Thank’s for help in advance!