Archive for March, 2008

Slideshow Pro test post

This is a test post to demonstrate how to use the SlideShow Pro flash slide show control.

if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
alert(”This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js.”);
} else {
AC_FL_RunContent(
‘codebase’, ‘http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0′,
‘width’, ‘562′,
‘height’, ‘447′,
’src’, ’slideshow’,
‘quality’, ‘best’,
‘pluginspage’, ‘http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer’,
‘align’, ‘middle’,
‘play’, ‘true’,
‘loop’, ‘true’,
’scale’, ’showall’,
‘wmode’, ‘window’,
‘devicefont’, ‘false’,
‘id’, ’slideshow’,
‘bgcolor’, ‘#000000′,
‘name’, ’slideshow’,
‘menu’, ‘true’,
‘allowFullScreen’, ‘true’,
‘allowScriptAccess’,’sameDomain’,
‘movie’, ’slideshow’,
’salign’, ”
); //end AC code
}

And then just a regular image.

Flossy does the bongos!

What a bongo beauty!
Get the latest Flash Player to see this player.
[Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page]

document.getElementById(”player1″).style.display = “”;

var s1 = new SWFObject(”http://www.blueballoon.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf”,”player1″,”562″,”447″,”7″);
s1.addParam(”allowfullscreen”,”true”);
s1.addVariable(”height”,”447″);
s1.addVariable(”width”,”562″);
s1.addVariable(”file”,”http://www.blueballoon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bongo-beauty1.flv”);
s1.addVariable(”fsbuttonlink”,”http://www.blueballoon.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/fullscreen.php?f=http://www.blueballoon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/bongo-beauty1.flv%26r=http://www.blueballoon.co.uk/2008/03/22/flossy-does-the-bongos/”);
s1.write(”player1″);

New wordpress template

I’ve just written my first wordpress template.  You can see it in action on George’s new vegan blog www.animalsnotingredients.co.uk.
I’m pretty happy with my html and css, but most of my coding has been done in the java world, so the switch to php has been interesting.  I used to have java blogging software pebble installed [...]

New web server

So it turns out it was FreeBSD all along.
Following some of the problems I’d had with my wife’s blog I decided to reinstall the web server in our data centre (the kitchen). I eventually got Centos installed, which after some playing with the BIOS and network card was much easier to configure. Using [...]