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RefTagger and Joomla

Joel Larkin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I recently came across and excellent application for Christian websites called RefTagger. This application finds bible verses and links them automatically to the translation of your choice providing a quick reference capability without manually building the links.

Unfortunately this application did not have an easy integration with Joomla, it required manually modifying the template and inserting the appropriate code (which can be a drag if you want to make changes). IRead More...

SermonSpeaker and mod_latestsermons

Joel Larkin — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I've recently made some code changes on a website to address some nagging issues with SermonSpeaker's latestsermons module. The following is the list of things I changed and you can find my version in the downloads section.

Removed Extra
tags after a closing list item tag Converted from
to <br> (for validation on the mouseove tops)Added a Module Class Suffix to give Module stylingMoved the end of the ">" at the end of link tag to after IF stateRead More...

SermonSpeaker Annoyance

Joel Larkin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I've been using SermonSpeaker 3.0/3.1 to organize & display sermons for customer websites. It was annoying me for awhile the default view that was presented (see below). It gives a Play Icon and the text (Play) as two seperate links requiring you to click on the links in order to get to a download link. I made some simple modifications to offer a download link right next to the play icon in order to simplify things.

This is my first Read More...

Emulate a JetDirect with Linux

Joel Larkin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I am currently working at a large retailer charged with creating a test process for all print drivers that will be used in there print environment. Rather than reinvent the wheel I checked out some great articles Microsoft had using AppVerifier. After setting up AppVerifier your expected to run tests, aka create your print queues, print content, and check out what happens. Unfort I didn't want to produce reams of content if I could aviod it.

The iRead More...