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Re: Getting Started with NGINX - Part 3: Enable TLS for HTTPS Connections

davidlowry — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 11:10:01 -0000

Thankfully this is a bit easier with Certbot/LetsEncrypt for most use cases, but if you need a custom certificate this is helpful :)

Re: Sage 50 Accounting Import CSVs

davidlowry — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:02:31 -0000

Hi Jonathan as before I've just provided these as-is, as it took me so long to find them and Sage were so unhelpful. Unfortunately I haven't any further advice to give.

Re: Creating a download click tracker in Rails 4 – Also, Run-ins with Turbolinks

davidlowry — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 14:33:58 -0000

Hi there
I've fixed it! Plugin code format seems to have changed.
David

Re: Sage 50 Accounting Import CSVs

davidlowry — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:39:15 -0000

Absolutely. Couldn't even get it working, but perhaps I need to learn how to use Sage... no thanks! :)

Re: Sage 50 Accounting Import CSVs

davidlowry — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 09:38:48 -0000

I've no idea what that means, never mind how to help, sorry.

Re: Sage 50 Accounting Import CSVs

davidlowry — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 04:41:50 -0000

Hi James. I'm not entirely sure!! The invoicing side of this system is outside of Sage, with the intention being to import it back into Sage later as a "paid" line item.
From what tests I was able to do on the client's system, a Project Record (which I called "web orders") and several Project Transactions (each one an individual invoice) makes some sense, but I didn't have the time on that particular visit to figure out what Sage was actually *doing* with the import. Something to do with Sage's double-entry accounting principles, I would imagine. :-( Let me know if you work anything out!

Re: Adding links to PDFs using PHP ezPDF

davidlowry — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 04:45:24 -0000

Here's the simplest PDF generation I can come up with, and links look fine. https://gist.github.com/dav... [added it to the post]

Re: New CMS Review — Perch

davidlowry — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:53:13 -0000

This post is very out of date, Perch has made lots of updates making it even more worth a look. I haven't used it since however, and will likely be sticking to Wordpress or custom Rails apps for websites in the future.

Re: Something I Made Earlier: A View From The Bridge

davidlowry — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 08:13:24 -0000

Commiserations, Alan :)

Re: Find the total number of rows in your Rails app.

davidlowry — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:53:59 -0000

Thanks Chris, appreciate your comment. Just made an update to the post there!
p.s I followed you on Twitter... primarily because of your Gibson. I love my Songwriter Deluxe, it's a beaut!

Re: Burning Video DVDs is Stupidly Hard

davidlowry — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:03:57 -0000

"has become" being the key phrase, I agree it works well. But I still want to burn a piece of video straight to a formatted consumer playable disk, and I can't do it.

Re: Content in Context is Caesar

davidlowry — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:36:21 -0000

I suppose the goal is to prioritise access to that information: provide a brief summary in a prominent place on the site, or in the case of mobile make it as short a scroll/as few clicks from arrival as possible. Point being "they want it", so don't bury it.

Re: Alpha male

davidlowry — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:42:53 -0000

In my reading the two uses of the word cult were clearly from archival quotes and not current opinions. Wonderful to read such a broadly positive article on the church from the mainstream media.

Re: Twitter Followers Can Now Be Bought

davidlowry — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:45:06 -0000

The big word you've used is authenticity — and to be honest that's all that matters. I don't think anybody is fooled by people on twitter with massive follower numbers. They certainly won't be for long unless the account produces interesting content - and that's how the web works. It's just like the old days with link farm websites, etc. Google shuts them down pretty quickly, they even banned BMW from their first page listings for a while because they used a link farm service to boost their own rankings.

Re: Mac OS X Lion – Upgrade to PHP 5.4

davidlowry — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:45:01 -0000

Make sure to update brew ("> brew update") before attempting, mine had an old recipe library and gave an obscure error after install. Update will make it work perfectly.

Re: ActiveAdmin on Heroku (Rails 3.1)

davidlowry — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:27:31 -0000

Omais

I've found it impossible to successfully start the app with an Admin page named the same as my other models. So rename the Products dashboard ProductAdmin or Potato or Fred... and it should then work.

Re: Reducing Heroku Cost with Asset Pipeline Sync

davidlowry — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:13:39 -0000

It's a dream! Compared to how difficult it used to be to deploy Rails apps on the web (beyond local hosting that is) the cloud process of treating the server as a git repo and just instant deployment was a bit of a revolution - for me anyway.

Re: My favourite quote #32

davidlowry — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:29:38 -0000

What does this mean to you though? Where does that leave God's role, influence and desires?

Re: Inception â€“ What On Earth?

davidlowry — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:36:22 -0000

I loved the movie, while fantastical that was the point — you're in a dream, the dream is reality and therefore anything can happen. The spinning top was genius, without an ending people will talk about the movie. A friend of mine is adamant than Nolan makes the best final frames in cinema — Batman Begins with the Joker card for example.
It's been a great summer for movies but that one I think I might go see again :)

Re: Inception â€“ What On Earth?

davidlowry — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:01:11 -0000

maybe you need to see it again? :)

Re: Belfast Ruby

davidlowry — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:15:06 -0000

Sounds good.

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Re: A New Guitar!

davidlowry — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:18:57 -0000

I've got a Gibson Songwriter Deluxe, got it in upstate NY on a visit a few years ago, and it'll be the last acoustic I ever buy... well, you know what I mean.

As for electrics... tobacco sunburst PRS SE with a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe amp; next amp I get will be a Fishman acoustic amp - they're fantastic.

Re: Santa Monica Sunset

davidlowry — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:16:56 -0000

Love it! I definitely regard Santa Monica as one of the top places I have visited.
Hi from a new follower, I'm a worship leader from Northern Ireland.
All the best.