Tumblog archive for October
Easy Multi-Part E-Mails with Django
blog post posted 3:30 p.m., Thursday 25 October, 2007. Django provides an easy way to send multi-part text/HTML messages. I've recently built on top of this existing framework to provide an ultra-easy way to send templated HTML and plain-text messages with minimal code duplication.
Charts And Graphs: Modern Solutions | Developer's Toolbox | Smashing Magazine
link posted 12:19 a.m., Wednesday 24 October, 2007. Some fantastic graphing options to produce charts that look much better than Excel - and they're dynamic, to boot.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/10/18/charts-and-graphs-modern-solutions/Dive Into Accessibility
link posted 2:03 a.m., Wednesday 17 October, 2007. This book answers two questions. The first question is "Why should I make my web site more accessible?" If you do not have a web site, this book is not for you. The second question is "How can I make my web site more accessible?" If you are not convinced by the first answer, you will not be interested in the second.
http://diveintoaccessibility.org/Australian Streets and Facilities NameSearch Database
link posted 10:36 a.m., Tuesday 16 October, 2007. Street / Suburb / Postcode / POI files for OziExplorer & other uses
http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Elink_jt_1/namesearch.htmlPaypal with Django at From Accessibility to Zope
link posted 1:42 a.m., Saturday 13 October, 2007. Useful python code sample that shows how to easily use M2crypto to encrypt Paypal web payment buttons.
http://blog.mauveweb.co.uk/2007/10/10/paypal-with-django/Premailer — preflight for HTML e-mail — dunae.ca
link posted 9:12 a.m., Wednesday 10 October, 2007. "For the best HTML e-mail delivery results, CSS should be inline. This is a huge pain and a simple newsletter becomes un-managable very quickly. This script is my solution."
http://code.dunae.ca/premailer.web/Paypal Encrypted Web Payments at From Accessibility to Zope
link posted 6:37 a.m., Friday 5 October, 2007. experiments in contemporary web development
http://blog.mauveweb.co.uk/2007/06/14/paypal-encrypted-web-payments/HOWTO: Programming S/MIME in Python with M2Crypto
link posted 6:36 a.m., Friday 5 October, 2007. An example of using S/MIME in Python's M2Crypto to sign & encrypt data - as you may do to send encrypted payments to PayPal.
http://svn.osafoundation.org/m2crypto/trunk/doc/howto.smime.htmlThe Business of Software - UPDATE: Getting filtered as BULK/SPAM/JUNK on yahoo/gmail/hotmai
link posted 2:47 a.m., Friday 5 October, 2007. "The problem was that all emails from my web application were going to the spam/bulk/junk folders on each respective service. These aren't spam emails, these are simply "confirm your email address" emails.
It's been a long process, but with the help of lots of useful tips from other developers I've been able to resolve most of the issues."
http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.549659.3BIND zone file creator
link posted 2:22 a.m., Friday 5 October, 2007. Simple online form to create a zone file for use with the BIND DNS server. Allows import of an existing hosts file.
http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/bind-zone-file-creator.phpOpenVoice - Free Asterisk Prompts in an Australian Accent
link posted 4:13 a.m., Thursday 4 October, 2007. Some nice Australian-accent replacements for the Asterisk PBX.
http://www.openvoice.com.au/free/Django: Multiple Aliases for a Single Website
blog post posted 7 a.m., Wednesday 3 October, 2007. In these days of cheap domains, it's often desirable to own multiple domains for a single website. You've probably got each of the .com, .net and .org domain names, along with a country-specific domain. You want each of these to present exactly the same website to the world, but good design says that each web page should have one, and exactly one, URL. So what's the best way to serve this up without having an Apache config for each domain?
Django: A Diverse Community
blog post posted 11:49 a.m., Monday 1 October, 2007. Scott Barnham, one of the guys behind the recently-launched Django Gigs website, has posted some statistics from visitors to the Gigs website over the past few days. I've put together some similar stats for the Django Sites website, which has been online for a few months now.
