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I saw Iron Man on Thursday night and it rocked me like no other movie. Some would say I was exaggerating if I was to claim it to be the best movie ever, but I won't comment on that.

WebsiteCM has a great article on securing X-Cart. The article offers some insight on how the author makes sure X-Cart is secure but the concepts introduced are applicable to any web application, even Drupal.

Update on my site wide goals:

• Add Services and Pricing page
• Create new portfolio
• Update portfolio

That's right, I am all done. Sure sure, this was a small list, but it was also a list I had not completed for 3 months until I posted it the other night and that really motivated me to com plete it. There will definitely be more lists to come.

After spending the past week working from home full time, I decided that I should probably get my site up-to-date, so I set a few goals for myself:

• Add Services and Pricing page
• Create new portfolio
• Update portfolio

So far so good, I am still writing the copy for my services and have a couple portfolio pieces to drop in from my last job, but everything is coming right along.

A Florida family has recently been terrorized by an evil Elmo doll who threatened to Kill their son, James.

Do you want to override template.php in Drupal, say to produce a custom administration theme? If so, boy do I have a treat for you. This technique involves using the '_phptemplate_variables()' function. Say, for example, you have created a new template page named 'page-admin.tpl.php'. You want pages who's URL ends in '/admin', '/tracker', '/node/add', '/node/edit' and any sub paths from those to use the new template page. The following code would accomplish your mission:

It's been a big week as I just subscribed to a bunch of new feeds, here's what i have found so far:

• If you have ever struggled with brand recognition or quote/unquote professional design, check out Make My Logo Bigger Cream!
• A great article at Inc.com about five easy ways to set yourself up for failure.

If you are not sure if a particular web page sucks, there is a handy flow chart to help you out!

Aptana Studio 1.0

My web development IDE of choice, Aptana released version 1.0 today! They released both a Community (free) and Pro ($99) version.

What's New?

The name of the package has been changed from Aptana IDE to Aptana Studio. Aptana Studio has been given a bit of a face lift, the menus and tabs are cleaner looking. The Community Edition of Aptana Studio offers html, css and JavaScript code assist, FTP support, Gecko JavaScript Debugging and an integrated Visual Script Doc for starters.

Are you just starting out with the Smarty template language? Are you trying to install it some place other than in '/usr/local/lib/Smarty-xxxx'? If so and you are having problems, you are not alone.