Archive for January 18th, 2008

Setup BbCourse Export Environment

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Setup environment for customisation client script. They have a php application with a MySQL database backend for teachers to request Blackboard courses. I duplicated the environment on my localhost and started dev, test and production instances. Restored DB tables and setup code dir but files are included that are not in the sc-tree. Sent email to ask for rest of code and tables. Acknowledged problem and now reconstructing database step by step. Terrible, they have CMS around it which even dynamically builds all the images (draws in fonts etc etc). I'm almost out of errors but ...

Enabled Java in Iceweasel

Friday, January 18th, 2008

To enable java in Debian iceweasel: cd /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.13/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so . et voila. Moreove, got maconomy working with iceweasel with the user agent switcher add-on in firefox

Client production environment upgrade

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Upgraded production environment of client to 1.8.4+ backup db backup codebase download new codebase set maintenance mode 'enable' set theme to standard cp new codebase over old codebase upgraded moodle from admin set theme back -> hide button gives problem copied custom files to production codebase apapted functional settings according to test site (no force loging, remove login block, show courses on front page) backed ...