Well the title of this post is a bit limited it is true.
I must tell you a conversation I had with my man.
To put things in context, I note that most of the time he speaks in his own language, Dutch, and I answer him in mine, French. Often sees the same sentence in both languages is mixed, with some English words (which kept from the beginning as we know and where we could not communicate in that language).
That's what it gave when Sander and I drive around the countryside to Amsterdam some time ago:
"-blablablabla" (me)
"Grpgtfbrwwrzx ZA-` g '(he ). Dutch is in fact a very musical language, especially when one is blind or deaf in both ears of at least one eye, but very few people are susceptible.
Me, outbidding "Blablablablablablablabla-etc. Oh look over there like sheep! "I
the soul and sense of wonder of a child of 3 years, but nevermind ...
Man "" Eh? But where? "
Me" Ben there, in white! But then you're blind or anything **??!! "
Sander, aghast:" But it is not sheep's livers! "
Me: ...
"-Yeah, that make foie gras, "said Sander, serious as a pope.
Hilarious, I explain that they are not geese livers, despite the misleading name of course foie gras!
I do not know what makes me laugh the most, his blunder of language or the fact that, really, I must think to wear my glasses. I laugh, I'm still one of us who took the geese to sheep!
** or how to illustrate to perfection that I like this saying "It does not care that the pot from the pot."
If, like me, you were in Tools> Settings> site (or from English, tools> configuration> site) to choose French, you may be surprised to see that Accents not displayed. The reason is simple: Language, choose
One of the attractions of MODx is easy to use templates, and toggle from one page to another. But the default install does not choose a default template, so that at chaquenouvelle page you must choose your template if the first in the list does not suit you. SkinGraft 1.0.1 is a management tool that allows templates to overcome this problem.
It downloads it to the page dedicated MODx Site. The installation page advises to first install MODx Resource Wizard but it appears that it works fairly. We will therefore install the stuff by hand. After downloading the archive. Zip, unpack it on the local disk.
1 - with your FTP program, go to your server in modx / assets / modules and create an empty folder called skingraft . 2 - Transfer all the files in the archive to your server in the folder you just created. 3 - In the MODx manager, go to Modules> Module Manager, click New Module and give him the name SkinGraft. 4 - Paste the entire contents of the file sg.module.txt in the text box titled module (module source code (php)) 5 - Click on the Configuration tab 6 - & paste this mod_lang = Language; string; English zone configuration module and click the button with 3 dots. Save the module. Note: not worth it to French instead of English, it does not work. 7 - to launch skingraft, always Modules> Management modules, click the small icon to the left of the module (a blue cube) and select the module launch. Usage Simply select a template in skingraft window, then click Edit Selected. You can modify the source code (although in my opinion this is not done for that) and then check one of three options. I have a weakness for Make "MODxHost" the default template and reset * ALL * documents to use this template ...
MODx is Not Currently installed Or The configuration file can not be found.
Do You Want to install now?
Click on install now. Then comes a nice window with the choice of language (XviD take as long as you are) and a NEXT button, which you must click on ....
Step 2: A window appears that says Welcome to the MODx installation. Clicking on the START button. Down the next page, you select the I accept the license agreement. and clicking on Next . In the next window, you choose New Installation course.
Step 3: The next screen is the Connection Settings. So you need a database on your SQL server and a username and password provided by your host. In my case, I chose to test these OVH hosting kindly sent me the following word:
Hello,
Your MySQL database has been installed on our server.
following technical data: -----------------------------
MySQL Server: mysql5-3 User : un_nom_quelconque Base name: une_base_quelconque Password: pU5456UjuznUIUR54
So obviously it shows these settings in the interface install MODx. For the database name, prefix and a snack, I let the stuff by default. For cons, I change the Admin and I replaced with a login and password to me. Finally I click Next. If it does not work then there is a problem with the database, make sure all the settings from your provider (including access rights) and try again.
Step 4: If it works on the next page leave all options checked, and check the example website. Then click Install. On the next page, all lights should be green. check. If there are problems, correct them and then try again. In my case, everything worked, then I click on Install. And then, one problem.
Creating connection to the database: OK
Creating database `modx`: The creation of the database failed! - Setup could not create the database!
database = database collation charset =
Setup could not create the database, and no existing database with the same name was found. Presumably the security settings of your hoster do not allow external scripts to create a database. Please follow the procedure made available by your host to create the database, then retry the installation.
Hmmm. A bit of gibberish. Let's see what we can do. I click the button and get an ugly page with the code.
Warning: loadExtension (MODX_BASE_PATHmanager / includes / extenders / dbapi..class.inc.php) [function.loadextension]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in / home / yourserver / www / modx / manager / includes / document.parser.class.inc.php on line 39
We start again. Ooh la la. Hmmm. Y'knoow I see I see. OK, so nothing serious because I'm on the URL manager that will allow me to manage when the content will be installed MODx. So I start step 1. But this time around, with step 2 I choose the option
Update Advanced (base configuration done)
because I know myself, in that stuff. Well, the next window you have access to the parameters of the base. I re-filled while being careful. Character Set for the connection, a little Googling
Setup could not create / modify some tables in the database specified.
The following errors occurred during the installation
Column count does not match value count at row 1 when execiton SQL query REPLACE INTO `modx_site_templates` VALUES ('1 ' 'MODxCSS', 'CSS MODx template', '0 ', '1','',' 0', '\\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n \\ r \\ n [(site_name)] widgets and widgets. So I click on Close. Bim bam boom ...
Walk po. The url www.monsite.fr / modx / manager returns an error message again. We start again.
Step 1. This time, I re "New Installation"
. At the step 3
, I give the items in the database (ah, coding, er, collation, it was utf8_general_ci). I click the Test button I get the connection and Host Connection: Success ... Verifying database: failure - prefix table already used!.
Hmmm. Well this time it I'll go see what's happening with my host. The database.
I logged into my account and I'll Forums in the admin interface of the database (ie phpMyAdmin) , I check all tables that start with modx_ and I "delete" then I confirm. Hop. The db is empty, remain only a few tables that appear to involve something else. Back to the previous step in Modx. And finally I get the sesame expected: Host Connection: Success ... Verifying database: success Good. I am again to step 4. I start, and everything goes smoothly. Finally get the message of victory as expected:
Installation Status
Setup will attempt to configure the database:
Creating the database connection of data: OK!
Selecting database `` blopsdot: OK!
Checking table prefix `` modx_: OK!
Creating Database Tables: OK!
Installation Demonstration Site: OK!
Writing configuration files: OK!
bottom of this page, it says:
Information: After connecting to the manager, you must edit and save system configuration settings before visiting the site by selecting Administration
- > System Configuration in the MODx Manager. Automatically delete the folder "install " my site So we will do as they say. Anyway, when I click on the button, I get on well the manager interface. Login and password and presto! here I am able to manage my new site. By default the interface is in English, so évidememment not found System settings where they indicate, but to Tools> Configuration. Here you can set the site name and language.
The install is complete. We see the importance of having a database installed properly, and clean. This is at least my tenth installation of MODx, and whenever I had problems was because of the base data.
I like MODx, but I do not like the doc, because it is for people who speak good php code foo. Me the code, I do not passionate. It is the interface, usage and results that fascinate me. So I experiment in good badger code that I am, and I'm experimenting plant. And I succeeded too, sometimes. This blog transcribes my journey MODxien badger.
Everything I describe is on Win XP SP2. Vista is too early;) for me, and I like Linux, but I do not know many people who use it. I told you, I'm a badger. So, XP. Besides, why MODx? What is it? It's basically a free software that lets you create and manage a website dynamically. It allows for many modifications and driver from an interface called the manager, which is not easy to ... badgers. I tried WordPress, DotClear, Joomla (Not bad) and others, and finally MODx is my favorite. Why? CHEP. Simple as that.
You never feel like sometimes to be alone (e) in your living room with this persistent feeling that someone is watching you? ... Well, you're often right!
NB (mortified): Thinking wash the windows every once in a while, especially before photographing wildlife, so rich here in Amsterdam ...
Monday I begin my detox regime. [NB: not in order to lose weight eh! Rather a cure for several days without coffee, red meat, saturated fats or sugars, etc.]. Needless to call me I'll surely bad enough hair. But I have to face facts: even a chocolate addict and I am officially sugar. It would then send me a cure!
Holiday Review: Ferrero Rochers 43 -30 including a variety of chocolates with liqueur that left me with a curious taste of rotted for 4 days on the language-4 liters of alcoholic beverage (including 1 in one evening, I who does not drink, but ja) - a quarter of a capon - a few hundred grams of smoked salmon - a huge frangipani - 5L Cola Light (where I have great shame) - 6 donuts - 300g Haribo candies (I forgot to pass Gilles, as a Christmas present, well yes, we must not spoil eh ...) - a basket of walnuts or hazelnuts (almonds have been spared because of a nutcracker worthy of the name but do not lose anything by waiting) - 1 liter of ice cream - and all the rest (silence heavy with innuendo.)
Ben is well worth it to spread organic products from Dr Hauschka and good eats as much junk!
I often have this strange and penetrating dream ...
To all those who do not understand the practical joke calculator, and all my friends and Freudian interpretation of dreams from Sunday, here's a challenge:
* because obviously, nothing found in the dictionary of symbols and keys to interpreting dreams ...*
That ... A month ago, I had a dream that left me perplexed Jack (the cat of obese cartoon, part of our family for 3 years) puffy around the xylophone for Milan (Christmas present from his grandparents). I had thought him open his mouth, unable to get out the xylo ... I then had the bright idea to pull out a calculator and divide by two. Yeah, so that the xylo appears more easily! I had not expected to diminish as Jack. Found myself with a little cat who swallowed a small xylo ...
So I do not mind me talking about unconscious, subconscious and super-ego but, pace Freud, this dream has absolutely no basis for cons but took advantage of me explode with laughter.
Unless you have a theory?
...
PS: Sander, could you stop with the jokes that damn calculator STP, or I'll multiply by zero?
I'm in the computer for a long time, and this blog is not for an absolute beginner. This means that if you do not know what a server or an FTP program, start by learning the basics, you will return to after MODx. 
