Author: AlistairW

  • Joomla vulnerability?

    Vulnerability in Joomla using script call from an “adult” website.

  • Dreamweaver is currently interacting with a server – Answered

    Problem When uploading files to a remote site in Dreamweaver you may have seen the annoying box Dreamweaver is currently interacting with the server. Since putting a file on save requires interaction with a server as well Dreamweaver can not currently perform this task. Please try again when the server task is complete. [OK] Since there […]

  • COUNTA() function in OpenOffice

    Just discovered the COUNTA() function in OpenOffice (probably also in other spreadsheets like M$ Excel). This enables you to count the number of cells that contain any text, unlike COUNT(), which only counts cells that have content in numbers (e.g. “2,4,6, eight” would return “3”). The same sequence using COUNTA() returns “4”. I found this […]

  • Romero the Musical: all you need to put on a performance

    Romero the Musical – online resources now available

  • Helping a client access gmail on her Samsung Jet phone

    Using Googlemail with Samsung Jet phone: solution found at last

  • Microsoft banned from selling Word

    So, Microsoft have, once again, been in trouble with the courts. This time it’s in the USA. In their latest skirmish, they have been found guilty of infringing patents (oh, the irony!) relating to XML in their flagship programme Word™. As the BBC News website says, XML is used in recent versions of Microsoft’s word-processer […]

  • Romero the Musical

    Working on a website for a new musical about Oscar Romero, Archbishop in El Salvador, assassinated in 1980 for daring to speak out for social justice. The musical was written by George Daly (text) and Liam Bauress (music), and orchestrated by Richard Benbow. This website aims to provide a complete downloadable package to help any […]