Personal Blog of Ricky Mills; Web Developer, PHP Programmer and Mobile Application Developer
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1Password – A must have for Mac Users!

July 19th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Apple | general - (1 Comments)
1Password on the iPhone

1Password on the iPhone

I’ve been using an application called 1Password for about 5 months now. I purchased it through the MacHeist Bundle for a really low price. I wanted to share a bit about this app, as they have just announced that they are releasing an iPhone version that will allow you to sync all stored passwords from your mac! Not only that, but the iPhone native application is set to be FREE for a limited time!

These guys have provided me with free updates and are now providing an entire application, free! The new application will allow pushing of passwords to an from the iPhone. It will fill out all saved forms, and submit them without you needing to touch anything!

This post is really just to thank Agile Web Solutions for their fantastic work and updates to 1Password. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone with a mac. It uses browser plugins to work with all major Mac browsers such as Firefox, Safari, Camino and Opera, plus it can be used across more than one mac at a time!

Take a look at the link below for some great screenshots and details about the upcoming iPhone App!

Switchers’ Blog » 1Password Coming Soon to an App Store Near You.

(NOTE: None of the links in this post are affiliate links. I simply want to thank the developers for their fantastic work!)

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Sexy new design is a go!

July 7th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Design | Web Development - (0 Comments)

If you are reading this, then RickyMills.com is on its new server, and has its new layout! You may remember me saying I was designing a new layout a few weeks back. Since I finished college last week I decided to get it finished and uploaded.

The layout was designed by myself, with the idea of being fairly simple and easy on the eyes. I have to say I did get a little inspiration from Paul Stamatiou who has a great site for anyone interested in Sillicon Vally related stuff! I also used a piece of code, provided by him on his website to pull my twitter status. I’ve not really used twitter much in the past, but decided I would make much more regular additions to it.

Another new addition is the Skribit block over to the right. This allows people to make suggestions for things they would like me to post about!

So there we have it….the new design!

I’ll be making a few more regular posts now that I’ve finished at college :)

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RikeMedia Update

June 26th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Education | general | Personal | Project Updates | RikeMedia - (0 Comments)

I just thought I would fill you in on the status of RikeMedia. We’re in the process of re-launching. We realized we’re not too good at the promotion part of owning sites…well….actually its not that we’re not good at it, its just that we have no money, so cant afford to do it!

We decided the best thing to do would be to flip sites. Make em’, sell em’ or buy em’, fix em’, sell em’! I’ve been watching the videos at SiteFlipAcademy and Justin has done a great job! He’s got some great information on his site, and in his videos. Anyone looking to become a ‘flipper’ should take a look at his site.

Currently I’m working on getting our new RikeMedia site done, which will run on WordPress, but not be an actual blog. I like wordpress and the way it deals with content…there’s no reason why it cant be used purely as a content manager!

I’m currently integrating the design. After that I will re-write all the content and such as well as insert a portfolio for all the sites we make/sell.

Mikes working on a custom CMS which we will use on some of the sites we make to sell. I’ve not seen it yet but it sounds pretty fancy….custom licensing system, modules, template engine, all the cool little features you’ll ever need. Oh, and complete integration with vB 3.7.

We are thinking about licensing it out (I.E selling licenses) as it will match if not beat the features and functionality of many premium scripts out there.

For the sites that don’t need a CMS we’ll probably just hand code them. There will be a few as not all site needs/wants a complex system.

Our first site up for sale is WebmasterStash. We simply lost the will to keep this going. Its a lot harder than you think, especially when you don’t get a return. It took us over 6 months to make WebmasterStash, before opening in December. Its gotten us nowhere!

Anyway, I’ll post another update about Rike once its up and running.

In other news, next week is my FINAL week of college…it feels really weird, and will feel even more weird when we go downstairs in the lift for the final time. We decided that we would all go to the pub on Tuesday, along with all our tutors (which could be interesting!). A final laugh all together, before we all bugger off to Uni’s all over the country!

Right….thats all for now folks!

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Server Woes

June 26th, 2008 | Posted by Rick in Servers - (0 Comments)

Sigh…I get through servers like some people get through cups of coffee!

Our VPSLink server, which has been online for several months, recently started having…problems, and when I say problems, I mean it decides to reboot every 15-20 minutes!

The cause? LXAdmin, the worlds worst excuse for a control panel! Seriously, this thing is so buggy its unbelievable. I think it may be the first application to ever have had more bugs than Windows Vista!

I go to do something….anything on LXAdmin, and it decides to “Reboot the backend” which it never does, and I have to reboot the server to get it to respond. Its pure rubbish.

Anyway, this site is hosted on the server and I’ve had enough. I’m moving everything over to our WSDReg servers for now as I’ve not decided whether to ditch the server or just LXAdmin.

Sorry if this site is slow, offline, etc….blame LXAdmin!