Configuring Cakephp and Xampp for MacOSX

Xampp is the most useful application a developer gotta have. It is a Apache, MySQL, PHP and Perl all integrated to one. Setting up takes less than 5 minutes. Very litle configuration needed.

Cakephp is a framework that facilitates development base on the MVC model. Everything is well thought out. The codes for model, view and controller is placed in different folder to make managing of codes much more easier.

Configuring Xampp
There are some things to note during the configuration for Xampp. The default login for the root account are username: “root ” and password: “”. After downloading the gui tool for MySQL, one should login with “127.0.0.1″ instead of “localhost” with the above login id and password.

The very next thing is to configure “/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php” file by changing
“$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’] = ‘localhost’;”
to
“$cfg[’Servers’][$i][’host’] = ‘127.0.0.1′;”

Then you should start the server with command “/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp start”. Open up your browser and open “http://localhost”. You should see xampp page. Xampp is now successfully installed.

Some configuration for Cakephp
Unpack the tar or zip file and rename the folder to your desired. Let us put it at “abc” for now. The very next thing is to copy the folder into “/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs”. When done, execute these 2 commands “chown -R nobody:admin /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/abc” and “chmod -R 777 /Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/htdocs/abc”.

Cakephp use the clean url feature. But this feature is not enabled in Xampp by default. So open up “/Applications/xampp/etc/httpd.conf” comment out “LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so” with “#LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so”.

Next restart your xampp by executing this command “/Applications/xampp/xamppfiles/mampp restart”. Type this url in your browser “http://localhost/abc” and VOILA you will see the Cakephp main page.

Everything is setup properly and you got all these in just a little more than 10 minutes. Isn’t it impressive?

iTunes 7.6 is now available for download …

w00h00…. Time to upgrde my iTunes. Stuck in train now, will update it once I reach school. Hopefully it’s as good as the old one. I hope they can make an update on easier editing on the details of the song so as to achieve a much more better experience. Update for iTunes at this period, is it because of MacWorld?

iTunes 7.6 is now available for download from Apple; requires an update to QuickTime 7.4 and a restart, too.

(Via Lifehacker.)

Review: NetNewsWire(free rss reader for mac)

Plus point
After trying out NewsNetWire(rss client for mac made free recently), I just have to give it 2 thumbs up. The design is simple and clean. It is uber simple to use and I just discovered that on top of grouping blogs into category like what google reader has done, you can also slect multiple feeds and the post you select from the feeds will be shown. Some of the pre-subscribed feeds for mac itself is of pretty much high standard.

Pretty intuitive to use and tight integration to various platform(marsedit:blogging client for mac, del.icio.us: bookmarking services, browser and also spotlight) makes it really convenient for user.

Another plus point is that I don’t see any ads eating up my screen which really enhances the user experience.

Negative point
On the negative side, I cannot do tagging like what I usually do in google reader. But hey, it comes for free and I shouldn’t expect too much right?

Another issue is perhaps the client did not show any pictures when there’s no connection. It will be such a waste if my reader forget this post becasue of it. One way out is to add a feature to download pictures from the site you specified.

Conclusion
A must have if you have a 90 min train ride back home everday, it is quite a worthwhile application to have. Not to mention the 80+ feeds I subscribed to.

Apps: Free RSS reader

wooohooo free rss reader to download. I will try out NetNewsWire and write a review in comparison against google reader. Continue to check out my blog. ^^

Windows and Mac OS X only: If you’ve ever considered using a desktop-based newsreader rather than online options like Google Reader, chances are you’ve run into NewsGator’s FeedDemon (Windows) or NetNewsWire (Mac). Today NewsGator has announced that both offerings are free, meaning that you can now get the speed, desktop integration, smart lists, and syncing capabilities of these awesome newsreaders for the wonderful price of naught. I made the move to NetNewsWire from Google Reader a couple of months back, and frankly, I’m not sure I could go back to web-based RSS. Now that both FeedDemon and NetNewsWire have hit the freeware world, I don’t think I’ll ever have to. They’ve also freed up NewsGator Go! (for Windows Mobile) and NewsGator Inbox (for MS Outlook). Awesome.

lifehacker

Window App: Convert Any Audio File with MediaEncoder Audio Edition

Another cool download to convert file from one type to another. It is always handle to keep one copy of the application so as to convert and rm to mp3 for your listening pleasure.

Windows only: Free open source conversion app MediaCoder Audio Edition is like the audio-geek cousin of its easy-to-use, all-purpose brethren, MediaCoder. The main difference is in the sheer breadth of audio file types supported (including the iTunes default M4A, FLAC, and really esoteric stuff like “Enhanced 3GGP” and “OptimFrog Encoder”) and the many ways you can grab that audio—from DVDs, video files, or even web playlists. MediaCoder Audio Edition even supports the sound-tweaking DSP plugins made for Winamp, but offers a wealth of audio tweaks on its own. MediaCoder Audio Edition is a free download for Windows 98 and later systems, with 32- and 64-bit versions offered.

101 Best Web Freebies

Check this list of web freebies provided by BusinessWeek.