Archive for January, 2011


PHP Redirect Script (from PHP-Fusion to WordPress)

What problem does this script solve? If you convert your site from PHP-Fusion to WordPress (or any other system), other websites might have “deep” links (like this: (for example: http://CMSTrainingVideos.com/viewpage.php?page_id=52) into the content of your site, and you don’t want them seeing an ugly page like this: Thus the solution follows: <?php Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 […]

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Google Usage Stats Revealed in Amicus Brief

Google recently filed an “amicus curiae” brief in a New York federal court case where EMI (record label) is suing MP3tunes.  According to MP3tunes Founder Michael Robertson, at stake in this case is whether a corporation can store digital assets for a consumer to access later. Google is supporting MP3tunes because its business model depends on […]

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Action Plan for Converting PHP-Fusion Sites to WordPress

As mentioned in a prior post, I do plan to convert more than a dozen of my sites over the next few months from PHP-Fusion to WordPress – so I need to automate and document as much as possible, and potentially share the ideas and the work if anybody is interested. I see the steps […]

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My Mass Money Maker Review

So, Mass Money Makers is just about to launch and it seems to like that everyone is on board. I am sure that you will receive like ten more emails about it, but I got a sneak peek at the product, and want to give you my review. So, what is Mass Money Makers? It’s […]

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Time for Me to Convert from PHP-Fusion to WordPress 3

I have several ideas, and I’m willing to write some code to help accomplish this.  But I would also like to team-up with others, and either create a product or open source project to help other people who want to do the same. I used PHP-Fusion for at least a dozen different sites, mostly used […]

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Rubrics in Moodle

What are Rubrics?  According to Wikipedia: A rubric is a scoring tool for subjective assessments. It is a set of criteria and standards linked to learning objectives that is used to assess a student’s performance on papers, projects, essays, and other assignments. Rubrics allow for standardised evaluation according to specified criteria, making grading simpler and […]

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Moodle’s Recent Past and Future

I hadn’t checked on Moodle in the last few months, so I reviewed their progress today, and was delighted to see their progress.  Release 2.0 is a major new release that became available Nov 24, 2010. My production Moodle video-training sites will soon be upgraded to use it.  I don’t like to be “bleeding-edge” (at […]

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