JD Leonard's Blog
I'm just starting out in the blog world. These are a few things I wrote a long while ago that some people have found useful. More coming soon.
Setting up Windows Live Writer Wave 4 Beta to Work Really Well with Drupal
Sun, 06/27/2010 - 8:43pm — jdIn this post we’ll set up Windows Live Writer Wave 4 Beta (WLW) so that you can author your HTML content for Drupal in wonderful WYSIWYG style and publish it to any content type (be it a blog, page, or other node).
Setting up Windows Live Writer 14 to Work Really Well with Drupal
Thu, 04/15/2010 - 1:32am — jdIn this post we’ll set up Windows Live Writer 14 (WLW) so that you can author your HTML content for Drupal in wonderful WYSIWYG style and publish it to any content type (be it a blog, page, or other node).
Setting up Drupal 6 to Work Really Well with Windows Live Writer
Tue, 04/13/2010 - 1:02am — jdOver the past few days I attempted to and eventually succeeded at getting Drupal 6 to work really well with Windows Live Writer (WLW). I read many blog posts and Drupal issue pages in the process, but none managed to fully explain how to do everything I wanted. This post is the result of my explorations and I hope you find it helpful!
Overcoming Windows Vista's Shrink Partition Limitations to Dual Boot Windows 7
Tue, 02/10/2009 - 12:42am — jdI've decided to partition the hard drive on my new laptop and install Windows 7 Beta alongside the pre-installed Windows Vista, both 64-bit versions (though this applies to 32-bit versions too). I decided to leave my data where it was (the same partition as Vista) and to shrink this partition and create a new one for Windows 7.
Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition
Thu, 09/25/2008 - 2:21pm — jdPro Drupal Development, Second Edition is fantastic. I loved the first edition and the second builds on its extreme utility with updated information about Drupal 6. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in developing Drupal websites. [Update 3/2010]: I've got Pro Drupal 7 Development, Third Edition on pre-order.
Setting up a cronjob for Drupal 6's cron in cPanel 11
Sun, 09/21/2008 - 2:49pm — jdIn cPanel 11's "Standard Cron Manager", I successfully set a cron job for my Drupal 6 installation with the following command:
php /home/USERNAME/public_html/cron.php
How to get rid of Eclipse's security component error message
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 4:28pm — jdIf you get the message
"Could not initialize the application's security component. The most likely cause is problems with files in your application's profile directory. Please check that this directory has no read/write restrictions and your hard disk is not full or close to full. It is recommended that you exit the application and fix the problem. If you continue to use this session, you might see incorrect application behaviour when accessing security features."
How to Stop Amarok Freezing in Ubuntu Gutsy
Sat, 01/05/2008 - 3:51pm — jdI installed Amarok recently and was very pleased with it until it started freezing. I had previously used Rhythmbox, which comes with the default install of Ubuntu, but it decided to disappear along with the music it was playing a bit too frequently for my liking and it wasn't particularly aesthetically pleasing. The biggest problem with Amarok was that when I opened it, it didn't load.
