bbPress is a free, open source forum software from the makers of WordPress. I am even using it on this site. It just came out of beta with the relase of 1.0. If you are looking for forum software I recommend it.
However, the theming system is not as simple as WordPress. I had added a [...]
How to Create a Google Analytics Plugin for bbPress
Installing PHP 5 on Mac OS X
Okay, so I have been running PHP 4 locally on my Mac OS 10.4, but I recently needed to upgrade to PHP 5. In addition, PHP 4 will no longer be supported after the end of this year. The installation instructions are the same as for PHP 4, which is not a big deal. I [...]
Installing Apache 2.0, PHP and Subversion on Mac OS 10.4
After trying to install Django on my Mac and failing, I have decided to try and upgrade my local version of Apache 1.3 to version 2.0. If you are developing on the Mac OS, you may know that Mac OS 10.4 comes with Apache installed on it. While this is one of the great things [...]
How to Restart Apache Locally on Mac OS X
Working with PHP and Apache locally on my Mac, I found myself needing to know how to restart Apache. The method I normally use did not work because for some reason etc/init.d does not exist or could not be found. So I found another command that worked. Simply run the following.
sudo apachectl graceful
graceful reloads the [...]
Installing GD Graphics Library on Mac OS X
Recently, I needed to install the GD Graphics Library locally on my Mac. GD is an open source code library for the dynamic creation of images by programmers. GD creates PNG, JPEG and GIF images, among other formats. GD is commonly used to generate charts, graphics, thumbnails, and most anything else, on the fly. While [...]