Category: Cool Webapps

WordPress4SQLite – alpha one

August 16, 2006 ·

The project finally see some light. It comes to a prematured state where it is working smoothely, but with lack of some features. I have to go thru every piece of code where SQL statements are present and I make them SQLite compatible. The project is not finished, Category and Image upload is not working properly but I will complete them next week. I have been suddenly bz in another official project which I have to complete within next 5 days, so I may not be able to contribute before next week. But I am extremely confident that I can solve those problems.

You can download this prematured version of WordPress4SQLite from the following link and just after modifying the config file as usually, you can proceed.

Please note that error reporting has been turned off just to save you from some annoyances :D. If want to turn error reporting on, open wp-includes/wp-db.php and remove the error_reporting() function.

There is a sample config.php file present already. You can modify it to kickstart using WordPress4SQLite. Please use absolute path for database file.

Download From Here : WordPress4SQLite

You can see a running version of WordPress4SQLite here

A new project – WordPress SQLite

August 3, 2006 ·

WordPress runs pretty fine in MySQL. But what if I want to run it in SQLite or in PostgreSQL? No way!!

Last night I started a new project and I am converting wordpress DB-Core as well as the db schema to SQLite. It will be a great project if successful.

I hope I can release it within 3-5 days.

Long Live WordPress.

VOX – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

July 20, 2006 ·

Yesterday I got an invitation from vox team, the new blog engine from six apart network and sined up there. What was my first impression about vox is “cool!!!”. I noticed many uptodate features. Beside those cool features I also feel lack of some necessary features as well. In this post I am going to figure out some good features, some missing features and some confusing features.

You can visit my vox blog at http://storyteller.vox.com

The Good
– Integration with Flickr, iStockPhoto, Photobucket
– Integration with Amazon. So that you can search for any item in amazon and add it in your blog. But there is no place to add amazon referral link or anything.
– Integration with YouTube.
– Personalized Collections
– A lot of colorful themes
– A web2.0 look and feel
– Use of AJAX in a smart way
– Use of ThickBoxes for adding content
– Easy navigation Panel
– Very good Neighbor Management
– Role based content display
– Thumbnail Management
– SpellChecker
– Strong Search Engine
– Powerfull Tagging
– Very good photo management
– SEO
– Choose Layout Style
– Draft Management

The Bad
– No way to add blogroll
– No way to add remote (hot linked) image
– Confusing Administration Panel and Collection Management, specially for Title Management and Sidebar object management.
– You cannot display collection objects in your frontpage but title of your collection
– No Password Protected post
– No customized comment spam management
– You cannot set external link for images
– Not sure about the size of uploaded contents. No information in appropriate place.
– Cannot Modify a part of the theme

The Ugly
– No Blogrolls (Whoa!!!, you can only connect to existing VOX members)
– No Hotlinking of Images
– It takes several hours to find out where I can change my blogs title. If it is available in my profile instead of themes section, it will be perfect.
– No HTML supported in personal details section.
– While commenting, you have to type HTML codes like <b> manually. Ni rich editor for commenting.
– No Keyboard shortcut while composing, like Ctrl+B
– I dont find any link for trackbacking to external post or from external post to my vox post.
– No public theme design documentation
– No post category, everything is tag based

So far this is my review on Vox. Vox seems extremely promising and it comes from Six apart who already have a huge blog engine development experience. Currently six aparts develops MovableType, Typepad, LiveJournal and Vox.