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• 4.15.07 A Basic Subversion Work Cycle posted in Geekery

  Okay, so we’ve got a remote repository set up, and a local checkout. On your own you probably pointed your local testing environment to the local checkout and set up a database if necessary (importing a dump of the live database). So now let’s see how we’re going to edit our website using our new Subversion-based workflow.

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• 4.13.07 Working with Subversion posted in Geekery

  Okay, so we’ve installed subversion and covered the basics. Let’s go ahead and make our first actual repository on a remote server and check out a local working copy, as well as look at a few possible workflows to see what will work best for each of us.

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• 4.12.07 Getting started with SVN posted in Geekery

  Yesterday we installed Subversion. We’re going to dive into the command line today, so get comfortable on a machine that has your favorite terminal program on it (I’ll be using iTerm). We’re going to create a test repository and check it out, learning a few svn basics along the way. By the time we’re done, we’ll be all ready to make our blog or website into a repository and check it out on our local machine for editing. BTW, we’re starting with the Terminal because it’s my personal opinion that you shouldn’t use a graphical client until you understand what’s going on at a more basic level. So on with the basics…

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• 4.11.07 Installing Subversion posted in Geekery

  Alright, let’s get down to it. If you’re just getting started with this, or even thinking about experimenting with it, you’ll need to get Subversion installed on your local machine, as well as on your remote server where you plan to put your testing/produciton servers. If you don’t have access to install svn on your production server and it’s not already included, you can still sing along. Revision control will work fine if you’re developing and testing locally and then deploying using other means. On to the installation using the path of least resistance…

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• 4.10.07 Why I’m Using Subversion posted in Geekery

  Before I get too far into the Subversion series, I think a little explanation is in order. So if you’re wondering why you would want to use Subversion (svn) for web development, let’s take a look at typical development processes and examine pitfalls and shortcomings, and then see where svn can help us out. This is part 1.5 of the series because I forgot to plan it in to the original lineup. I guess I just assumed that everyone WANTED to use Subversion (silly me)…

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• 4.10.07 Beginning the SVN Journey posted in Geekery

  Alright, we’re beginning our Subversion tutorials today. Subversion is a revision control system, and for our purposes we’re going to be setting it up for web development, and using this blog as an example. For those of you preparing to join me on my SVN exploration, you’re looking at what appears like it’s going to be an 8 or 9 part series. I’ve got it all laid out and am confident enough now to share my experiences. We’re going to start with a prerequisite in part I today: Password-less SSH. Note: I work in OS X, and while most of this material is cross-platform, there will be frequent OS X references.

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• 4.8.07 (Live and) learn SVN posted in Web Design, Geekery

  I upgraded the blog to version 2.1.3 using subversion. I have a pretty decent workflow hammered out, but it was painful getting here. I can’t blog about it until I’ve smoothed out all the things I did wrong to start with. You wouldn’t believe how many times I ended up deleting the checkout that became my production version because I didn’t read the part of the book about the file:// protocol. We’ll have a lot of topics to cover when I’m ready:

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• 4.6.07 iGTD 1.3.3 released posted in Geekery

  Hot on the heels of the 1.3.2 release, iGTD gets another increment. This one adds nested projects, fixes the priority filter and improves on a few existing features. This app is developing very quickly. A week ago I loved it enough to donate right away, but if this keeps up, I may have to send more money.

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• 3.1.07 Selling Standards posted in Web Design

  I think that web designers (myself included) spend too much time trying to sell our obsession with standards to our clients. The fact of the matter is that clients don’t care whether or not a page validates. As web designers and developers trying to sell standards, we need to concentrate on things that our clients actually care about. Things like the speed of their site and, of course, the cost. Valid pages almost always mean lighter weight code, and if standards can speed development time and reduce maintenance time, it means savings for the client in the long run. Paraphrasing Ethan Marcotte, the Web Standards project notes…

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• 2.9.07 A new design brewing… posted in Website Updates

  No, this probably won’t be the actual new design. But it might be the direction I’m heading. I’m feeling like doing a “designer’s” design, with a strong grid, proper line heights, nice typography and a clean layout. No 3D shadows or reflections, just nice Gestalt theory. And maybe I’ll actually get it done once I catch up with all of my client jobs that are waiting in the wings. I’m definitely not complaining about having jobs waiting in the wings, though.

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