The Church of England general synod team needed to migrate the entire synod archive of legal documents over to the new Church of England website. Having previously managed the creation of an 800 page archive of reference material on Drupal for Church House Publishing, I was hired again for this project. 1450+ pdf archive I…Continue reading Freelance project manager for legal document archive transfer to Drupal
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Archbishop of Canterbury News Archive Move – Freelance Project Manager
I project managed the transfer of a news archive with 350+ posts from an defunct proprietary CMS to a new Drupal website. Working to a very tight deadline, I moved all news items 2015-2017 on The Archbishop of Canterbury’s website site, managing two data entry freelancers. The project included creating equivalent meta tags, navigation and…Continue reading Archbishop of Canterbury News Archive Move – Freelance Project Manager
Liturgy Archive Project – Church House Publishing
I project managed the creation of an 800 page archive of reference material for a Drupal website, using HTML extracted from 350 epub files and 300 images. Working to specifications from a variety of stakeholders and around complex technical obstacles I built the worship text and resources section of the award winning Church of England…Continue reading Liturgy Archive Project – Church House Publishing
Quickly removing date/time stamps from a text file using find and replace (Gedit, Fedora)
I have been writing a lot recently about little obstacles I have come across while helping the Church of England move content from their old sites to their new ones. Making a list of all the content to be moved is often the first job, but many of the older/proprietary platforms don’t have the ability…Continue reading Quickly removing date/time stamps from a text file using find and replace (Gedit, Fedora)
Removing every other line, or every nth line, from a list using LibreOffice Calc
This is particularly useful when working with lists copied and pasted from withing software (like WordPress or Drupal). Perhaps you are making a list of blogs you have written or you want to check the order of a menu: often when you copy this data you get spare bits of html such as button names…Continue reading Removing every other line, or every nth line, from a list using LibreOffice Calc
Allow your contributors to upload a profile picture to WordPress without using Gravatar
There are lots of benefits to contributors uploading a profile picture (also known as an Avatar) to your WordPress site: it makes it clearer who is writing each blog, it helps the writer feel part of your site, it makes your site more personable and friendly which helps your readers to engage more. WordPress, by…Continue reading Allow your contributors to upload a profile picture to WordPress without using Gravatar
Android share suggesting inappropriate contacts
This issue appears to be closed/resolved on the android bug tracker but may still exist on your phone if you have not updated or if no update is available. The Android share menu has been a great feature for me, for example, when I am viewing a cute pick of my cat, I can click…Continue reading Android share suggesting inappropriate contacts
Help I forgot to make my user an administrator when installing fedora
When installing fedora I almost always forget to tick the “make user an administrator” box. Then when I want to install some software or update later I get a rather morose ticking off from my terminal… “Username is not in sudoers file. This incident will be reported”. Just what every girl wants to hear… one…Continue reading Help I forgot to make my user an administrator when installing fedora
How to open gparted in fedora 25 (wayland): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
Today’s task list involved installing Fedora 25 (yay!) on my new computer and reformatting some hard drives to use as backup disks. The install was fine however I couldn’t seem to get gparted started (poet / know it). Gparted is the tool I find most useful for dealing with hard drives, partitions etc, but apparently…Continue reading How to open gparted in fedora 25 (wayland): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
A meditation on emigration and asylum seekers: Frances Bruno Catalano Statue and Ralph McTell song
“And above all the roar of the town was the blue sky, I could hear the birds singing for the joy of the day And there was no support from the city forthcoming, No sympathy numbing your going away”. — Ralph McTell