Authentication

By Andy, filed under CakePHP, ACL, Authentication

Rant Alert

There have been a number of debates in the Google group about Authentication and how it can be done. There is a vast amount of confusion (IMHO).

So what is Authentication?

I searched the internet and found a defenition which should be of use:

Authentication is any process by which you verify that someone is who they claim they are. ...

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  • Gallery Update

    By Andy, filed under NoswaD, Pictures

    After a number of people reported that they couldn't see the pictures in the gallery (something IE specific that I can't reproduce) I thought I would update the gallery.

    The update is pseudo complete, restructuring the files a little, adding a method "ServeImage" to the Gallery controller (which is a simple pass through for the image file) and I've begun fiddling with...

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  • i18n Again

    By Andy, filed under CakePHP, Tools, i18n

    I've updated the Locale Package again, only some minor changes superficially, but with a significant performance improvement and adding a check for true static pages (those handled by the pages controller).

    The todo list for the locale package is quite short:

    • Add gettext support
    • Add DB option
    • Provide means of chosing which method of storage/retrieval...

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