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What better way to experience the new ExpressionEngine 2.0 than to test it out for your self.

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and discuss your comments.

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So, here are the details for the control panel of EE 2.0 Demo

User Name: demo
Password: password

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Since we deploy CMS's it makes sense to refer it as system. However in every install, we rename the system folder to something like "system_bD3WpiOD2HD9" for obvious reasons! Imagine telling your client that they have to remember all that mambo jambo.

So how do we go about renaming the control panel folder while having it easily accessible?

Masking Access to Control Panel

In the user guide there is a section called "Masking Access to the Control Panel" which talks about moving and editing admin.php and path.php files in order to access control panel through a different URL e.g. http://www.example.com/admin.php

What if I want to access control panel via http://www.example.com/system while having it renamed?

Peekaboo! I see you system folder!

Actually you don't! and here is how;

During installation rename the system folder to something else e.g. "system_bD3WpiOD2HD9"

After the installation, create an empty folder called system

Make sure in System Preferences/General Configuration you empty out "Name of your site's index page" box

Move path.php and admin.php into this folder.

Edit path.php to look like this.

$system_path = "../system_bD3WpiOD2HD9/";

Refer to official guide for editing path.php in terms of changing $system_path variable.

Rename admin.php to index.php

Add below URL fix to ".htaccess" file located in the root folder

### ExpressionEngine URL Fix ###
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond $1 !^(system_bD3WpiOD2HD9|system|images|themes|index\.php) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

Load the control panel via http://www.example.com/system and enyoj the masked URL.

Conclusion

I'm sure there are other ways to achieve this outcome or you might have an entirely different approach.

I'd be very much like to hear your thoughts and suggestion on this to improve ExpressionEngine development process.

How it's done is basically there is an RSS feed started by Long Zheng bringing you the images shown on Bing and a custom Windows 7 theme takes care of displaying them in a nice slideshow right on your desktop.

What About Good 'Old Whistler

Well using Windows XP for a long time and for good reasons I wondered if I could do the the same in XP.

So in 3 simple steps here is how to achieve the same result -well almost in XP.

Step 1: Get Images from Bing

Subscribe to Bing Image RSS Feed. For this demonstration I will use IE8.

Setup feed properties to download attachments automatically.

Step 2: Move Images to a Better Location

You may ask why? Well, first of all wallpaper changer program -explained in next step can't see the default feed download location which is in temprorary internet files folder. I also wanted to use them with screen saver and it's much easier to setup the screen saver if they are all under "My Pictures" folder.

Lets find where they are located first

Copy the folder path and create a simple batch file in a text editor. Make sure to change the default profile path of your "My Documents" folder according to your PC settings.

move "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Enclosure\{D68681C3-B36C-4E32-A590-AC85B54D8F4D}\*.*" "C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\My Pictures\Bing"

Save this file in a safe location e.g. "C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\move_bing_images.bat"

Note that in batch file, destination for move command I have created a folder called "Bing" just to keep them separated from other images.

Also, further information on DOS command for curious minds.

Now that we have a working command, let's automate this with a scheduled task.

Go to Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks > Add Scheduled Task

Browse for the batch file "move_bing_images.bat"

Set it as a daily task. Now we have images being downloaded from the internet and automatically moved to "C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\My Pictures\Bing" folder.

Step 3: Setup Wallpaper Desktop Slideshow

Download and install Windows XP Creativity Fun Pack PowerToys Wallpaper Changer

Set the folder where the images are moved as default images location

There you have it XP users, enjoy your ever changing desktop. If you have any questions or alternative way do let us know.