Introduction The ability to create Widgets in the m-Power development platform has always been one of the most popular options when it comes to improving the layout, presentation, and user-interaction of your applications. In m-Power’s Sky theme applications, m-Painter’s Widget Panel presented developers the ability to create grid, tabbed, and accordion widgets. Now that m-Power … Continue reading Widgets in Bootstrap Applications
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Updating the Probe Analysis utility in m-Power
The Probe Analysis utility in m-Power is an advanced manager and monitor for Apache Tomcat. Existing customers who previously were using Tomcat 7 in their m-Power environments who have since updated to Tomcat 9.0.8 (the default version of Apache Tomcat included in new m-Power distributions) may encounter their Probe Analysis tool no longer works if … Continue reading Updating the Probe Analysis utility in m-Power
Updated Bootstrap Theme
Our 2021 Spring release candidate introduced an updated/refreshed style for Bootstrap applications. While we continue to support the existing Bootstrap style that was originally shipped, we wanted to give our customers an option of a second bootstrap stylesheet to give more options. The update stylesheet, while similar to the existing, offers a more modern look … Continue reading Updated Bootstrap Theme
Reducing Tomcat 9 Logs
Many of you who have installed or are using Tomcat 9 may have noticed the size of your Tomcat log files have increased significantly. There are thousands of lines which start with the following: org.apache.tomcat.util.scan.StandardJarScanner.processURLs Failed to scan [file:/…/m-power/tomcat/lib/derbyLocale_cs.jar] from classloader hierarchy java.io.FileNotFoundException: …\m-power\tomcat\lib\derbyLocale_cs.jar (The system cannot find the file specified) You can remove these … Continue reading Reducing Tomcat 9 Logs
Google Maps with CSS Responsivity
Recently I worked on a project that used the Google Maps API functionality for a Bootstrap theme application. Because my application would be utilized on different devices with variable screen resolutions (smartphones, tablets, or PCs) I wanted to implement some custom CSS to make my map truly be responsive, allowing my map to scale itself … Continue reading Google Maps with CSS Responsivity