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A cron job is a command that will run at a scheduled time. My website host allows me to set up cron jobs through the CPanel interface. Now I know I can use the serendipity backup plugin to do this but it only backups up the database to a directory on the server. IMO this does not serve much purpose since a backup should always be placed on a different system to the one being backed up. I think a simple approach is to email myself the backup. So I use a cron job to backup my database. Its a series of piped commands:

My third serendipity blog theme RoundedCorner is available for download. I have been tinkering with this theme for quite a while now and I finally decided that it was good enough for release. However, it might still have a few bugs in it so please tell me if you find any.

This theme isn't particularly fancy looking but developing it has taught me a lot. It is full of rounded rectangles created in photoshop and converted into code. It is also standards based with valid xhtml and css. At the time of writing this theme is in use on my site and you can try and validate it by clicking on the icons in the right sidebar. RoundedCorner is also a pure css theme except for the calendar plugin. You can download it here.

A good website is easy to navigate from one page to the next and an easy to navigate website will make the following clear to the user:

• Which page he is currently viewing, i.e. where he currently "is" in your website
• What pages he can view

Furthermore, you want to be able to save time and effort in coding your website while also ensuring that your site can be easily modified and updated.This is an ideal situation in which to use PHP server side scripting to dynamically generate the links.

In this post I present code that will generate links grouped under different sub-headings. It will apply a special style to the navigation bar entry for the page that the user is currently viewing.