Linux, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Javascript and PHP
Password protection with Apache but allow from a user agent
This post shows how to password protect a website with an Apache .htaccess file, but still allow access for
Mac mail queue commands
This post is a quick reference for some of the mail server commands for Apple Mac OSX: how to
PHP upload_max_filesize and nginx
I’ve recently set up a new server with PHP & Nginx using packages from
Facebook screws over pages, yet again
Facebook has for some time now been attempting to monetize posts from "Pages" and generally prevents too
Ignore existing files or update only newer files with rsync
Rsync is a useful command line utility for synchronising files and directories across two different file systems. I recently
RewriteRule redirect without the query string
When redirecting all requests from one domain name to another one when the URL structure has changed, you’ll ideally
“mysql-server-5.1 but it is not going to be installed” error
This post looks at the error message "mysql-server : Depends: mysql-server-5.1 but it is not going to be installed&
How to clear the DNS cache on Mac OSX
DNS lookups are cached so that subsequent lookups for the same host don’t require querying an external DNS server
How to download the XenServer XenCenter client
I help to manage some virtual servers running on a XenServer host and there’s a management tool call XenCenter.
Clear a 301 redirect from Google Chrome
Google Chrome caches 301 redirects for a long time. When typing in a URL that you’ve previously visited that had
Master Mobile Web Apps with jQuery Mobile 3rd Edition
My friends over at elated.com have recently released the 3rd edition of their "Master Mobile Web Apps
Remap quit and close tab shortcut keys etc in Mac OS X
I’m the king of hitting random shortcut key combinations and doing unexpected things and often accidentally close a tab
Failed to add the host to the list of known hosts
I recently reinstalled the operating system on my MacBookPro and discovered when trying to SSH into a new server
Fixed number of digits after the decimal place with Javascript
As well as supporting various rounding functions, Javascript has the toFixed() method
Configuration options to fix some phpMyAdmin annoyances
I use phpMyAdmin as a PHP web based manager for MySQL, but find a few of the default configuration
How to tunnel port 25 with SSH
If you’re a web developer like me who needs to test sending emails from a development version of a
Fix Argument cannot be null, Parameter name: path on Nginx/Mono
When migrating a mono application / web service running on one server to a new server I got an error
Change Mac OS X DNS servers from the command line
I frequently need to change the DNS servers I use on my Mac and it can be quite a
