Linux, Apache, Nginx, MySQL, Javascript and PHP articles
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Count rows and columns with Excel
Want to count rows and/or columns in a range with Excel no matter what content they contain? This
Locale issues with Zend Lucene search
We use Zend Lucene Search on a PHP ecommerce website and ran into some issues where records added to
Enable & disable WordPress plugins from the command line
Sometimes installing or upgrading a WordPress plugin breaks both the frontend of your website and the WordPress admin too,
Starting and Stopping Sendmail with FreeBSD
Management of sendmail is done on FreeBSD by changing to sendmail’s directory (/etc/mail) and running "make"
Promo Codes, Discount Vouchers, Etc.
This post has promo codes and discount voucher codes that I come across that I find useful and may
Screen: cannot open your terminal ‘/dev/pts/0’
If you are logged in as a user using “su” or “sudo su” and attempt to use screen, you’ll
How to default a column as a UUID/GUID in MySQL
MySQL does not yet support setting a column’s default value using a function (at least not yet as of
Join video files together on Mac with cat and mencoder
I have a whole bunch of short avi files (not sure what format they actually are, but the extension
OSX Quick Tip: Show all files in the Finder including dot files
The default behavior of the Finder on OSX is to hide UNIX files such as /usr /var etc and
MySQL “Incorrect key file for table /tmp/#sql_xxx_x.MYI” error
Cookies and domains
A little while back I posted how to set cookies with jQuery and was asked
Remove input shadows on iOS devices
One thing I’ve found annoying with the mobile Safari browser on iOS is the shadows that appear at the
How to restore the debian-sys-maint MySQL user
My last post looked at how to fix ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for
Use jQuery to make all offsite links open in a new window
XHTML Strict does not allow opening links in a new window using target=””_blank”” so instead you can use
Opacity for Internet Explorer using CSS3 PIE and Alpha Transparency
Alpha transparency is a much easier way to make a background transparent than having to specify a whole bunch
Solving a couple of gotchas with CSS3 PIE
Inject HTML content into Disqus and jQuery
CSS Sprites – making one of the buttons active
A few months ago I posted using CSS sprites for image navigation which looks at
