All posts by Ed Reckers

Restricted Site Access Plus

I don’t provide this plugin for public download (it’s still too customized to be made publicly available). If you need access to the files or just have questions just contact me and I’ll try and help.

How to chown and chgrp at the same time

Stupid simple command to change ownership (chown) and change group (chgrp) at the same time. To simultaneously change both the owner and group of files or directories in linux use the following command structure: chown someusername:somegroupname filename.ext You can man … Read More

What time is the women’s World Cup?

The FIFA Women’s World Cup finals match between the United States and Japan will take place Sunday, July 17 2011 in Frankfurt, Germany at 2:00PM Eastern Standard Time 11:00AM Pacific Standard Time. Official Kickoff time is 11:45am PST and 2:45PM … Read More

How to Export Subscribers from WordPress.Com

If there comes a time that you need to export subscribers from WordPress.Com follow these simple steps: login to http://www.wordpress.com select Dashboard : Site Stats locate Totals, Subscriptions & Shares metabox select Site Subscriptions : [] active subscribers select either … Read More

Cross Browser CSS Background Transparency

In a nutshell, this is what I used to achieve somewhat cross browser css background transparency: #content { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3); }#content { background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.3); } Then, you’ll of course need to make an exception for stinkin IE: <!–[if IE]> <style … Read More

WordPress Upgrade Shell Script

There’s a couple examples online of shell scripts to upgrade a WordPress installation. However, I’ve ended up creating my own because every configuration (server and WordPress) is inevitably different, requiring you to roll your own. The script below handles a … Read More