Windows XP hosts File Location
The Windows XP hosts file location is: c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
All posts by Ed Reckers
Magento Upgrade 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0
The following post are simple notes I took during the process of upgrading Magento from version 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0. Please feel free to send in a comment if you have any questions. It’s been a while, but if I can … Read More
Are the Hanson v. Google Settlement Fund Checks Legitimate
Short answer: Yes. You can cash your Hanson v. Google Settlement Fund checks. They are legitimate. The checks are Google cash distributions to Adwords advertisers from a $20 million dollar settlement for exceeding Adwords daily budgets. I wanted to post … Read More
How to Upload VCF to WordPress for Download via Media Uploader
Uploading and serving V-Card .vcf files from WordPress is a two step process. Step one is adding the MIME type to WordPress so that you can upload your .vcf file with the WordPress Media Uploader. Step two is using Apache’s … Read More
Upgrade Magento from 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0
Always gotta love that time when you have to face a Magento upgrade. I’m documenting here my experiences and notes during my recent upgrade from Magento version 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0. It must be noted that I use what’s basically the … Read More
How to find out if a WordPress upgrade contains database changes
If for example one was to upgrade from the last most recent version of WordPress 3.4 to 3.4.1 and wanted to know if the upgrade contains any database changes, you would do the following: 1. first visit the WP version … Read More
I’m over organized and it’s an absolute mess!
I’m over organized and it’s an absolute mess! It’s a sight to behold the documentation, notes, task lists and todos that I’m maintaining. I might have more methods of documenting things to do then I’ll have number of things to … Read More
SQL Query to List WordPress administrator Account Names
The SQL for selecting a list of WordPress users with the role of “administrator”: SELECT um.user_id AS ID, u.user_login FROM wp_users u, wp_usermeta um WHERE u.ID = um.user_id AND um.meta_key = ‘wp_capabilities’ AND um.meta_value LIKE ‘%administrator%’ ORDER BY um.user_id Simply … Read More
The Amazing Simplicity of a Pinterest Email
I was finally moved to “Request an Invite” at Pinterest this evening and when I received the initial email I was amazed at how simple it really was. I mean, this coming from the fastest growing social network ever. It … Read More
PHP Function to Wrap print_r in <pre> Preformatted Text Tag
Finally got tired of manually wrapping print_r in <pre> tags so I’m just going to drop this here for future reference: // wrap print_r in preformatted text tags // usage: print_pre($value) function print_pre($value) { echo "<pre>",print_r($value, true),"</pre>"; }// wrap print_r … Read More