“The first 6 bits of fonts on this list are considered web-safe – they’re supported by all major browsers on any platform. The fonts in the following 2 bits come pre-installed on most but not all systems. The fonts in … Read More
I’ve been receiving a large number of returned email notices lately because some spammers have been using my domain in the FROM field of their spams. It seems to be pretty common from my research, and I’m looking into it … Read More
An article from sitepoint: PHP is a terrific language for the rapid development of dynamic Websites. It also has many features that are friendly to beginning programmers, such as the fact that it doesn’t require variable declarations. However, many of … Read More
Came across this link listed a plethora of links to online tools: http://essentialkeystrokes.com/164-essential-tools-for-online-success/ Much of it’s known, but it’s nice to have the laundry list to shop from.
Using MySQL’s Concat and Concat_Ws is your friend when trying to search two joined column/field values. This will sometimes be encountered in a simple example such as a name search, when you have two columns: 1. First Name (fname) and … Read More
It’s very simple to link to an iFrame with Joomla by using Wrapper and the menu item. Below are the steps to follow in order to link to an iFrame through the Joomla administrator: 1. fire up you admin 2. … Read More
Joomla installs with a default of only 3 to 4 items on the home page (depending on your column configuration). I found it was somewhat complicated to find the administrative screen allowing you to increase the number of content items … Read More
In order to exclude, skip, ignore a directory from a TAR archive do the following: tar –exclude=”dir/excluded_dir_no_slash” -czvf tarball.tgz dir/ To exclude, skip, ignore multiple directories with TAR: tar –exclude=”dir/excluded_dir_no_slash” –exclude=”dir/excluded_dir_no_slash_2″ -czvf tarball.tgz dir/ This answer in the question from … Read More
I’m going to keep a running list of APIs and their associated developer Web sites for some of the major internet companies out there today. I may need to go to these one day in building new tools for my … Read More
Simple task, simple command: php -v For further reading, here’s the PHP documentation on command line usage: http://www.php.net/features.commandline
