September 18, 2011 0

using a host file to test a virtual host apache site configuration

By in Apache 2

When developing on a server , you will want to test the site you are working on to make sure everything is working correctly.  Sometimes you may not have a domain name pointing to your test server.  This may present a problem because there may be domain specific configurations within your site that depends on a domain name.

Lets say the IP address to your dev server , for brevity is 1.2.3.4.  The best part about this is if you are developing locally on a virtual server set up with Parallels , VMware or Virtual Box this trick will work.

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June 14, 2010 0

Monitor your server using your iPhone and iStat Server

By in Apps, Server, Tools

Ever wanted to monitor your servers remotely using your iPhone? iStat for the iPhone is a great monitoring tool for your servers or Macs.  In order to use iStat you will need to install iStat server on the machines you would like to monitor.  This article will walk you through the fairly painless install process.  Painless if you are willing to dive into command line!

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May 11, 2010 0

Finding and Editing Mac OSX Host File

By in How To, Server, Tools

Mac Host File

The most popular reason to edit a host file is to test virtual host configurations.

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May 2, 2010 0

Using PHP Short Tags

By in Kode, PHP

When coding in PHP you must specify where the PHP code begins and ends by using tags.  PHP tags come in two flavors, full and short tags. Read the rest of this entry »

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May 1, 2010 0

How to create a “Secure” Password

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There are many contradicting theories on password creation and strength. Security experts will tell you to create a strong password, and change it often, yet this causes confusion for many people since they suddenly have to keep track of many many passwords between their social networking sites, email sites, work computers, home computers, and shopping sites. Even worse, most people create ONE password that they use for ALL of their websites, which is one of the worst possible security faux-pas that a person can do. Read the rest of this entry »

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April 30, 2010 0

.htaccess apache rewrite rules

By in Server

Apache web server is a very popular and capable server used for serving up webpages like the one you are viewing. Apache uses what’s called .htaccess files in order to make configuration changes per directory.   Read the rest of this entry »

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April 29, 2010 0

How to SSH without typing in a Password

By in How To, Server

Ever wanted to run a script where you use SSH?  Maybe you were SSH/SCP/SFTP’ing to multiple different servers and did not want to type in a password over and over again?
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April 28, 2010 4

Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName

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If you have Apache2 installed on a virtual server , you may have come across this.  You change your config and go to restart apache… Read the rest of this entry »

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April 28, 2010 0

Twitter plugins for WordPress

By in Tools

Here are my 3 WordPress-Twitter plugins that I like the best.  I have included a breif summary and some screen shots.  I find it odd that you wont find screen shots for these plugins on the WordPress plugin site.  No matter , I have taken the time to get some screen shots  so you can decide if these plugins are right for you! Read the rest of this entry »

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April 28, 2010 0

Create your Facebook fan page

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Create a fan page for your business or clubIm not sure why Facebook makes it difficult to find the link to create a fan page, but here you are. Read the rest of this entry »

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