10
Jul 10

Quick tip: Netbeans is excluding / ignoring directories in version control

Is Netbeans not showing the version control options correctly for some of your directories? Check whether you have accidentally left .svn directories. All source control system directories are hidden by default in Netbeans, which makes spotting this a bit tricky.


06
Jun 10

Quick tip: how to fix “mysqlnd cannot connect to MySQL 4.1+ using old authentication” onPHP5.3

I recently upgraded to PHP 5.3 on Windows, and ran into this problem:


02
Jun 10

Kohana3: automatically collect internationalization strings

I started implementing i18n for my upcoming KO3 application, and implemented a quick patch so that I don’t need to manually find and type translation strings.


31
May 10

WordPress 3.0 multi-site multi-domain problems with solutions

Here are some problems I ran into when setting up WordPress 3.0 with multiple different domains, along with how I solved them. I figured it’s better to get them out on the blog now, and update this post if/when I have more solutions.


23
May 10

Upgrading / moving WordPress 2.9 installs to multisite WP 3.0

In the previous blog post I discussed how the multi-site functionality in WP 3.0 can be enabled and how it can be hacked to use multiple different domains. Now, let’s have a look at how you can migrate all of your old WP 2.9 sites under a single WP3.0 installation.


17
May 10

Setting up multisite WordPress 3.0 with multiple different domains

WordPress 3.0 is coming out very soon (apparently they missed their original deadline, see the schedule here) – and it has one killer feature for anyone who maintains multiple WordPress sites: official support for multiple subdomains and (unofficial) support for multiple different domains. This means that one only has to maintain and upgrade one WordPress installation.


03
May 10

Syntax highlighting / color schemes for Netbeans

There are two important things to try out in picking the IDE settings that work best for you: 1) the font you use and 2) the color scheme for syntax highlighting.


15
Mar 10

7 additional tips for CSS markup

1. Use a test page

Make a test page that has:


24
Feb 10

Options for securing PHP in a shared virtual hosting environment

The terms and options for implementing security measures can be quite confusing. This blog post is a survey of the options available, including some possible pros and cons and definitions of relevant terminology.


31
Jan 10

10-month retrospective on writing this blog

I started writing this blog on a whim ten months ago. Here is quick look back at my three original goals and things I have learned.