If you’re tired of always typing pwd (print working directory) in your UNIX command line, simply change your prompt to always display the working directory. In your shell startup file, add the following: export PS1=’$PWD> ‘ After you restart your shell, your command line prompt will look more like this: /home/username> You can replace the [...]
Read MoreIf you are getting this error on your local WordPress installation using Mac OS X Lion, there is a simple fix. You might be seeing this error even though PHP is working fine, and MySQL is working fine. In order to get WordPress to work, create a php.ini file. sudo cp /private/etc/php.ini.default /private/etc/php.ini Change permissions [...]
Read MoreSometimes when running an automatic upgrade of your WordPress installation you may get the warning message, “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” WordPress places a hidden file on your web server called .maintenance. All you need to do to restore your website is delete the .maintenance file. To do this, either [...]
Read MoreThanks to David Reese for this great tip. Instead of this: text-indent: -9999px; height: 20px; you just do: height: 0; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 20px;
Read MoreThis is one of the most comprehensive tutorials on how to install WordPress on Mac OS X Leopard: http://lettersandscience.net/software/tag/mac-os-x
Read MoreIf you’re getting this error, install the mysql gem by executing the following command: sudo gem install mysql — –with-mysql-config=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config This worked for me, and I’m using Mac OS X 10.5.6, Rails 2.2.2, and MySQL 5.0.67.
Read MoreIf you plan on allowing users to upload images to your Rails site, you’re probably using Rick Olson’s attachement_fu plugin. You’ve also probably come across Mike Clark’s File Upload Fu tutorial. Step one of Mike’s tutorial requires you to install an image processing library. ImageScience is simple and does the trick. To save you some [...]
Read MoreLike all web developers, every now and then you need to remotely share a screen shot with a client, team member, or anyone else. If you’re using Mac OS X, Grab Up is the perfect tool for that. Download and install the free Grab Up tool. When you want to take a screen shot, hit [...]
Read MoreComodo’s Free Email certificates allow you to use the digitally sign and encrypt features built into your personal email client to authenticate and secure your email communications. This allows recipients of your emails to confirm your identity and ensure that the email you sent was not modified during transmission. It is also simple to fully [...]
Read MoreFor some odd reason, I always forget the stupid syntax for mysqldump. There are a bunch of options that you can use with this program, but if you just want to grab a simple dump of your database, use this command: mysqldump -u[user] -p[password] [databasename] > dumpfile.sql
Read MoreRecently, I was attempting to open a window/tab using JavaScript from a key handler and the popup blocker in Firefox prevented it from opening. This was slightly surprising since the same code was working from within an onclick handler and the domain of the window to be opened was identical. Here’s an example window.open: window.open(‘http://bustoutsolutions.com/’, [...]
Read MoreIf you’re running Cisco’s VPNClient on a Macintosh, you might run into Error 51 from time to time. Thanks to a blog posting on Anders.com for the solution. In Terminal, run the following command: sudo /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN/CiscoVPN restart
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Read MoreIf you are getting this error on your local WordPress installation using Mac OS X Leopard, there is a simple fix. You might be seeing this error even though PHP is working fine, and MySQL is working fine. In order to get WordPress to work create a php.ini file. sudo cp /private/etc/php.ini.default /private/etc/php.ini Change permissions [...]
Read MoreMy previous posting regarding local web development on Mac OS X was geared towards those running OS X Tiger and Apache 1.3. The new Mac OS X Leopard comes with the 2.2 version of Apache, and with it some tweaks to the way things are set up. PHP comes pre-installed, giving Marc Liyanage a lot [...]
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