Cross Browser Testing on Linux

21st
Aug
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As a Linux user browsing the web you probably have respect and understanding for the importance of both cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility. This is a look at native and Wine Linux support for the major browsers out there and how to test with them.

Installing Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) on Linux (Ubuntu)

21st
Aug
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If you’re in the unfortunate scenario where you have to support IE6 then here’s a quick guide to installing Internet Explorer 6 on wine for Linux using winetricks (and not IEs4Linux).

Using a Windows NTFS XAMPP / Apache Install on a Linux Apache Server

27th
May
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How to use, view and edit websites and MySQL from a Windows NTFS installation of XAMPP in Ubuntu Linux.

Free UK Postcode Towns & Counties Database

14th
May
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Free UK Postcode Database that includes town, county, longitude, latitude, x and y. Based on the ezpy UK postcode data file it includes 2822 postcodes. It’s completely free and available in .csv, .sql and .ods file formats.

Text-based location (address) bar Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

3rd
May
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The latest installment of GNOME (that comes with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx) doesn’t have the pencil icon to toggle the location bar mode. Here’s three different ways to work around that by using shortcuts or making permanent changes to Nautilus.

Auto Resize Images with MODx (Plugin)

29th
Apr
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A MODx plugin to automatically resize images placed inside documents (pages). It searches content for image elements that have the width or height specified, compares it to the current image size and then scales accordingly.

It saves images to the MODx Cache and improves the quality of images and the speed of the page(s).

Redirect Old Domain Names with Apache htaccess File

14th
Apr
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How to redirect entire domains and single pages to new or mirrored web sites with new domain names. Easy domain name redirections without the Apache rewrite module.

MODx – Wayfinder Incorrect Order (menu index)

9th
Mar
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If you’re using an older version of MySQL then the MODx Wayfinder snippet might fail to order your navigation correctly (regardless of your menu indexes). Here’s one solution.

Magento Admin (Dashboard) Login Not Working Locally

3rd
Mar
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If you can’t log into Magento, when developing or testing locally, you will need to perform a few minor changes to have access to the Magento admin backend.

Checking (and unchecking) all Checkboxes with JQuery

4th
Feb
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How to easily check or uncheck all textboxes with JQuery

KDE Default Cursor After Installing Kubuntu on Ubuntu

17th
Jan
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How to change the cursor theme back to default after installing Kubuntu from Ubuntu.

jQuery: Set the default selected OPTION of a HTML SELECT list

2nd
Dec
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How to set the default OPTION in a SELECT list with the jQuery framework.

SEO Friendly Web Design

19th
Nov
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SEO Friendly Web Design, some important tips on designing and developing a website to be Search Engine Friendly (SEF).

MODx – Include Page Content Snippet

5th
Nov
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A quick and easy snippet to include a MODx page’s content in another page.

Advent ADE 300N Driver Download – Windows

3rd
Nov
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Windows Driver for the Advent ADE 300N USB Camera

Thunderbird: Import Profile Settings

28th
Oct
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After downloading Thunderbird I wanted to import all of my email accounts and settings from my C: partition to my new Windows 7 partition. Heres how…

Duplicate Table MySQL

21st
Oct
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I was needed in duplicating an entire table that retained the same attributes and properties with exactly the same rows and columns of data via a MySQL query.

Recursive Directory Scan/Mapping PHP Function

15th
Oct
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Here’s a quick and simple function I thought I’d share. It recursively scans and maps from a set directory to an array in PHP.

Determing Login State (MODx)

15th
Sep
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I came to a bit of a road block when trying to determine whether a user is logged in or not with WebLoginPE on MODx. This is a quick and dirty snippet for determining a users login state.

Editing Files Remotely in Linux with gEdit and Others

20th
Aug
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The flexibility of the Nautilus file manager on GNOME allows you to easily access remote filesystems via FTP as if it was mounted as a local directory. Firing up gEdit got me thinking “Can I use gEdit’s file browser to edit remote files?”. Yes you can and in theory you should be able to open and edit any remote files with any application on Linux.