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Permalinks not appearing
I came into a problem on one of my machines where the WordPress permalinks were not working. Typically, I go to the WP backend and click Settings >> Permalinks, then resave what I have there so that WP updates the .htaccess file. However, that did not do the...
Benchmarks on WAMP 2.5
WAMPServer is the tool that I use to develop websites locally. It is made up of three distinct technologies - Apache, MySQL, and PHP. I recently upgraded from WAMP 2.4 (Apache 2.4.4, MySQL 5.6.12, PHP 5.4.12) to WAMP 2.5 (Apache 2.4.9, MySQL 5.6.17, PHP 5.5.12). At...
Finding your fan page ID
If you have a Facebook page like this: https://www.facebook.com/something And you have a need for the ID of that page, you can type the following in your browser: http://graph.facebook.com/something That will return something like this: { "id": "123456789012345",...
Experiences as a Facebook Developer
I'm currently working on a radio with a number of stations. Some of these stations, I want to be locked unless a visitor likes the community page - an incentive. I spent quite a bit of time looking over the process of how you can determine if a visitor has liked a...
There are times when I need to update the zone file on my remote server. When I do this, it can take up to a day to become updated around the globe - but usually less than one hour in many places. In any case, there is a tool that I like to use to get the DNS status...
I've seen a number of pages that explain what the different values for the CSS cursor attribute are. All of these pages describe the cursors through text or in a manner that requires an inordinate amount of mouse movement and clicking. Fortunately, I came across a...