Its always the simple things that take longer than expected, if you are trying to access a network share, say \\server1\netshare$ from some code on your webserver (say \\server2) – you would think this would be simple? If your on IIS you would be wrong, kind of. I think if you are on Apache this […]
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WikiMedia Spam – Lock Media Wiki Permissions down
Using Media Wiki (wikiMedia) somewhere online to manage content? chance’s are you’ve had unwelcome guests spamming you to high heavens. By default permissions on wiki media are, well wiki-level, they provide access to everyone – that’s the point of wiki right? But if you want a private wiki (Media Wiki suggests itself that its not […]
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ionCube on 1and1 shared hosting
…I needed to use ionCube for Auction 2 Post but it takes an odd combination of files to get it working so heres how to get ionCube loaders to work on 1 and 1 shared hosting (spoon fed): 1. Use getcwd to find the working directory (make a new .php file with two lines “echo […]
Also posted in PHP, Web Development Tagged 1and1, Auction2Post
Auction 2 Post
The reason I am writing about this WordPress plugin is long winded, but essentially a while back I wrote a website which featured a hand picked 3 best auctions in certain categories from ebay and posted them to a custom themed WordPress blog, the idea being that people could see the 3 most expensive cars […]
Also posted in Affiliate Marketing, Search Engine Optimisation, Web Development, Wordpress Tagged Auction2Post, ebay partner network
SSRS Every Forth Page? – Shortest Code
On looking for the quickest way to spit something out on every forth page of an SSRS report I wrote this – anyone got a yet further abreviated way to set visibility on every forth page? =iif(((Globals.PageNumber+1) Mod 4) = 0, False, True)
xp_fileexist Network Drive – T SQL Based File checking
If you didn’t already know you can check whether files exist, find file sizes and all sorts of other useful things directly from within Transactional SQL Query. In this example I had a table containing a few columns that gave me the network drive location and filename of a few thousand files and I wanted […]
Also posted in Social Media, SQL Server, Transactional SQL
Developers Arsenal PHP to ASP Jump
Server Side Scripting is a wonderful term. It’s what takes the control off of the browser and solely in the hands of the developer, because ultimately the developer is the one with the coding capacity. Since I first messed about with php for my own entertainment I have always revelled in using it, perhaps it […]
Also posted in ASP.Net, C#, CSS, Javascript, PHP
Dual Screen Web Development
I’ve had dual monitors for about 8 months now and I have to say its well worth the money. At the office I also have tri screen Dell’s although these arent as big as my dual 22’s which I would say is pretty perfect for me. They offer more space than a 30inch apple screen […]
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