When working with sql server recently, I changed the initial configuration so that I could use it via a VPN IP address that was used and I also told sql server NOT to listen on all IP addresses also. I found that a website I was working on had stopped working, turns out that the sql server process had restarted and failed to start! (more…)
28.Nov.09 
Databases, Sys Admin 
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So you think you’ve got navigation covered in wordpress, a dash of wp_list_pages here and there and everything is covered. You start to work on a theme that has 3 sets of navigation in different areas and you think it’s simple! Ever tried showing grandchildren in wordpress?
Tags: grandchildren, themes, wordpress
10.Oct.09 Web Development Submit a comment
If you’ve upgraded to Windows Server 2008, you’ll have noticed that it comes with a much better firewall compared to previous versions. It’s also a little more complicated to configure too. (more…)
Tags: firewall, ftp, windows server 2008
19.Sep.09 Sys Admin Submit a comment
Ever get that message? It stumped me for a while, but then I found the solution. The problem is that the cached software is just out of sync with the version on the appliance itself, you just need to clear it: (more…)
Tags: asa, asdm, cisco, configuration, firewall
17.Aug.09 Sys Admin, network Submit a comment
It’s quite useful to be able to send and receive emails from your own email address (e.g. sales@yourbusiness.com), trouble is, this normally attracts a charge from your email provider. In addition getting access to your emails while on the road could also prove to be difficult. (more…)
Tags: google email, pop3, smtp
15.Aug.09 email Submit a comment
Some people often ask me how to send emails with html (and associated images) with outlook. There is a simple way to achieve this, but first requires that you have created a html page and uploaded it to a web server, with your images set with absolute paths. (more…)
Tags: bcc, html emails, outlook, rich text, word
10.Aug.09 General, email Submit a comment
There has been a lot of activity recently with websites displaying malicious code (iframes), in many cases, every default document in all folders across a website may have been corrupted. The are a few things you can do to mitigate any future damage, here are some steps you can take:
Tags: avg, hacks, iframe, rogue, spybot
30.Jul.09 Sys Admin, Web Development Submit a comment
I first got this error when I was migrating a wpmu site to a different set of servers, at the same time, the domain was changed to reflect a new brand. Consequently, a lot of the references in the old database had to be changed by hand (a simple search and replace done the trick), it did leave a few broken things, one of them being that on every blog that had the UGA plugin enabled displayed error messages at the top and bottom of every page, the error messages was similar to ‘error ultimate_ga.php on line 203′. (more…)
Tags: analytics, json, migration, mysql, uga, wordpress
20.Jul.09 Web Development Submit a comment
I’ve been working with IIS and needed to change a website from v1 asp.net to v2, you can normally do this easily via the IIS console. Once when I tried to make this change for myself, I noticed that there was no asp.net tab, even though I was sure that it was there before, I couldn’t figure out what the problem was, but after a little investigation, I found that because I had VMWare installed on the machine that it conflicted with IIS a little, though it is fixable. (more…)
Tags: asp.net tab, iis, vmware
14.Jul.09 General, Sys Admin Submit a comment
Having developed a custom theme for a website I was working on recently, I got introduced to widgets (they’re great, see my other widgets posts). Only trouble was that when I tried to use code from another developer to make widget placement easier, it broke my website, making posts and pages invisible, both on the front and on the back end, even though I knew everything was fine. (more…)
Tags: not found, pages, posts, sidebar, widgets, wordpress
13.Jul.09 General, Web Development Submit a comment