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Restarting Apache/httpd

Did a little bit of Apache reading after a client query yesterday, it seems restarting httpd is not all that it seems! start – start httpd startssl – start httpd with SSL enabled stop – stop httpd restart – restart httpd if running by sending a...

Are magic quotes on?

One way to check if magic_quotes is running is to run get_magic_quotes_gpc(). It will return a 1 if it is on, or a 0 if it is off. You can use this result to print out the magic_quotes status, or to decided if you should run another function, such as addslashes. Read...

Changing Linux User Passwords

I had reason to go looking for this today, having not done it in a long, long time (thanks to the delightful cPanel interface). To change a password on behalf of a user, first sign on or “su” to the “root” account. Then type, “passwd...

WordPress 2.1 HTML Editor

I haven’t upgraded this blog just yet, but I have upgraded one other. WordPress Tip: If your HTML WYSIWYG editor has disappeared when you upgrade, go to Users -> Your Profile and active it there.

Testing postie!

If this works I should have managed to post to the WordPress Category in my blog. This isn’t setup as a cron job yet as I want to test it thoroughly first!!!

Moblogging with wp-mail.php

I’ve fancied doing this for sometime, the ability to forward stuff via email to my blog will prove really useful – but even more important was the ability to add some photos via email! According to the WordPress Plugins page, John Blade’s plugin was...