New Page – Installing Laconica
I finally got around to posting a rather bare-bones version of my own “Installing Laconica” page. I’ll add to it when I get more time but I couldn’t sleep so I figured I’d get it live.
Block a Country
A customer wants to block an entire country from visiting their site… not something I approve of but it sounds like an interesting project….
Updated Laconica Installer – Installing 0.7.3
Just finished testing the updated installer for laconica version 0.7.3 codenamed “You Are The Everything“. I’ve gone ahead and cleared out the old laconica install at http://laconica.gimmesoda.com and tested the installer there with no problems. Also, there was a bug which allowed the installer to continue running even after failing to select the database. This [...]
NextGEN Gallery – Feature Addition – Import Zip From URL
So I work with the NextGEN Gallery plugin pretty often for various websites and one of the things we constantly find ourselves doing is downloading zip files of content, then uploading them to the system in order to import them. From time to time I would run into a max upload size problem which meant [...]
Recent Laconica Install
I had to do another install of laconica the other day and because of that I figured I would try out the installer that it comes with.
I’m sorry to say I was actually pretty disappointed. The config file that was generated had just a few lines in it, and when I loaded the site everything [...]
Forcing MP3 Downloads on Apache
I keep seeing this more and more often. Apparently the proper mime-types keep getting set for mp3 files and browsers are properly responding – so rather then downloading (depending on your setup) the file might just end up playing from your browser! The horror! (People, just save the target file!)
Anyhow, if your application is meant [...]
DreamHost No Setup Coupon – $50 Off
So there are quite a few people have asked about a code for removing the dreamhost setup fee. Just go ahead and use the coupon code “WTH“.
That code removes $50 from your initial payment, which is the cost of the setup fee if you’re going to pay monthly, or takes off a good chuck of [...]