Problem Recently, I was working on a website that needed to display a temporary home page, while an installation of WordPress was being worked on. The custom home page was being displayed as index.html. WordPress uses index.php, combined with mod_rewrite, to handle all requests coming into the site. The server I was using would show […]
22
Oct
WordPress Permalink Page is Blank
Problem This problems comes up with various versions of WordPress; in this case, it applied to version 3.2.1. Sometimes, after an installation of WordPress on certain servers, the Permalink Settings page, in the site administration, comes up blank. The menu displays, as well as the site name at the top of the page, but nothing […]
23
Sep
Microsoft Access “ID is not an index in this table”
Microsoft Access Problem Recently I got a call from a client that was having issues with their Microsoft Access database. They told me that every time they opened the application, it would tell them that there was an error/problem with the database and that it had to back itself up and attempt to repair itself. […]
17
Sep
Google Syntax Highlighter Languages/Aliases
Here’s a quick reference to the WordPress “Google Syntax Highlighter” plugin. I’ve included it here since I alway have to go looking for it. The reference page can be found here: http://code.google.com. Language [Aliases] C++ [cpp, c, c++] C# [c#, c-sharp, csharp] CSS [css] Delphi [delphi, pascal] Java [java] Java Script [js, jscript, javascript] PHP […]
17
Sep
Zend_Auth and Active Directory
I just worked on a login application that connects to Active Directory using Zend_Auth and Zend_Auth_Adapter_Ldap. The application uses the Zend Framework and components of Zend_Form. Server Settings First of all, the web server has to have the ability to connect with LDAP. To do this, it has to be enabled in the php.ini file. […]
11
Sep
PayPal Pro and DPRP
Recently I have been working with a custom plugin for WordPress that is supposed to allow payments with PayPal Pro. The advantage of PayPal Pro integration is that you can do purchases from within your website; you don’t have to go out to the PayPal site, make the payment, then return back to the original […]
01
Sep
How to setup SSL on WAMP
Alright. I Just finished setting up a WAMP server (wampserver) on Windows 7 using virtual hosts and SSL. I’m going to try and outline the steps in this post. This tutorial should apply if wampserver has already been installed and virtual hosting has been enabled (The “LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so” has been uncommented in the http.conf […]