Recently I was contracted to do some work for a new client that had around 25 CentOS Linux and Ubuntu Linux servers. The client needed various system administration tasks completed such as updating the servers, modifying a couple scripts that performed automated tasks, and a couple other basic tasks. I typically use vi to modify…
Although Ubuntu is a fantastic Linux distribution they have done quite a few annoying things by default in a effort to create a more user friendly work environment. One of these things is the tool tips and descriptions which pop up whenever the mouse is hovered over anything. This happens for links, applications, folders and pretty much everything else. Its seriously annoying…
As anyone knows from my previous posts I have been giving Ubuntu 10.04 a test drive and so far I am pretty happy with it. I have been spending most of my time configuring the various small things I prefer in Linux. One of those things is I like to have vi as my default…
Typically when I want to modify a setting related to one of the browsers I use I open the main Preferences configuration window, navigate to the correct sub section, make the modification, and then save the new browser configuration setting. Opera does have a typical Preferences configuration window however I was initially unable to locate…
Adding a WYSIWYG editor interface to the ZenCart admin product descriptions page is easy. By default ZenCart actually offers HTML Area which is OK but since its so easy to upgrade to a real editor like TinyMCE or FCKeditor that is what I would suggest. First if you want to just enable HTML Area you…
To locate and replace a string of text in a file using use the below text. shell# vi filename Once in vi use the following: :%s/string/new-string/ <enter> That will replace any instance of string with new-string.
I have a couple people who write articles from time to time sand after installing WP Block Admin they were unable to get to wp-admin anymore. Since we are only using three user levels on this site which are Admin, Author, and Subscriber. On install WP Block Admin is set to only allow Admin and…
I was recently watching an episode of hak5 on my ipod and got turned on to a cool source code editor and all around notepad replacement for Windows called Notepad++. This application is completely free, doesn’t take a lot of resources to run, and is snap to install. Some cool features of Notepad++ 1. Tabs:…
My problem here was in the WordPress admin for posts and pages I was unable to see the visual tab in the entry box. I had seen lots of ideas suggested about how to resolve the issue but none seemed to do the trick. It was mentioned that clearing the cache could resolve the issue…