Build a clean OSX 10.10 Yosemite Image with AutoDMG, which allows you to add in packages and OS updates. This process needs to be done from a machine already installed with OSX 10.10 Yosemite. OSX 10.9 Mavericks Guide is here. Download and Install AutoDMG Download AutoDMG Move to your Applications Updating the OSX Yosemite Installer …
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Install mcrypt for php on Mac OSX 10.10 Yosemite for a Development Server
mcrypt is a file encryption method using secure techniques to exchange data. It is required for some web apps for example Magento, the shopping cart software or a php framework like Laravel. This tutorial has been tested in OSX 10.10 Yosemite. This guide is really for users with the version of PHP that shipped with OSX …
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Installing NodeJS on Command Line for Cent OS and cPanel
Most cPanel servers use Cent OS as their preferred operating system, as long as you have a VPS or dedicated server with root SSH access you can install NodeJS and npm (Node Package Manager) as a root user and allow other cPanel domain users to run node and install node packages in their local directory. Dependency …
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Migrate WordPress Site from Local Development to Live Server and fix serialized data issues
There are a number of ways to migrate a local development WordPress site from a test to a live server, you can to this manually or via a plugin. Migrating WordPress Manually The manual way to migrate a WordPress site to a live server is in a few steps: Copy the all the contents of …
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Adding a Widget Area at the bottom of every post in Genesis WordPress Theme
With the release of Genesis 2.1.1 their is an additional ready to go widget that sits just below the end of each single post, this is a great location for an optin form or reader message that needs to be added to the bottom of each post. This was previously possible but with a custom …
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Setting Up a Malware Scanner on your WebServer
Getting and installing a malware scanner in place on your web server is something that needs to be done as a priority, pretty much as soon as the server is set up, if you are on shared hosting then this will probably not be possible as you don’t control what you can install on a global basis …
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Is Your Mac Good Enough to take on Yosemite?
Apple will release their new operating system OS X 10.10 Yosemite between September-November this year. At this stage of the game the new OSX will run on pretty much the same machines as its predecessor OSX 10.9 Mavericks. You’ll need a 64bit Intel processor, 8GBs of free disk space – if upgrading as appose to …
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Using AutoDMG to create a Clean OSX 10.9.4 Mavericks Boot Image
Looks like the new kid on the block AutoDMG will be superceding InstaDMG as the preferred image maker of OSX clean never booted images. It’s currently a development product nearing a final release. It has a GUI front end which makes it super simple. It’s hosted on GitHub and you can download the latest 1.4.4 …
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