This guide goes through setting up secure passwordless SSH connection between a local OSX workstation and a remote server also running a Linux variant. The process requires generating a public and private key on the local computer and then adding the public key to the remote servers authorised list. What is great about this is …
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Forbidden 403, You don’t have permission to access /~username/ on this server
OS X 10.10 / 10.9 Sites Folder Sharing Not Working If your user personal web sharing is not working for a user but is OK at the other document root localhost level, the issue may be a configuration file for the user. The higher document root level of http://localhost/ displays “It Works” but when going to …
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Create Clean OSX 10.10 Yosemite Image Using AutoDMG
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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Swap Header Right and Title/Logo Area in Genesis Sample Theme
How to swap Header Right and the Title/Logo Area mark up structure in Genesis Sample Theme. Genesis themes most of the time come with a header site title & description area on the left and widget area on the right, this is suitable a lot of the times but on occasion you may need this …
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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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Adding an attribute and value to a WordPress Menu Item
Recently I had to add a Bootstrap modal trigger from a WordPress Menu item, the modal trigger requires an attribute of data-toggle with a value of modal. There is no facility to add this to a Menu Item in a menu in WP Dashboard, however their are 2 solutions on how this can be done. Their is a …
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Adding in Header Widget to Genesis Remobile Theme
By default the header widget area in Genesis Remobile Theme is unregistered but can be simply registered back in for use. This guide looks at rearranging the header area in Remobile to have the header-widget area included back in, and also put the menu on the left and less margin and padding in general. So the desktop version …
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Exclude a Category’s Posts from the Home Page in WordPress
To exclude a certain Category’s posts from the home page you just need to know the category ID and then use a filter on the pre_get_posts hook to exclude those posts. To find the ID for the Category just go to the Category and hover over the edit button and the ID appears in the URL …
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