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Is WordPress automatic install / upgrade compatible with a SVN deployment of WordPress?
Question: Is the built-in WordPress automatic install / upgrade process compatible with a SVN deployment of WordPress? Short answer: Yes. Ever since WordPress came out with the automatic upgrade functionality in 2.7 I’ve hesitated to use it since the majority of our client installs are deployed using Subversion (svn) and I wasn’t sure how it…
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How to disallow browsing of .svn directories on your server
If you deploy projects live out of Subversion repositories to public web servers, here’s a good tip for denying access to the .svn directories to keep people from snooping around your files. Edit your global Apache config file (httpd.conf) or .htaccess file to include the following directive: # Disallow any .svn directory browsing <directory ~…
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Going to SXSW in Austin, TX this year
Finally I’m going to SXSW in Austin, TX this year. Now I get to be one of the cool kids. Or something like that. Pictures from the trip: Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2009/03/12/going-to-sxsw-in-austin-tx-this-year/
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How to: Get rid of widows in your WordPress posts with Widon’t plugin
I was just working on making some updates to the backend WordPress code for the Principia Pilot website (http://principiapilot.org/) and noticed widows in some of the stories. Widows are the typographic term for a single word on a line at the end of a paragraph. I thought about the solution to this problem (basically add…
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How to: Automatically add a default set of Custom Fields to each post in WordPress
One of the neat things about WordPress is how easy it is to add custom metadata to a given page or post that you can then use in a template to display structured information. I’ve been using this technique for a while now to extend the basic WordPress elements of title, body, excerpt, etc and…
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How to file a DBA (Doing Business As / Registration of Fictitious Name) in Missouri for $7.00
Now we’re cookin! 🙂 It’s surprisingly simple to get a Fictitious Name registered in Missouri, and it only happens to cost $7.00. Simply click here: Missouri Registration of Fictitious Name and then fill out two simple online forms (takes about 1 minute), submit your credit card info for $7.00 and you’ll get an immediate confirmation…
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Mac OS X voices for using with the ‘say’ command
A neat trick if you have a Mac OS X machine is to do this (make sure your speakers are turned on): Open Terminal.app Type in at the command line: say hello world This will make your computer say “hello world” in the default voice (Victoria). Here is a list of the other voices you…
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Why you should upgrade your WordPress installation to version 2.6 (just released) today
First, the good news: Matt & his brave crew of WordPress coders have just released version 2.6 of the Open Source award-winningly awesome content management system called WordPress (download it here). I’ve been using it since it was called b2, and love it. I recommend it for most of my clients, and they love the…
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150 open documents in Photoshop – long day of work
This is after a long day of work building out a new website: TeamMercy.com. Lots and lots of graphics there. Good times. Link to share this: https://gabrielserafini.com/blog/2008/05/14/150-open-documents-in-photoshop-long-day-of-work/
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Christian Science Cross and Crown logo – How to get a high-quality vector EPS or PDF version for use in your design comps
Let’s say, hypothetically, that you are a designer, and are working on a design comp for a Christian Science church or reading room, and you wanted a high resolution vector version of the logo to use in your mock-up so you didn’t have to chop out background garbage out of some low-resolution version of the…