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Category Archives: Rx
[Rx] Updating Git for Win7 (updated)
Git is a software configuration management (SCM) program. This is just a fancy way of saying that it’s a software package that tracks and controls changes in the code.
I initially installed Git because I was playing around with Vagrant (local web development). It’s also a safe way to get the nerdy Bash shell (UNIX-like scripting language) for Windows without going into Cygwin .
[Rx] Local Development – Speed Up LocalHost
These are some things that I changed in UniServer to speed up working with localhost.
Edit Core > Apache2 > conf > http.conf
ServerName 127.0.0.1:4001I use 4001 as my localhost port.
Also disable the loading of the CGI module by commenting # this line:
#LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
I think it runs faster… maybe.
I’ll update this if I make any other changes.
[Rx] Updating Local Development WordPress Version
Looks like updating Local WordPress version can be a painless. First, fully backup your local WordPress folder. Download the latest version of WordPress. Unzip it. Overwrite the local WordPress files.
So far, so good.
Your Emails are NOT Safe
The planets aligned and I lost three years of emails. I had backups and, as a last resort, surely my host did too, right? Nope.
It’s too late for my emails. Maybe it’s not too late for yours. Here’s what happened and how you can keep your emails safe.
It started simple enough. I had some domains on 1 & 1 Internet, a web hosting company base out of Germany, and wanted to move a block of domains to another registrar. I’d been with 1&1 a long time and never thought much about support. Most of what I do isn’t exactly life or death. Continue reading
[Rx] Basic SEO | How to Write Simple Meta Tags
There was a Kevin Costner movie where he kept on hearing, “Build it and they will come.”
Great for Kevin, not so good for webpages. If you want to be found on the net, you need more… SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
[Rx] FFmpeg | Fix M4A Files That Won’t Play
Some audio files in M4A format do not play on some devices.
Remuxing reassembles the data packets of the audio stream and that’s exactly how to fix the problem.
[Rx] How to Setup FlexSlider
FlexSlider is a free responsive jQuery slider toolkit from Woo Commerce. This is not a WordPress plug-in. It’s pure JavaScript.
[Rx] Lossless Ripping of Audio from MP4
I have some video files in MP4 format. I want rip out the audio (.M4a) without re-encoding. This method uses a command line program and a batch file, but YOU CAN DO IT!
[Rx] How to Trim MP4 Videos
