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AWS installing CLI – Fix El Capitan issues

Command LineBy sh_admin October 27, 2015 Leave a comment

After updating to El Capitan with the latest Mac OSX, you may receive an error when trying to install the AWS CLI by trying: The cause of this is that El Capitan ships with the package six 1.4.1 installed and it can’t uninstall this as it’s considered core. You can bypass this step by telling…

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We love using Gravity Forms

GeneralBy sh_admin July 9, 2014 Leave a comment

I’d like to show my support for the Gravity Forms Plugin created by the team at RocketGenius. I’ve tried many form plugins for WordPress and this one beats them all. It’s not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for with Gravity Forms. Our clients love how easy it is to edit forms and…

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WordPress: adding external link capability to admin menu items

WordpressBy sh_admin October 15, 2013 Leave a comment

I stumbled across this fantastic built-in feature of WordPress today, which allows you to enable hidden functionality to your menu items. If you’ve ever created social media icons or external links and wanted to target=”blank” them, well look no further at this page – http://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-target-element-to-menu-editor. Some great comments too

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GIT Basics

General, Other SideBy sh_admin June 8, 2012 Leave a comment

If you’re a web developer and you’re not using Distributed Version Control System (DVCS), you fall into two categories: 1) You are scared of change or 2) You have found something even better such as flying over the moon on a spoon. DVCS’s allow everyone to all have their own clones/copies of the source code,…

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Assigning global attributes for select boxes in Silverstripe

PHP Development, SilverstripeBy sh_admin May 5, 2012 Leave a comment

Recently, I was working on a Silverstripe project where the client requested that they have a contact form, and based on the state/region that was chosen in a select box, an email would be sent to that regions email. Another example of this would be to send an email to a certain department such as…

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Debugging Doctrine SQL queries

MySQL, PHP DevelopmentBy sh_admin September 28, 2011 Leave a comment

I recently ran into issues especially with using the Doctrine ORM with my PHP development. My issue was that sometimes database insert and update queries would fail and I would have very limited debugging tools at my disposal. You can try printing out the query but usually if you are binding values to the field…

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Script automation from the command line (part 2 of 2)

Command Line, PHP Development, Script AutomationBy sh_admin July 6, 2011 Leave a comment

We’re back to finish part 2 of our command line PHP script to run our cron jobs. We’ll start by creating a new file titled update_prices.php. This filename should describe the overall goal you are intending to perform. The first step is to include the database connector class, a methods class and our previously…

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Script automation from the command line (part 1 of 2)

Command Line, PHP Development, Script AutomationBy sh_admin June 30, 2011 Leave a comment

The best part about working with talented PHP Developers in the workplace is learning techniques to make us better developers. Last week I was required to create an automated PHP script to convert a data file of a legacy application into a newly created internal web app. After completing it, a workmate of mine; Tom…

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