Remove Icon from Application Title in Gnome 3

Gnome 3 has a lot of potential but there are several aesthetic changes I have had to make for it to be a comfortable transition from gnome 2. Here is a quick tutorial on how to remove the application icon from the title. Continue reading

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Remove Activities menu from Linux Mint 12

A very helpful post over at the Linux Mint forums shows how to remove the default gnome 3 activities menu when using the new mgse mint menu. Continue reading

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Install Docky Unread Count for newer Thunderbird versions

If you use a thunderbird ppa or have a newer version of thunderbird installed, you will get an error when installing docky unread count saying that it is not compatible. Continue reading

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Fix Nginxcp errors in WHM, conflicting server name, Address already in use

Some configurations using nginxcp in whm may see the following errors when starting/restarting WHM: Continue reading

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WHM Account transfer: Unable to validate setting for cpmod: x3

Recently I got this error message “Unable to validate setting for cpmod: x3” when attempting to copy an account from another server in whm/cpanel. Continue reading

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Vim Syntax Highlighting for php-fpm conf files

By default, my vim installation was not recognizing conf files in the php-fpm directory (/etc/php5/fpm in debian) as ini files. Continue reading

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Slow connections with cli tools on Debian squeeze

One of my debian servers was taking between 5-8 seconds just to resolve a domain name when using tools such as wget, curl or scp. Continue reading

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Non-clickable placeholder in WordPress Navigation Menu

Here is a really simple fix for wordpress 3+ to make non-click-able placeholder sections in a wordpress menu. Continue reading

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Automatically add alt tags to wordpress featured images

I was working on a site recently that had a few thousand images imported to wordpress after a drupal conversion, these images were set as the featured image for the imported posts. Because of the way the old site was constructed, these images had no meaningful names. Continue reading

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Fixes for vbulletin forums hacked by Team Animus

A lot of vBulletin forums were hacked/exploited recently by a flaw in the advanced forum rules modification. Continue reading

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