Author Archives: Greg Freeman

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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 … 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.

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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.

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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:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 … 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.

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