Category Archives: Web

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

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Greg Freeman

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

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Greg Freeman

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

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Greg Freeman

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

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Greg Freeman

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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Automatically add alt tags to wordpress featured images

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Greg Freeman

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

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Greg Freeman

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

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Post Thumbnails in WordPress 3.0.4

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Greg Freeman

In this follow-on post, I will show you to get post thumbnails showing up next to posts in a stock install of wordpress 3.0.4 with a few minor improvements.

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How to Import Posts from a Text File into WordPress

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Greg Freeman

Recently, I was converting an old site that used cute news to wordpress. Here is a simple method that you can use to import news, posts or content from a text file into wordpress.

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vBulletin 4: StyleVars vs Additional.css

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Greg Freeman

Those of you new to vBulletin 4 may be wondering what is the best way to go about customizing the default style. Should you use StyleVars of just add custom css rules to additional.css? I use a combination of both.

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Setup Local Web Development Environment on Mac

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Greg Freeman

If you are a mac user and web developer like me, chances are you need a local lamp web development environment setup.

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