Author: Prabhu Balakrishnan
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How to get parent category name in WordPress?
In wordpress, sometimes you may have many subcategories for a different parent categories. By default wordpress lists all sub-categories. if i have category structure like Drupal– 2 Column– 3 Column– Left sidebar– Right sidebar WordPress– Fixed Width– Widget Ready– News/Magazine– Photogallery and if i do a wordpress post (with title say CSS Gallery) inside WordPress…
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How to unzip ZIP files with PHP
How to automatically unzip uploaded zip files with PHP I wanted to upload a zip file with php script and unzip it within the server running PHP and linux. How to do it? i am documenting here about a solution to unpack uploaded zip files locally within the server with PHP. well! it can be…
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How to Install suPHP in Linux
How to install suPHP By default apache runs as nobody (means anybody from inside same shared host can read your php files) and installing suphp makes php to run under the user account ownership. 777 permissions to folders can also be avoided. NOTE: suPHP needs PHP installed as CGI not as apache module. Download suPHP…
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10 Best WordPress PLUGINS You Never want to MISS!
10 Best WordPress Plugins you never want to miss out! I have compiled the much needed and most important plugins for your wordpress blog. It is essential to install these plugins for every wordpress blogger! 1. Akismet Anti-Spam Countering spam is the first step be done for any new wordpress blog. Spam in the form…
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Fast Website Loading with OpenDNS – Alternative to ISPs DNS Servers
When you type a website name in the browser where often the sites dont load fast. You will see in the status bar of the browser “looking up website.com”, which often means the DNS server (resolves hostnames to IP address) is slow causing such a long time to connect to website in your home PC.…
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how to create new user for phpmyadmin login
PHPMyAdmin and MySQL server complement each other very well. In most situations you have installed mysql server and phpmyadmin. By default the mysql root password is blank and this is a big security issue and you have change the mysql password as soon as possible. If that is not done anybody could login with phpmyadmin…
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How to Fix: PHPMyAdmin 403 Forbidden Error
If you have installed phpMyAdmin in your linux server (centos/RHEL/debian), and tried to access phpMyAdmin in most cases you will get this 403 forbidden error. I have seen this issue very often if you are installing phpmyadmin using yum or by apt-get. By default phpmyadmin installed path is /usr/share/phpmyadmin and the apache configuration file is…
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Install Apache Mod_Substitute
I came across interesting module for apache which does automatic search and replacement operations using regular expressions and decided to experiment on it. For information about this module documented in apache website NOTE: This module is only available in Apache 2.2.7 and later I was running Centos 5 and unable to load this module in…
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How to Capture a Website Screenshot in Linux
You might be wondering how to capture a website screenshot (as thumbnail) but you dont know how to do it. Although PHP GD library is available, it is just not possible to do the task with php. You will need a linux server running xwindow system and a browser like KDE konquerer or firefox. In…
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How to install Xvfb (X11 Server) in Linux Server
Xvfb is a virtual frame buffer X11 server that can be installed on linux servers without a monitor and graphics card. It can be customized for multiple displays and screens as well. In this tutorial i will show how to install, setup and configure a display. I am installing the Xvfb (X11 server) on a…