If you are changing your URL structure, for example when moving to a search engine friendly URLs system, you need to be able to let Google and all the other search engines that the page has moved to the new URL. You really don't want to display the same content on two URLs So to [...]
Server Migration Orders / Customers Synchronisation This contribution is for people who have moved or are moving server. When this happens you have to update your DNS records to point your domain name at your new server. However it takes a little bit of time for this change to fully propogate through the internet meaning [...]
If you find yourself laboriously building SQL queries by typing each field = 'value' statement... think again. Imagine this: PLAIN TEXT PHP: $sql_query = mysql_query("select * from table"); $insert_elsewhere_sql = "INSERT INTO other_table SET "; while($s = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql_query)){ foreach($s as $k=>$v){ $insert_elsewhere_sql .= "$k = '$v', "; } [...]
I am right in the middle of a big SEO overhaul for purashop who have been good clients of mine for a while now. My initial project for them was a fast checkout system. Getting rid of the standard osCommerce checkout procedure and rolling it all up into a single page which is loads faster, [...]
It is entirely possible and easy enough to create all kinds of charts and graphs using only PHP along with the GD library. These days PHP is generally compiled with the GD library enabled so it is highly likely that you already have access to it. It is a powerful system, unfortunately often only used [...]
A common requirement for oscommerce store owners is to try to get pages loading faster. Part of the problem is that each oscommerce install is different, with a mixture of contributions and bespoke customisations all making their own database queries and causing their own problems. The first part of the solution is to actually be [...]
Sometimes you need to get in there and reset the password for oscommerce using phpMyAdmin. In these instances, you do not just paste in a new password but you have to properly encode it first. Here is a really handy tool to create a password hash for you, ready to be pasted into phpMyAdmin for [...]
If you are constantly dealing with complex file structures and accessing various folders, the traditional "window for each folder" approach can quickly leave you with a cluttered work space and you may find your self taking time to find the right window. For Ubuntu users, the PCMan file browser comes to the rescue with not [...]
You might struggle getting your Hewlett Packard printer to work with Ubuntu, I know I did. However Ubuntu now comes with something called HPLIP installed. You can find it and install it using synaptic package manager To get your printer to actually work simply run sudo hp-setup from the command line http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/step4/index.html More Reading: