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Just used this system to scan a site for correct Analytics setup. It’s a decent enough service. You have to sign up your email address to get the report. If you don’t want to give out your real email address you always have the option of using a disposable email address such as GuerillaMail.com http://www.sitescanga.com/ [...]



 

On a recent clean installation on a 1and1 Linux server for a client, the site was getting 500 errors on every page other than the home page. The fix for this was to add the following line to the .htaccess file in the document root: RewriteBase / Hope this helps someone else out PLAIN TEXT [...]



 

I always use this site for my desktop wallpaper.. I love having a nice landscape shot of somewhere beautiful in the background. http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/downloads/date/any/ It's great because not only are the pictures really nice, but they are all available in all of the usual desktop resolutions eg 1680x1050. More... TV Review: Moving Wallpaper, ITV1, 06/03 | [...]



 

Trying to do a clean install of Magento 1.2.1.2 I kept hitting this SQL error. Base table or view already exists: 1050 Table 'sales_flat_quote' already exists In the end I opted to manually edit the related install file and add DELETE IF EXISTS statements before each CREATE TABLE statement. The file in question is located [...]



 

Just came across this link via Twitter - TinyTable A nice simple solution to display table data. More... My Bad Attitude » TinyTable JavaScript Table Sorter More Reading:



 

Bit hard to describe this one, but if you use Zend Framework along with the MVC functionality, and you also use base classes for your controllers, models etc, you may find that for each controller, model etc the files are pretty much the same apart from the names of the files and the classes. If [...]



 

Need to know your RAM clock speed, or some other bit of hardware info... This simple command will give you all the info you need: PLAIN TEXT CODE: sudo lshw Thanks to the friendly people on the Ubuntu IRC channel on freenode for the tip More... DaLe’s private Blog » Blog Archive » Debian/Ubuntu packages [...]



 

Just came across this blog post featuring a PHP helper class for Facebook application developers. Not something I am planning on getting into for the moment but its bound to come up at some point.. More... New Facebook Blackberry Application Coming SoonFacebook Marketplace: First Real CL Challenger « Screenwerk More Reading:PHP Virtual Machine – HipHop [...]



 

As I am getting my head around the twitosphere (is that a real word?) I came across this blog post listing some great Twitter tools. I am already using Tweet Deck though I hadn't spotted the Twitter Scoop button - interesting.. Now installed Twitter Bar which should making tweeting about interesting sites exceptionally easy. The [...]



 

I know they have been around for a while now, but I am still impressed with Google Docs. Like watching someone else in real time as they edit a shared spreadsheet.. That's really cool isn't it! More... Google Docs & Assessment « FitMetRIA Revolution » ZK 3.6.0 ReleasedRIA Cowboy Videos - Dreamforce 2008 - Model [...]