I’ve started running my own ecommerce store using wordpress and woocommerce. The site was initially accepting payments using paypal only, but after reading some good reviews about using stripe to receive credit card*, I’ve decided to add it to my ecommerce store.
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How To Fix Composer Unknown Downloader Type Error
Getting the following error when running composer install or composer update? [InvalidArgumentException] Unknown downloader type: xz. Available types: git, svn, hg, perforce, zip, rar, tar, g zip, phar, file. … [Continue reading]
How To Enable/Allow Root Login with Password Authentication on Ubuntu EC2 Instances
By default, any new Amazon EC2 instances using the Ubuntu AMI will have password authentication login disabled AND the only way for root user to login is by using SSH keypairs. This should ideally remain that way for security reasons, but there are … [Continue reading]
Top List of Useful Computer Hardware, Software & Online Cloud Tools
If you're a doer and want to get things done, you need the right tools. Here's my list of best hardware, software and cloud tools i'm currently using for work and personal projects. … [Continue reading]
XAMPP/WAMP Apache Won’t Start in Windows 10 Solution
I've just upgraded to windows 10 and found that XAMPP/WAMP Apache won't start anymore for some reasons. It will simply attempt to start but then fail and ask the user to check the Apache error logs. … [Continue reading]
WordPress Autoptimize Plugin: Require Not Allowed Here Error Message Solution
I found out about the Autoptimized wordpress plugin not so long ago and have been using it for all my wordpress blogs. In short, it helps in minimising and consolidating all js and css that you might have from your active theme and plugins into a … [Continue reading]
How & Where To Find Dell Service Tag
My dell laptop screen failed recently and fortunately it was still under warranty so I got it replaced by Dell for free. The first thing Dell service asked was the "service tag" so that they can track down what hardware/software I've bought from them … [Continue reading]
Overdrive Mobile App + Adobe Digital Edition (Windows 7) Syncing Confusion and Can’t Download eBook Solution
I just found out about overdrive and loving it. I can borrow ebooks from my library and can read in on my windows laptop/dekstop (using ADE) and mobile (android + ios). I did encountered a problem though, whereby books I've downloaded and works fine … [Continue reading]
Eclipse Juno Restart Workspace Error Solution
I've just installed a new plugin for Eclipse Juno, and have to restart it to finish the installation process. It failed and a messagebox poped up showing: Please check userdirectory/worksapce/.metadata/.log Checked the file and found nothing … [Continue reading]
Boost Mobile 3G Settings for Samsung Android Handsets
I'm using Boost Mobile (Australia) as my mobile phone operator and had to do this on my Samsung Note 2 to get 3G mobile data working. Hope this helps someone who are having problems with their 3G mobile data (either not connecting or simply … [Continue reading]