I’ve got this strange wordpress upgrade problem where in wp-admin, it knows that there’s a new version and prompts me to update but it won’t upgrade itself even after I’ve unzipped and replace all the files with the newer version’s and browse to wp-admin/upgrade.php. So here’s the solution if you’ve met something similar.
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3 Ways To Prevent Losing and Restore Web Server Data
Here are 3 ways to prevent yourself from losing your data completely if your web hosts runs away from you or someone accidentally/purposely deleted the files on the web server.
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Netbeans 6.5 Adds PHP Support
Netbeans, a free open source IDE developed by Sun initially for Java, has added PHP support in its latest version 6.5 release. A blog has also been setup.
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Using TreeView Control To Present XML Data
Here’s a good reference for people who are building Treeviews of XML Data. It’s a short and precise tutorial by Microsoft using their flagship product visual studio.
Visual Studio: Immediate Debug Window Shortcut Menu Missing
I can’t find the shortcut menu to the immediate windows while trying to do some debugging in visual studio 2005 team edition. Funny thing I have the same installation on another computer and the shortcut menu was sitting right under Debug > Windows > Immediate
Long story short, the solution was to use the shortcut key CTRL+ALT+I to get to the immediate windows.
Web Based Cross Browser XHTML Editor Comparison
Creating web forms to accept user input can be a bit of challenge if you are new to the scence, but fortunately there are already free open source and platform independent solutions to help you with these tasks. The widely used ones are such as FCKeditor, TinyMCE, Markdown, WYMeditor and Whizzywig.
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How To Hide PHP Extensions
You can apply thhe following tips in .htaccess to hide your PHP extensions.
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VB5 & VB6 Keyboard Shortcuts Reference List
Here is a list of shortcut key combinations that can be using while developing applications in VB5 or VB6
IDE Navigation
F2 Object Browser
F4 Property Window
Shift+F4 Property Pages
F6 Change Window (Split Window Mode)
F7 Code Window
Shift+F7 Object (Design) Window
Ctrl+D Add File
Ctrl+E Menu Editor
Ctrl+G Immediate Window
Ctrl+L Call Stack (When in RUN mode)
Ctrl+R Solutions Explorer
Ctrl+T Component Window
Ctrl+PgUp Go to Previous Sub/Function/Property (Declaration Line)
Ctrl+PgDn Go to Next Sub/Function/Property (Declaration Line)
Ctrl+Up Go to Previous Sub/Function/Property (First Line after Declaration)
Ctrl+Dn Go to Next Sub/Function/Property (First Line after Declaration)
Code Navigation
Shift+F2 Definition
Ctrl+Shift+F2 Last Cursor Position
F3 Find Next (Last searched item)
Shift+F3 Find Previous (Last searched item)
Ctrl+F3 Find Next (Current Selection)
Ctrl+Shift+F3 Find Previous (Current Selection)
Shift+F10 Context Menu (occasional erratic behaviour, use ContextMenuKey instead)
Form Designer
Shift+Arrow Resize Control
Ctrl+Arrow Move Control (Direction)
Code Edit Shortcuts
Ctrl+Space Complete Word
Ctrl+J List Properties/Methods
Ctrl+Shift+J List Constants
Ctrl+I Quick Info
Ctrl+Shift+I Parameter Info
Run
F5 Start/Continue
Ctrl+F5 Start with Full Compile
Ctrl+Break Break
Shift+F5 Restart
Debug
F8 Step Into
Shift+F8 Step Over
Ctrl+Shift+F8 Step Out
Ctrl+F8 Run To Cursor
Ctrl+W Edit Watch
Shift+F9 Quick Watch
F9 Add/Remove Breakpoint
Ctrl+Shift+F9 Clear All Breakpoints
Ctrl+F9 Set Next Statement
Ctrl+RightArrow Show End Variable Value (tooltip displying variable value is truncated, use left arrow to view start again)
Google Web Server Gains Momentum
I was caught totally unaware of the presence of Google Web Server while reading an article from NetCraft. Since when did Google released a web server?
And it’s already the third active servers across all domain according to Netcraft!
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Nuspehere PHPED Best CakePHP IDE?
CakePHP and several other popular PHP framework has been supported in PHPED since version 5. Being one of the leaders in providing PHP solutions such as the popular PHP Deugger (not to be confused with xdebug) and NuSOAP, I think that their implementation of CakePHP support is by far the best out there. There’s even a tutorial page dedicated specifically for using CakePHP in PHPED.
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