Wordpress: Using a Cron job to keep things safe

NOTE:
This is maybe not suitable for WPMU

DOWNLOAD:
WordPress Backup with Cron.pdf

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Using a Cron job to keep things safe

What it does:

At midnight every night, the core WordPress tables are backed up, compressed and emailed to you. The backed up file is then deleted from the server.

For the script to work, you must have MUTT installed on [...]

Wordpress: Upgrading (Not MU Version)

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DOWNLOAD:
Upgrading WordPress.pdf

Before you get started, make sure you meet the minimum requirements.

Three Step Upgrade

These are the short instructions, if you want more check out the extended upgrade instructions. If you experience problems with the Three Step Upgrade, you may want to review the more detailed upgrade instructions.

For these instructions, it is assumed that your [...]

PHP: Create ZIP file with PASSWORD

function zipme ($SOURCE, $PWD) {
$software = “/usr/bin/zip”;
$parameter = “-P”;
$blank = ” “;
$dozip = $software . $blank . $parameter . $blank . $PWD . $blank . $SOURCE . “.zip” . $blank . $SOURCE;
$output = `$dozip`;
[...]

How to create a self-signed SSL Certificate …

… which can be used for testing purposes or internal usage
Source : http://www.akadia.com/services/ssh_test_certificate.html

[...]

Creating ZIP Files on the Spot

This interesting article found on Zend.com will explain to you how to create ZIP files on the fly using PHP.
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1) You may use this article in your own programs (and may compile it into a program and distribute it in compiled format for languages [...]

How to recover domain when the primary domain controller failes and there are member domain controllers

Many of us have probably dabbled in setting up our own domain and forest for development purposes. For me – a domain is a must – I have my development environment that is heavily used to model development projects for clents – and I have my family – me, my wife, and 7 children with [...]

VPN Ports

PPTP uses IP protocol 47, designed for “General Routing Encapsulation” or GRE packets. A common mistake in configuring firewalls for use with PPTP is to open PPTP port 1723 (allowing connections to be established) but forget to forward GRE protocol type 47 (denying port data from passing through the tunnel). Some operating systems include “PPTP [...]

IE 6 Operation Aborted errors (and solution)

From: Keith Hackett
To: All
07/23/2008 01:57:35 PM
Hi All,
I thought I’d post a frustrating problem and subsequent solution that I experienced today. A client called and reported that several users with IE 6 started experiencing “operation aborted” errors on certain pages of their web site. The problems started yesterday but no changes had been made to the [...]