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Phoca Download is am amazing free document repository for Joomla. However I found one feature lacking, when a category was empty (contained no files), there was no obvious message to the visitor - there was simply the category name and a blank page. I always thought there should be a message 'Oops - nothing here!', or similar. To save you some time...

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February 10, 2016

Chrome “disable developer mode extensions” pop up

Johnny Shongo

This is how to get rid of that popup appearing every time you create your own local extension in Chrome. Create a .bat file and name it `DevWarningPatch.bat`. Save this to the desktop. Add the contents below to the bat file. <# :@echo offcopy/b "%~f0" "%temp%\%~n0.ps1" >nulpowershell -ExecutionPolicy bypass -noprofile -file "%temp%\%~n0.ps1" ...

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December 21, 2015

Laravel and XAMPP

Johnny Shongo

Instructions on how to get up and running with Laravel on an XAMPP environment. Assuming XAMPP has already been installed, the steps involved are; download composer from here and install it https://getcomposer.org/download/create a folder in htdocs named 'laravel'open a command prompt and cd to this newly created directory cd c:\xampp\ht...

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November 25, 2015

Omeka Install & Setup LAMP

Johnny Shongo

Having worked with Omeka the past few days I'll explain how to set it up on a LAMP stack. Firstly, what is Omeka? Well, taken from their website; Omeka.net is web-publishing platform that allows anyone with an account to create or collaborate on a website to display collections and build digital exhibitions. No technical skills or special server re...

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November 24, 2015

A Very Chrome Kiosk

Johnny Shongo

I recently had to create a web application that would be used on a public touch screen kiosk. The kiosk had be be secure, and require certain custom functionality - explained below. The web app would be built using html/php and running on a LAMP stack, nothing too advanced. The most important thing regarding the kiosk way that it offered ...

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November 6, 2015

Java Keytool Keystore Commands

Johnny Shongo

Here's a list of some useful Java keytool keystore commands; Java Keytool Commands for Creating and Importing These commands allow you to generate a new Java Keytool keystore file, create a CSR, and import certificates. Any root or intermediate certificates will need to be imported before importing the primary certificate for your domain. Generate ...

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November 6, 2015

SSL Certs & Apache Tomcat

Johnny Shongo

Some tips on dealing with SSL Certificates and Apache Tomcat. If you have to renew your SSL cert or install a new one hopefully these instructions will help. I'll be using Apache Tomcat 7, so the steps may differ with other servers. Firstly you have to generate a CSR on the server (basically a single file), and then send this to whoever you are pl...

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November 2, 2015

FTP Users & Windows Server 2012

Johnny Shongo

In order to add FTP users to Windows Server 2012 r2 follow these steps. This example users XAMPP Control Panel v3.2.1 however the process is the same for other versions. Firstly open the XAMPP control panel as an administratorInstall the Filezilla Module as a service by clicking the 'Service' box to the left of the 'Module' nameThis will ask you to...

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November 1, 2015

Netflix Stuck at 25%

Johnny Shongo

Does your Netflix shows stop at 25% too? Seems to be a common issue that is effecting many people however Netflix are unable to provide a solution. Restarting the app, box, internet connection, cache, settings etc seems to have no effect. Perhaps it's related to the make/model of tv? Nope. Leads changed? Yep. Able to Chromecast? Yep. The frus...

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October 29, 2015

XAMPP or WAMP

Johnny Shongo

Considering some web development work with PHP, MySQL and Apache and not sure which to go for? I've gathered some useful information that hopefully should help in the decision making. WAMPP is available only for Windows. XAMPP is available for multiple OS's. Obviously if you want to use WAMP you need to use Windows, otherwise the choice is pre...

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October 26, 2015

Joomla! 3.4.5 Released

Johnny Shongo

Joomla! 3.4.5 is now available. This is a security release for the 3.x series of Joomla which addresses a critical security vulnerability. Joomla strongly recommends that you update your sites immediately. This release only contains the security fixes; no other changes have been made compared to the Joomla 3.4.4 release. Version 3...

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October 22, 2015

Google Opinion Rewards

Johnny Shongo

A pretty east way to earn some free Google credit. Google Opinion Rewards is a survey app from Google that pays you for filling out short surveys. All you need to do is download and install the app, then fill out some basic info about yourself. Once you are setup, surveys randomly show up here or there focusing on a variety of topics. Some a...

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October 21, 2015

Web Server /var/www Permissions

Johnny Shongo

Changing the permissions of web /var/www folder in Ubuntu.

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October 15, 2015

Server Performance With perfmon

Johnny Shongo

How to monitor server performance with perform.

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October 14, 2015

Error Handling via PHP

Johnny Shongo

Instructions on setting up error logging via PHP.

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October 14, 2015

FTP Permissions vsftpd

Johnny Shongo

Having issues with file permissions and uploading?

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October 12, 2015

How To Configure vsftpd Ubuntu

Johnny Shongo

A quick guide in installing vsftpd in Ubuntu 14.04

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October 9, 2015

MySQL Replication Resync

Johnny Shongo

Instructions on how to resync a MySQL slave/master replication.

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October 7, 2015

Virtual Hosts

Johnny Shongo

If you are using XAMPP you will probably want to setup VHosts.

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October 7, 2015

Piwik Email Confusion

Johnny Shongo

Emails not sending in Piwik Analytics?

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PHP 7.1 with Win 10, XAMPP & SQLSRV Driver

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If you're trying to use XAMPP on Windows and connect to a SQL server using PHP, hopefully the following will help. Firstly download XAMPP for Windows (32 bit). Follower the installer, default options...

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If you are receiving this error while tryng to import a CSV file, make sure that the number of columns in your CSV matches that of your existing database table. I had an existing table with 10 co...

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