I ran into a stupid problem, by changing the settings for permalinks to a Wordpress (switching the classic PHP request to URL SEO) i get a “404 error page not found”. After checking that my apache to have the mod_rewrite enabled and .htaccess file was been created by Wordpress itself, i tried to investigate into the configuration [...]

Today, services like Twitter impose the use of short URL, certainly in the network there are several free services, but if we want something we can use custom Wordpress to create a dedicated service to our blog. The trick is to exploit the demand for each item, calling for his ID stored in the database.
In [...]

Google Buzz is now on everyone’s lips for being anti Facebook situation. It’s time to exploit this situation to your blog, because the service is heavily oriented social network. Technically Google Buzz is largely integrated into Google Reader, the aggregator of RSS feeds, so we can exploit this relationship to create an appropriate button. You [...]

One of the nice features that the Ajax has brought with it, is surely the autosave. When we write a new article, a special javascript allows you to save, within a specified timeframe, the draft we have produced. For example we are writing and you lose connection, or for majeure force you must dedicate ourselves [...]

From version 2.9 of WordPress you have a Recycle Bin for articles. Definitely a step forward that brings in the dimension of the Wordpress as CMS. Trash is emptied automatically every 30 days, but if you want change this you can do a little touch to the wp-config.php file present in your web root.
Add the [...]

It may be useful to make a backup of a specific database through the command line. Surely it is easier to use tools like phpMyAdmin, but in case of emergency or because you prefer use the shell, this info is certainly useful. The executable that performs the operation is “mysqldump” which is usually installed with [...]

With version 4 of Google Chrome browser has added a feature that is rather interesting called pin tab. Essentially a tab is iconified as recently seen in videos from Google ChromeOS. This feature is interesting if you want to leave some tabs dormant, such as Gmail. To do so, right-click with your mouse over a tab, and then choose”Pin [...]

Like older Windows Operating system’s, Windows Seven also have own shortcut keys. Here’s the list:

Windows key + left/right arrow:
pin current active window to left/right of monitor.
Windows key + Shift + left/right arrow:
move current active window to left/right monitor, if a second monitor is present.
Windows key + up/down arrow:
maximize (up) or hide (down) the current active [...]

Today we had the need to “burn” (of course the correct term is “load”) an ISO image on a bootable USB stick. The problem was  how to transfer a previously ISO image on a USB key and make it bootable. We found this very interesting project on sourceforge, named  UNetbootin.
This small program in Windows version ( [...]

Recently, after some upgrades of Mozilla Firefox, i have found some extensions disabled because no longer compatible with the new version of the browser. In particular I refer to “2 pc sync syncronization” extension of Nokia PC Suite amd Framework 3.5 Microsoft extension. This extensions, in my opinion, are unnecessary especially because is installed their [...]