Scenario: I had an existing site with this in the .htacess file which basically redirects anything without a www to a www address. Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on rewritecond %{http_host} ^mysite.com [nc] rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.mysite.com/$1 [r=301,nc] Now, I installed WordPress in a sub-directory and the site was setup without a www prefix. Now, I cannot log […]
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Easiest Way to Send Large Files or Folder with Google Docs
Here is a little known fact about Google Docs. You can easily send a large file or folder to someone else by just uploading it to Google Docs. Google Docs has an upload feature that lets you add files or folders upto 1GB in size. You can simply choose Files or Folder and start uploading. […]
Change Your LastPass Vault Master Password Now
I recently became a LastPass online password manager user. I have used Passpack for the longest time but I am trying out LastPass for it’s easy browser integration and login abilities. LastPass works by encrypting all your passwords with a special encryption key – your master password. I just received an email today from LastPass […]
Tips to Develop Mobile Web Apps the Right Way
As someone interested in web development and WordPress development, I read up on article related to it. With the smartphone market more popular than ever, there has never been a better time to build mobile web apps. In case any of our readers are interested in mobile web apps development, I just came across an […]
Adding Additional Encryption to Dropbox with TrueCrypt
You probably read or heard about the recent privacy concerns raised with using Dropbox as they just changed their Terms of Service (TOS). However, it turned out that Dropbox merely wanted to be more open about their policies and went into great detail as to what you can expect from them. Basically, it boils down […]
10 Best Newborn Baby Photography Tips For Parents
I am a big fan of photography and read lots and lots on this topic. You can find my amateur attempts at photography here. With our 2 week old newborn son, I have been trying to take some good photographs of him to capture some of those rare moments we want to cherish later in […]
Stream Movies, Music From Desktop to iPhone, iPad, Android with Plex
I have used a couple of media servers to stream my movies and music collection from my desktop to our Sony Playstation 3 and watch it in our big screen TV. TVersity and PS3 Media Server have worked well for their purpose. I have also dabbled with XMBC a little. However, with our 2 week […]
How to Backup WordPress to Dropbox?
If you haven’t heard of Dropbox I highly recommend checking it out. If you are already a reader of our Dropbox hacks, you are going to love this one too. Dropbox is a file sync service that seamlessly syncs your files across PC, Mac, Linux, and other mobile devices like iPhone, Android phones, iPad, etc […]
WordPress as a Development Platform [Video]
This is something I have been aiattemptng haphazardly through various websites. I really liked this presentation from Japheth Thomson at WordCamp Melbourne. { Via WPCandy – Japheth }
Tip: Adding jQuery Scripts to WordPress
I was just trying to add a simple font-resizer jQuery script to a WordPress theme. This example seemed really simple but it just won’t work. After a while, I stumbled on this page in WordPress Codex where it suggested replacing the jQuery shorthand – $ symbol with the word jQuery. For eg: $(document).ready(function () { […]
Tip: Save Any File on the Web Directly on Dropbox
I absolutely love Dropbox hacks and here is another trick you may not know. If you are on a public computer and you want to upload a file you found on the Internet straight to your Dropbox account, you can do so. How? Just right clock on the file you want to save in Dropbox […]
45 Free eBooks for Developers and Designers
I just mentioned the free online book Dive into HTML 5 yesterday. Today, I came across an incredible article listing 45 free ebooks for Developers and Designers. I had to instantly bookmark it as well as share it here with you. Some of the interesting books I found here include Building iPhone Apps with HTML, […]
Mac App Store News Roundup – 1 Million in 1 Day And More
Apple’s Mac App Store launched yesterday and news around it have been pouring. So, it’s time to take a quick look at the important stuff around the App Store. 1 Million Downloads in 24 Hours Apple loves showing off numbers. And they came out and said that they have had 1 million software downloads in […]
Top 10 New Features in WordPress 3.1
WordPress 3.1 is in release candidate versions and is expected for public consumption anytime. If you are running WordPress, you might be wondering about the new features. The WordPress team won’t disappoint you as there are many nice features coming in 3.1. Here is a brief overview of WordPress 3.1 New Features Post Formats This […]
WinX Blu-ray DVD iPhone Ripper Free Until Jan 10
Digiarty is known for their DVD ripping software. Winx Blu-ray DVD iPhone ripper is their popular 1-click solution to ripping Blu-ray DVDs to a mobile device format. This is the easiest way to convert your Blu-ray collection to format you can watch on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Digiarty is giving away their Winx […]
