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The World Wide Web has revolutionised the way business used to be done. In order to sustain in the long run and stand out as a distinct brand, a solid …
HTML 5 and CSS in Website Development The role of the two core technologies for building web pages in 2018 Read More
A social media strategy is more than just a Facebook page or Twitter feed. When run properly, social media is a powerful engine of engaging with the customer and generating …
Launching your Social Media Marketing Strategy Some useful tips and guidelines to avoid the common pitfalls and develop a successful engagement plan Read More
Few days ago I wrote a post about how to install and configure sSMTP, a simple and free alternative to Postfix and Sendmail which can be used to send e-mail through …
Install Postfix 3 on Linux CentOS for sending e-mail over SMTP, SMTPS and STARTTLS A brief tutorial explaining how to install and configure Postfix 3 on a Linux CentOS 7.x machine to send e-mail using SMTP (TCP 25), SMTPS (TCP 465) and/or STARTTLS (TCP 587) Read More
Since we recently posted an article about downgrading from PHP 7.2 to PHP 7.1 on CentOS, we thought that it could be useful to add a post explaining how to …
How to install PHP 7 on Linux CentOS A useful guide to understand how to securely install and setup PHP 7.1, PHP 7.2 and/or other PHP builds on a Linux CentOS machine Read More
PHP 7.2 release introduced many breaking changes that could prevent some of your application from working properly. Among the many backward-incompatible improvements, perhaps the most crippling one is what they called …
How to downgrade PHP version on Linux CentOS How to securely roll-back to a previous version and/or build of PHP - for example, from PHP 7.2 to PHP 7.1 - in a Linux CentOS machine Read More
If you've stumbled upon this post you're probably dealing with a SQL / T-SQL query which is either doing: a DISTINCT on a column having ntext data type. a JOIN with multiple …
SQL - The ntext data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT because it is not comparable - How to Fix How to fix the "The ntext data type cannot be selected as DISTINCT because it is not comparable" error affecting MS SQL Server and other DBMS based on T-SQL Read More
When dealing with a WordPress Web Site you might want to hide or exclude one or more Categories without actually deleting them: in other words, to prevent them from being …
WordPress - How to hide a Category from Front page, Archives, Feeds, Searches and Category Widget A great plugin to exclude a category from your WordPress Web Site... and a neat PHP script to deal with the Category Widget as well Read More
It should come as no surprise that the number of jobs that require coding skills continues to increase every year. As we become more and more tech-reliant, our need for …
The Importance of Coding and Your Child's Future Learning the basics of software development and dealing with computer languages can be the best way to succed in this challenging world Read More
If you're reading this, it probably means that you are experiencing an odd behaviour on your WordPress home page: you are often unable to see your most recent posts, as …
WordPress - How to Fix Home Page Caching Issues by setting the Last-Modified response Header to the most recent post An effective workaround to overcome a common WordPress problem that might cripple your SEO efforts Read More
Today I had to find a way to execute a repeatable series of HTTP requests addressed to a Web Server from a Windows 10 machine. If it were a Linux …
cURL and Wget alternatives for Windows Command Prompt with Powershell Some great Powershell alternatives to the Linux GNU Wget and cURL type command-line utilities using the System.Net namespace Read More