Category Archives: Work

GoDaddy 2013 Renewal Coupon Code: 20% off

UPDATE: this coupon code works for new domain names too and is still valid as of June 2013! I just renewed a number of domains on GoDaddy and this coupon code saved me 20% off of my order: GDBBA547 (actually the savings percentage in the cart was listed as 47%) If you are renewing domains (UPDATE: or purchasing new domains) I hope this coupon helps! 🙂 PS if you like this GoDaddy coupon code, please rate it from 1 to

Automated WHOIS query solutions for Windows

While consolidating a variety of disparate domain names for a corporate client, it was useful to have a way to automatically get WHOIS information for all the domains. Two free solutions I found were: MultiLook – Windows based utility that can find WHOIS info for domains and then export the info to HTML Great for a one time lookup of domains. The interface is not perfect, but it does get the job done for most domains. 4/5 stars PHPWhois Ideal for

Exede now offers an unlimited download time period

Exciting news for satellite internet users! From 12 midnight to 5AM, local to your installation time zone, you can download an unlimited amount without it affecting your monthly bandwidth quota. Woot! 🙂 Late Night Free Zone: free downloads and uploads every night from 12 midnight – 5 a.m. local to your time zonehttp://www.exede.com/exede-customers/late-night-free-zoneEvery night during the wee hours, we’re giving Exede customers a free hall pass to enjoy their superfast Internet service just a little bit more. Or a whole

Great tools for understanding, writing and testing mod_rewrite rules

I have been writing some new mod_rewrite rules for my Pixensity website. The following tools and reference articles have been very helpful. 1st. Mod rewrite generator: http://www.generateit.net/mod-rewrite/ 2nd. Test your RewriteRules for Apache mod_rewritehttp://martinmelin.se/rewrite-rule-tester/ 3rd. Mod_Rewrite and Regular Expressions Apache Web Server forum at WebmasterWorldhttp://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/4332.htm   4th. Cool question and answer from stack overflow (not the top answer, but it worked better for me than the top answer) ([A-Za-z0-9-]+) …which matches letters and numbers. I would also like to match on dashes and

Two WordPress plugins for database driven sites

Here are two plugin I am evaluating for use on a user-generated-content website: WordPress › Formidable Forms « WordPress Pluginshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/formidable/Quickly and easily build forms with a simple drag-and-drop interface and in-place editing. There are dozens of form-building plugins out there to create forms, but most are… WordPress › AZIndex « WordPress Pluginshttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/azindex/screenshots/Stylish Indexes for your WordPress Blog. Create alphabetical indexes of your posts, with headings, subheadings, and descriptions, based on post title, Download Version 0.8.1 Both have some very cool

mysql error 1130 host is not allowed to connect to this mysql server

Question from Steve. Hello, I installed XAMPP on my Window sLaptop and then tried to access it via Navicat from my Desktop as root I get this error: mysql error number 1130 host STEVE-DESKTOP is not allowed to connect to this mysql server Can you please help me? Answer from JD. Sure Steve, I am happy to help! Your issue is caused by there being insufficient permissions in the MySQL users table, specifically your desktop machine does not have permissions

How to find Branson keywords?

Hey JD, Can you give me a little education on something… I’m working on some marketing for the resort I am working on in Branson Missouri. Is there anyway to see what trends or keywords people are searching for when they are looking to vacation in Branson MO? I’m not sure if there is any way you can track that…If there is, we would obviously gauge our marketing material to those kind of key terms. And my next question is

How to power on a server via IMPI

The following instructions are for a Supermicro mini-itx dual core Atom based machine with IPMI built in 🙂 Load the administrative interface by specifying the IPMI interface’s IP address and entering it in  your web browser Example: http://192.168.1.9/ Default login: User: ADMIN Password: ADMIN (both are in all caps) Go to Remote Control -> Power Control menu option Select Power On Server Click the Perform Action button The computer will then power on. 🙂