Category Archives: Work

Custom menus CSS in WordPress

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While working on a project I needed to use a particular CSS class for a particular WordPress menu item, thankfully the following resources told me how. The first link was the most helpful, but all of them have some insights into menus on WordPress. 🙂 How to Add a Custom Class to a WordPress Menu Item – SevenSparkhttp://sevenspark.com/tutorials/how-to-add-a-custom-class-to-a-wordpress-menu-itemThis is a question I get a lot related to UberMenu – WordPress Mega Menu Plugin, though it’s actually baked into WordPress Core.

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CSS hortizontal lists, centered relatively or absolutely

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A few useful CSS links, used while working on a recent project: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/49536/how-do-i-really-justify-a-horizontal-menu-in-htmlcss http://cssdesk.com/ http://css-tricks.com/centering-list-items-horizontally-slightly-trickier-than-you-might-think/ http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2865380/how-do-i-center-align-horizontal-ul-menu 🙂 Top Search Terms:centering list items horizontally (slightly trickier than you might think) (1)cssdesk horizontal li list (1)

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List of silent fanless laptops

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For those of us that appreciate quiet, and the removal of one more point of failure, fanless computers are a wonderful thing. 🙂 While building a fanless desktop computer is quite easy, finding a fanless laptop is quite hard! To make things a bit easier for others interested in fanless laptops, I am compiling a list of laptops that are fanless (or that can be converted to fanless) as well as general resources and links on the topic. [the remainder

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VMWare Server not accessible via web interface?

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I recently had an issue where VMWare Server 2’s web based administrative interface was no longer available 🙁 It turns out the issue was that one of the services required by VMWare Server 2 had stopped. Starting the service again solved the issue! VMWare Host Agent VMWare Authorization service VMWare DHCP service VMWare NAT Service VMWare Server Web Access I had tried all sorts of things (Windows firewall adjustment, .hosts file editing, tomcat configuration etc.) and just a simple service

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Access VMWare Server 2 without web interface

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I am not a big fan of the web based management interface for VMWare Server 2. Thankfully, this article lists a nice variety of other ways to administer the server: VMware Communities: Web Access 🙂   Top Search Terms:vmware server web access (2)vmware server 2.0 webinterface nicht erreichbar (1)vmware server 2.0 web acces windows 8 (1)vmware server 2 web interface on mac (1)ipcop webinterface nicht erreichbar (1)ipcop vmware no web (1)how to access vmware server 2 interface (1)how start vmware

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IPCop ‘boot error’ occurs after successful installation

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Summary of article: If you mount the IPCop (or smoothwall) ISO via IPMI and then install, you are likely to get a boot error once you reboot and the ISO is unmounted. A workaround is to install via an actual DVD drive* (USB, SATA or IDE should all work) *you can remove the drive after install. All the gory details: This weekend I was at the datacenter for work. Part of my task was to setup a new firewall using

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Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4530 All in One Printer Driver

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Epson WorkForce Pro WP-4530, Drivers & Downloads – Technical Support – Epson America, Inc.. Top Search Terms:epson wp-4530 driver windows 7 (3)epson firmware downgrade (2)outlook 2013 crashes after installing epson wp-4530 (2)installed epson workforce 4530 and it crashes word (2)epson 4530 stuck (2)adding an epson wp-4530 to a dell inspiron 13 laptop (2)wp-4530 server unknown error (1)epson firmware downgraden (1)downgrade epson printer firmware (1)epson 4530 printer driver (1)

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Upgrade ASUS N56VM/N56VZ SSD & RAM

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If you have a nice ASUS N56VM or N56VZ series laptop you may be wondering how to upgrade it for maximum performance. So here is a photo tutorial on how to upgrade the RAM on these particular ASUS laptops. You can also see get a feel for how to remove the hard drive & upgrade to an SSD as well as seeing the location of the wifi card. NOTE: A number of people have asked what memory and SSD I

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