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I found a great article detailing some really good looking ajax and javascript apps. Check it out here!

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OpenID

I was working on NorcalBands.com today and I wasn’t sure how to disable OpenID. Turns out that the OpenID login is a module. Problem was solved by disabling it under the modules section… and the world continues to turn.

admin Technology, Web Design & Development Drupal, OpenID

Hydra Studio - Developed InternshipRatings.com. Might prove useful for helping me develop MapRatings.com, an idea that’s been floating around in my head for a few years now.

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So you’ve heard all about Magento Commerce and now you’ve decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, you realize that installation and configuration is proving a bit more difficult that you’d first imagined. If your web host supports SSH, your life is about to get a whole lot easier.

wget http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.1.6/magento-1.1.6.tar.gz
wget http://www.magentocommerce.com/downloads/assets/1.1.2/magento-sample-data-1.1.2.tar.gz
tar -zxvf magento-1.1.6.tar.gz
tar -zxvf magento-sample-data-1.1.2.tar.gz
mv magento-sample-data-1.1.2/media/* magento/media/
mv magento-sample-data-1.1.2/magento_sample_data_for_1.1.2.sql magento/data.sql
mv magento/* magento/.htaccess .
chmod o+w var var/.htaccess app/etc
chmod -R o+w media
mysql -h DBHOST -u DBUSER -pDBPASS DBNAME < data.sql
./pear mage-setup .
./pear install -f magento-core/Mage_All_Latest-stable
rm -rf downloader/pearlib/cache/* downloader/pearlib/download/*
rm -rf magento/ magento-sample-data-1.1.2/
rm -rf magento-1.1.6.tar.gz magento-sample-data-1.1.2.tar.gz data.sql

Just change the DBHOST, DBUSER, DBPASS, and DBNAME settings in the code snippet above and run it in your httpdocs (or equivalent) directory! Bam, in less than 5 minutes you’re all ready to go! Enjoy Magento!

admin Technology, Web Design & Development E-Commerce, Magento