A couple of months back I reviewed Google Drive. At the time I noted my disappointment with the slow sync speed as well as various other frustrations. I’d been using Dropbox for quite awhile and decided to move to Drive for integration reasons (I use many Google services) as well as security. Dropbox now offers competitive security […]
Archives for November 2012
How to mine Bitcoin at home
Bitcoin is an independent currency that requires computing power to function. By mining Bitcoins, money can be made. If you quickly want to see how simple it is to mine Bitcoing try generating Bitcoin at http://www.bitcoinplus.com/generate?for=20848677 🙂 Many of us have heard of Bitcoin but few know how it really works. The Bitcoin currency is gaining rapid momentum […]
How to fix WP e-Commerce session_start error
Upon update of the WP e-Commerce on A WordPress Website recently, the checkout Page would be blank (no content) upon updating the cart (e.g. removing a product). The following error message was appearing: PHP Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(/tmp/sess_8620e4df9bc68133182dddf68a76e6db, O_RDWR) failed: Permission denied (13) in /home/youruserid/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-e-commerce/wpsc-core/wpsc-constants.php on line 17 It’s likely that the problem is occurring […]
Remove Administration Menus from WordPress
Once logged into WordPress you’ll notice a number of Administration Menus to the left of the Dashboard screen. For various reasons you may want to hide some of the menu items. To remove Administration Menus from the Dashboard just add the following PHP code to your functions.php file.In the PHP below, Links and Tools will […]
Windows 8 … what a disaster!
I’ve been a massive Microsoft fan for ages; from Windows to MS Office to Kinect and so much else they have really been one of the few consistent leaders in making computers easy to use for people. Unfortunately I’m going to stop being a Microsoft evangelist after living with Windows 8 for a month. Where […]
Getting a Domain Name, Email & Hosting
This information is primarily for trainees on my WordPress courses however I recommend the following to anyone interested. There are three neccesary steps; the domain name, hosting and email. All three are from different providers but this is described below. Once you have purchased a domain name and hosting then contact me to help migrate […]