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How to Use Another IP for PHP cURL RequestsRecently we had a problem with a clients automated feed script where the image server we was fetching images from had blocked the main server IP, the problem at the time was that we had another issue we wanted to resolve and we had no contact details in order to contact the company involved to…
How to move your website from Yell.com to WebDesiresStarting the domain transfer process The following instructions are for clients who need to request the transfer of their domain name from Yell.com to WebDesires. It is a very simple process indeed but if you have any problems at all then please get in touch. Yell.com or Yellow Pages may also be referred to as…
Android: Disable screen casting/recording promptIn Android 10+ A new security feature has been implemented that prevents screen recording/casting to your Android device unless you accept a warning from a dialog prompt, furthermore there are no options to allow this automatically so for things like remote desktop through AnyDesk, TeamViewer etc, and things such as Microsoft's new PC Companion this…
What is the difference between word-wrap and overflow-wrap, break-word and break-all?In CSS there are several methods for deciding how and where words will break or split in an element. Such as the word-wrap property which is used to split/break long words and wrap them into new lines and the overflow-wrap which works similarly but with differences. In this article you will see visual representations of…
How to disable srcset responsive images in WordPressAs far back as WordPress 4.4 a feature has been included which can take original images and automatically decide to introduce a srcset for various sizes of images to fit responsive versions of the site, the problem is that you might not have a responsive site, or like us you might have fairly large source…
jQuery Quick Easy Cookie PolicyLooking for a quick and easy cookie policy message for your website? This cookie policy script is built entirely using JavaScript/jQuery and only requires you to add the JavaScript code to your web pages for a fast, effortless cookie policy warning popup for your visitors. I have implemented various options so that you can configure…
ContactForm7 – Stop duplicate submissionsWe had a problem recently whereby a client using Contact Form 7 (CF7) was receiving multiple form submissions from customers and was getting frustrated. The problem was we had removed captcha because its bad for usability and had also removed Google ReCaptcha V3 because it had horrible dependencies on JavaScript that was slowing down the…
Open Windows Task Manager when using Process ExplorerI love Sysinternals Process Explorer, it is so much more powerful and detailed than Windows Task Manager, especially since windows 8 when they decided to strip down the Task Manager and make it more user-friendly for non pc savvy users. I think the most useful feature by far though is its ability to find a…
WordPress: Remove generator meta tags for AMP PluginWordPress AMP plugin by Automattic is a great plugin for adding a seamless AMP version of your WordPress blog, one thing we noticed which we was not happy about was the fact that it adds 2 meta tags into the header of the AMP pages, one pointing out that your using the AMP plugin with…
jQuery show a warning when CAPSLOCK is onI've wrote a light-weight jQuery script which allows you to easily show a warning under a field when the CAPS LOCK key is active, the script requires no plugins or require any manual placement of any HTML. Simply drop the java-script below onto any pages you require the warning and just configure what fields you…
Embedding images in CSSEmbedding images into your CSS is one of those things that might sound unfavourable but in fact gives you many benefits. First and foremost it can lower the number of requests your webpage needs to make, every connection to every resource requires a handshake, negotiation and then download. The more you have in one file,…
Merging Arrays Removing Unique Multi Dimensional DataGenerally merging arrays in PHP is pretty straightforward given the built in functions on offer for developers. <?php $array1 = array(0 => "data1", 1 => "data2", 3 => "data"); $array2 = array(1 => "data"); $result = array_merge($array1, $array2); ?> Given the above array its obvious how simple merging 2 arrays can be. The expected result…
Count All Records in Every MS Access TableRecently I worked with a client that wanted to export a MS Access DB into MySQL, the conversion was done by a third-party but I was asked to confirm that all the data from the tables was present in PHPMyAdmin. The easiest solution to this was to compare how many records were in each table,…
Blacklisted on APEWS? Junk DNSBLKeeping an eye on your servers DNSBL report is very important, a DNSBL is a blacklist of IP addresses that are logged when Spam is detected or when a host suspects spam emails coming from an IP, they are useful for thwarting spammers and they do a really good job. Unfortunately for us legitimate WebMasters,…
Resplace.com LaunchesFinally after many years and many scrapped projects, the new Resplace site is now taking shape and has begun to take over various aspects of the old domain. Basically I had a resources/geek site called resplace.net which is very, VERY old now and was built way back when I was quite amateurish at Web Development.…
Open .ico Files in PhotoshopI recently needed to look at a few Windows Icon Files (.ico) and wanted to be able to load them into Photoshop in case I wanted to make edits to the icons, and well we use Photoshop for all our editing so it would have been just the most convenient instead of having a completely…
XLSX To CSV Conversion PHP (Fast & Efficient)When doing anything these days the very first thing I look for is a resource or library that can do what I need, and for the most part these are better maintained, more thought through and generally a safer bet than hacking / slashing things together yourself. Basically who wants to re-invent the wheel. However…
Website 18+ Age Restriction on Mobile Networks O2, EE, Vodafone, GiffGaff, BTA client of ours has had an issue recently where their website ended up being Age Restricted by all the popular mobile networks, basically anyone who has not unlocked their mobile network for 18+ content and whom tries to visit the clients website gets an age restriction warning asking them to contact their provider and…
Sort Table By Column using JavaScript – Text Sort & Number SortSo recently I wanted to be able to sort a HTML table column using Javascript, I wanted to be able to sort ASC or DESC flipping the order on multiple clicks of the column. The table was going to be pretty big so another important factor was speed, it had to run as fast as…
htaccess Remove Multiple Slashes in URLApache is a beast, a big untamed beast that sometimes releases a huge surprise that confuses, perplexes and even scares the living shit out of you, such as when you realise that Apache doesnt care about multiple slashes (empty directories?? WHAT ON EARTH?!?), which I have just coined #slashesgate. So what is this seriously messed up…
