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List of Plesk Resources

There is a lot of help available for Plesk which comes to you straight from the developers. A few years ago all we had was the Parallels Forums – that’s changed dramatically and if anything will only increase in the future. Here’s a list of sources I know to check for free support and updates … Read more

How to style block quotes in P2

I’ve just snazzed up the blockquotes styling on a couple of my P2 sites and thought I’d share the code that did it. Here’s an example of the final result in P2: This is a block quote. You can create one by adding blockquote tags to the beginning and end of a block of text … Read more

How to run PHP from the command line in Linux

Did you know that you can run PHP directly from the command line? Here’s how: Running a command Let’s run a one-liner and see the output displayed in our console. We’ll use phpinfo() because we know it should generate a lot of text. We need to start our line with php, use the -r switch … Read more

How to fix yum update failure blaming “qpid-cpp”

I’ve just tried to update one of my CentOS 6.2 servers that was built from an older AMI, only to find that the yum update command stopped unexpectedly with several dependency errors. They all pointed to something called “qpid”, and I must admit that I’ve never heard of it – nor did I know that … Read more

How to display wired clients on an Apple AirPort Time Capsule

Version 6.x of Apple’s AirPort Utility displays all your wireless client’s IP addresses, but it doesn’t show you wired devices. The old version 5.6 did, but without a hack it no longer runs on Mountain Lion. There is however a simple way to display all clients using the command line tool arp. Open up a … Read more

WordPress Multisite: a Brief Guided Tour

Installing WordPress Multisite isn’t the hard part – it’s getting your head around how to use it, especially if you’ve mostly been using single installs. In this quick tour I want to give you some pointers on how to use your new installation, and how it differs from single WordPress installations. New Role: The Super … Read more

How to setup WordPress as a Multisite Network (formerly known as WPMU)

Installing WordPress Multisite can give your site the benefit of being part of a network. I use this feature to spawn multiple installations that live on the same domain. It makes my life so much easier to update several WordPress instances at once. It’s also a great way of being logged into several individual sites … Read more

How to create a Cron Job in WordPress: Teach your plugin to do something automatically

Creating a recurring automatic function in WordPress used to be one of the most difficult things for me to understand. Several articles out there explain how to do it, yet I always forgot the concepts when the next cron job job came along. Right now it’s in my head, and that’s the time when I … Read more