Programming
A Simple Way to Protect Your Uploads Folder
I found a simple way to protect folders that need to be writable. Its a simple htaccess file placed in the writable folder that disallows a script such as PHP, Pearl or the like from being executed.
Make changes to your putty configuration stick
Being a LAMP developer, I spend a good portion of my day SSH’d into servers via Putty. For those unfamiliar with it, Putty is a free telnet/ssh client for Windows and Unix operating systems. The problem with Putty, or maybe me, is the text is really hard to read. By default Putty displays white text [...]
CakePhp is Definitely….Cake
I’ve been playing around with this PHP framework called CakePhp. CakePhp is designed for super fast php development, and I must say, fast is an undestatement.
Wordpress as A CMS
Yes, I know this isn’t anything new, but I’m quickly becoming a big advocate of using wordpress as a CMS for client websites.
PHP and Paypal
I consider myself fairly versed in the programming language PHP. I prefer it over M$ languages because its free and open source, also because the majority of shared web hosting servers available are linux based. PHP and Linux play very nice together. Although you can run PHP on Windows-based servers.
When developing a new site, if [...]
Open Source Business Model
Lately I’ve been playing with the idea of developing some sort of open source software. As I near graduation, I’m trying to find ways to add to my awkwardly thin resumé. I feel a well planned open source project might be just the addition to my resumé that could land me a job in [...]
Internet Explorer and Forms
I ran across this little quirk with Internet Explorer the other day. It appears that when a form is submitted by actually clicking the submit button, an element in the PHP array $_POST is created for the button. Simple enough, right? Well I noticed that when the form was submitted by pressing the Enter key [...]
How to Oust Unwanted Spiders
As a whole, web spiders and robots are a good thing. They are an automated means for search engines to index new content on your site. However, there are some cases in which spyders and robots can be a bad thing. For instance, improper spydering techniques can cause the indexing of individual pages multiple times [...]
