Joe Melberg

A client called me up today with a problem using a theme he got from themeforest.net.  He could insert images into the content,set the alignment and all that, and they looked fine-ish in the editor, though the margins were absent…many themes have crappy editor styles.  But when we viewed the page, the images would clear-both […]

ARG. While working in illustrator CS3 ( or any of the CS series) I get stuck where I can’t see my selection outlines. It goes like this I’m chugging along and all the sudden I notice that I can’t see my outlines when I select objects. What the hell?  Maybe I flubbed some keystroke earlier…can’t […]

Themes Themeforest.net Pagelines Pro 2011 Plugins Page Comments off Please – Techism / Joe Melberg All-in-One Event Calendar All in One SEO Pack BWP Google XML Sitemaps Facebook Fanbox (with CSS Support) Geolocation Scissors ShareThis WP Realtime Sitemap wp ecommerce Bullet-Proof Security Or the simpler version: Secure WordPress  

I have run into this problem so many times:  I’m banging away on my OSX rig doing something important in Fireworks CS3 (yeah, I know…) and I’ve got a dozen things open.  The client sent me two Word documents and a PowerPoint for the web copy.  Meanwhile I’m uploading some YouTube clips for another client, […]

Segmenting The images below are a pixel-accurate view of the spaces web designers consider when they segment designs.  We segment them so that the first impression is complete at a glance for our ‘least common denominator’ (the lowest supported resolution) but also takes into account a balanced look on larger screens.  Typically, the contemporary trend […]

Our friend Alex Williams over at Thermal Exposure has put together this excellent guide on using WordPress.  This is a great reference for common WordPress features and the basics of managing your content.  If you are wondering what WordPress is like, or can’t remember how to add a PDF file – then this page should […]

Wondering where Pair networks keeps bash hidden? I was frustrated. I had spent the weekend on a bash script for a client hosting with Pair networks and NOTHING was working properly. Their old and moldy MYSQL 5.0 required I come at a certain client-problem from a rather tedious angle that needed bash to parse a […]

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After messing with this for a few hours, I STILL don’t know why I can’t update my php.ini file’s MYSQL settings…but I did find a quick work-around: Just make a symlink between the two locations if you are in a hurry.

If you are running an OSX-based web server for your testing / staging machine as I am, you have probably needed to update your PHP library to a php5.3.x build.  I’m using Entropy for this and things seemed fine on the webserver.  Most tutorials have the same information out there about getting you running with […]