Currently, there is no option in the Thesis framework to remove the post image. Hence, when you write a post, you see the thumbnail image, also known as the post image, displayed at the beginning of the full body post. While this works well most of the times, there are sometimes when you do not [...]
Recently I launched an e-commerce site in Colombia called Handmadecultures.com. I needed to accept payments in Colombia and also receive online payments in a Colombian bank account. This requirement immediately filtered options like Paypal or Google Checkout since these payment gateways do not connect their service with a Colombian Bank account. This situation led [...]
I was currently preparing a Prestashop e-commerce site for its launch in the country of Colombia. However, I encountered a tedious problem to be solved. Prestashop does not have the departmentos of Colombia. By the way, for those of you who do not know, Colombia does not have states. It has departmentos. Each departamento then [...]
Recently I posted a guide on how to show your profile picture in your websites google Search Results. One of the methods to validate that you are the author of you content, is to add a mailto link after your name, with the email address you have both in your WordPress and in your Google [...]
Today I feel I know more about PHP. From knowing nothing to knowing the basics and why PHP is so powerful it has taken me just 3 days. During these days, I have been reading the book Learning PHP 5 by David Sklar which I mentioned in episode 2 of the series. 3 days to [...]
For the impatient: How to setup the mysql command line after installing Xampp in Mac OS X: Open your .profile file in Mac. This can be done by entering the terminal and typing open -t ~/.profile Add the following line to your ./profile file. Replace the bolded part with the path where you installed Xampp, [...]
I open a new terminal window in Mac and the first thing I do is list all the files with the command -ls The results are dissapointing. Nowhere do I see the Applications folder and the question that always rises to a Geek. Why is this happening to me? Why can I not find the [...]
How do I learn PHP if I do not know anything about it? Welcome to this second episode on Confessions of a Geek PHP Series. In my quest to learn PHP the first question that arose was, how will I learn PHP. I am not even a beginner. I know nothing about the famous PHP. [...]
Geeks I have to make a confession: I do not know PHP. Yes, I know many other Geek stuff but I do not know PHP. In fact, I am using WordPress and I know some tips and tricks on WordPress but I do not know PHP and it scares me that someday I will not [...]
You have setup your Google apps, you have verified your domain name and you are ready to send an email with you newly created email accounts. But as soon as you click the send button you receive an 500 server error permanent failure sending the email. It happened to me as well and the solution [...]
I studied Telematics engineering, earned a scholarship to study .NET in India....blah blah blah...makes me puke. I am just a freaking geek that has learned a lot mostly because of self learning. No college or job has taught me more than the endless hours spend practicing, learning or reading more about digital tips or tricks. One day I thought that I could share and make the world better for some that are pulling their hair out to solve geek problems that I may have solved already. Enjoy, but also comment and follow me on twitter at twitter.com/afdiaz
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