http://www.thriveline.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 20 May 2010 18:34:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're sitting here right now in San Francisco at the Paypal X Developer's conference waiting for the opening keynote scheduled to start in a half hour.  Stay tuned... we will keep you updated. http://www.thriveline.com/blog/2009/11/paypal-x-is-off-the-hook/ What is it? Google Apps allows businesses to have free Email, Calendar, and Documents online. Google has created the most secure and fast way to get your business running effectively online. Is it the same as GMail? What people usually mean when asking this question is "Will my email be  xxxxx@gmail.com" The answer to ... http://www.thriveline.com/blog/2009/10/setting-up-google-apps-for-businesses/ Terms: Site1 = http://site1.com/ Site2 = http://site2.com/ Site1Path = /home/user1045/domains/site1.com/html Site2Path = /home/user9938/domains/site2.com/html STEPS: 1) ssh into site1 - ssh serveradmin@site1.com - enter password - "cd domains/site1.com" - "tar czf filesbackup.tar.gz html" - "mv filesbackup.tar.gz html" 2) ssh into site2 and download files from site1 - ssh serveradmin@site2.com - enter password - "cd domains/site2.com" - "rm -r html" - "wget http://site1.com/filesbackup.tar.gz" - "tar xvfz filesbackup.tar.gz" http://www.thriveline.com/blog/2009/10/copying-a-sites-files-from-one-host-to-another/ A great article on simplicity in UI design. Some key points I took away from it: The "blank state" is the first impression. Make it useful. "When deciding whether a feature is necessary, the default answer should be 'No.'" "80% of users use only 20% of software features." White space is a good thing! Read ... http://www.thriveline.com/blog/2009/10/minimizing-complexity-in-user-interfaces/ As jazz musician Charles Mingus said, “Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.” http://www.thriveline.com/blog/2009/10/what-is-creativity/ 1. Login to the Network Solutions file manager 2. navigate to the /cgi-bin folder 3. create /cgi-bin/php.ini file 4. type the following: register_globals = off 5. Save file NOTE: Network solutions setup makes no sense.  Traditionally you would create the php.ini file in the path that you installed your php scripts.  For whatever reason there ... http://www.thriveline.com/blog/2009/10/register_globals_network_solutions_drupal/