1. Open Microsoft Word.
  2. ...
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Post ID: 777 | Author: Israel Galvez
Published: 2013-05-21, 22:21 | Last Updated: 2013-05-21, 22:21
Category: Tech Support Diary
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The following tutorial will teach you how to install WordPress on your eNom Linux hosting account (as of May 15, 2013).

Create the MySQL Database:

  1. Log in to your Plesk control panel.
  2. Go to Domains > {domain}.
  3. On the right, under Application & Services, click on Databases.
  4. Click on Add New Database.
  5. Input a database name (e.g. blog).
  6. Click OK.
  7. Click on Add New Database User.
  8. Input a username (e.g. wordpress).
    Note: If your hosting account name is username, your full database name would be username_blog and your full database username would be usern_wordpress.
  9. Input a password: ********
  10. Click OK

Download and Prepare the WordPress Installation:

  1. Go to WordPress.org.
  2. Click on the Download button for the .zip file.
  3. Extract the .zip contents.
  4. Navigate to the wordpress folder.
  5. Rename wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php.
  6. Edit the wp-config.php file to input your database credentials:

    1. // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
    2. /** The name of the database for WordPress */
    3. define('DB_NAME', 'username_blog');
    4.  
    5. /** MySQL database username */
    6. define('DB_USER', 'usern_wordpress');
    7.  
    8. /** MySQL database password */
    9. define('DB_PASSWORD', '********');
    10.  
    11. /** MySQL hostname */
    12. define('DB_HOST', 'mysqldb2.ehost-services.com:3306');
  7. Save the wp-config.php file.

Upload the WordPress Installation:

  1. Log in via FTP to your server.
  2. Upload the contents of the wordpress on your computer to the httpdocs folder on the server.

Configure your WordPress Website:

  1. Input a Site Title.
  2. Input a username. (For security purposes, it is recommended to not use the default admin username.)
  3. Input and confirm your password.
  4. Input your email address.
  5. Click Install WordPress.
Post ID: 742 | Author: Israel Galvez
Published: 2013-05-15, 21:50 | Last Updated: 2013-05-15, 22:00
Category: eNom | Tags: , , ,
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  • Customer: "So, I can only use letters and numbers in my username?"
  • Me: "Yes."
  • Customer: "It's not working!"
  • Me: "What did you set as your username?"
  • Customer: "firstname.lastname@gmail.com."
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Post ID: 724 | Author: Israel Galvez
Published: 2013-05-08, 21:52 | Last Updated: 2013-05-08, 22:09
Category: Tech Support Diary
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If the mail() function is disabled by your server's configuration, you will need to send email from your website using a different outgoing server. In that case, the PHPMailer class can be used to send email using your preferred SMTP server.

Here is how to create a basic contact form using PHPMailer:

  1. Download the latest version of PHPMailer.
  2. Unpack the .zip file.
  3. Upload the class.phpmailer.php, class.pop3.php, and class.smtp.php files to the same directory on your server.
  4. Download my contact.php file.
  5. Edit the //Settings section to define your SMTP server settings.

    1. <?php
    2. // Settings
    3. require_once('class.phpmailer.php');
    4.  
    5. $send_to = 'user@example.com';
    6. $smtp_server = 'smtp.example.com';
    7. $smtp_port = 25;
    8. $smtp_username = 'user@example.com';
    9. $smtp_password = 'pass1234';
    10. ?>
  6. Upload the contact.php file to your server.
Post ID: 692 | Author: Israel Galvez
Published: 2013-04-18, 21:45 | Last Updated: 2013-04-19, 02:29
Category: PHP | Tags: , , ,
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By default, Firefox does not show the file path of each enabled browser plugin under about:plugins. Set the following preference in about:config to have the file path listed for each plugin:

  1. plugin.expose_full_path;true

Before:

After:

Post ID: 689 | Author: Israel Galvez
Published: 2013-04-17, 13:24 | Last Updated: 2013-04-19, 16:18
Category: Firefox | Tags: ,
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