Apache on Mac

To restart apache on Mac, all you need to do is uncheck(and check) Web Sharing through your System Preferences -> Internet and Network -> Sharing but what it does not tell you is any error messages in the config. Therefore, it would look like that the apache has restarted but the server would still not [...]

Rewriting URLs…

Last nite I changed the urls from “this_is_my_new” to read “this-is-my-new” apparently latter is a better way for search engine optimization…it was a bit of a pain though…but I managed it somehow…

Sayo nara hideous urls

I have managed to get rewrite urls to work for this blog. It was not difficult at all but I was just being lazy (not a GTD attitude I know)…so no more of “index.php?p=12″ in the url instead you will be presented with a pretty url for example “sayo_nara_hideous_urls/14″ (more meaningful and is same as [...]

Tryst with WordPress

It took me a long time to install my local copy of wordpress. Problem: For some reason the PHP install failed to recognise the existence of mysql on my machine and gave the following error “Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL”. Environment: Apache 2.2 on Windows XP, PHP 5, MySQL 5 Solution: [...]