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WordPress and phpMyAdmin: Database Management
EDIT: WordPress.org plugin usage statistics shows the following chart: All users are strongly encouraged to update to the latest version (1.2.7 at the moment of writing this post). The code is cleaner, there is more information regarding MySQL and the phpMyAdmin codebase gets cleaned up and updated for speed, performance and HTML validity. Running inside an IFRAME inside WordPress, it...
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I’ve always sucked at date/time calculations using PHP or MySQL. This changed a while ago when I broke the ice with a Facebook-style function for calculating time diferrence in a friendly way. Today, I had to calculate past dates using 2 separate date and time columns. MySQL uses NOW() to output a date format such as "2011-03-10 14:30:00". My date...
Clash of the Titans
I just updated my Firefox today, as version 4 just popped up. First impressions are not favourable. The “Open Link in New Tab” context menu item has been switched with the “Open Link in New Window”, just like Google Chrome and recently released Internet Explorer 9. While this may be seen as a consistency move with all browsers, I was...
Japan Trials – Part 4
Japan has been put to great trial these weeks. Here’s part 4 of a series of photos from Japan earthquake and tsunami. Photos sources: US Environmental Protection Agency Het Belang Van Limburg Reuters DigitalGlobe
Japan Trials – Part 3
Japan has been put to great trial these weeks. Here’s part 3 of a series of photos from Japan earthquake and tsunami. Photos sources: US Environmental Protection Agency Het Belang Van Limburg Reuters DigitalGlobe
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Smart Backup is a complete WordPress solution for database backup and restore operations. Create backups of your complete WordPress installation, files only, or database only. Backups can be restored with one click. Options for the scheduler include timeouts (for tight PHP servers), backup types (files, .sql, complete) and notification emails for backup success or failure. The backup manager allows for...
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