Web Development
Disable XML-RPC Unless you are using the API, disable XML-RPC. Even if you are using it. Identify it you can limit access to a static IP address or range. This prevents script execution from remote sources attempting to gain access to your WordPress instance. The easiest way to disable XML-RPC is to add the followingRead more about Hardening WordPress to limit attack vectors[…]
I’ve been using GnuCash for some time and have found it to be a great product. Where GnuCash falls short, in my opinion, is it doesn’t provide for scheduled automatic invoice generation. Additionally creating custom invoices involves learning Scheme which personally I don’t have time to get my head around. So I set out to fix these 2 issues using the tools I know well, namely MySQL, perl, and good old HTML. This post will cover custom invoice generation to html and pdf, and emailing the results to the customer using a template. GnuCash scheduled automatic invoice creation will be covered in another post in the near future. Read more about Gnucash with MySQL: Creating custom invoices with PDF output and template based email to the customer …
Paypal web services allows you to specify a shipping rate when adding items to the cart by specifying an hidden input with the name set to shipping and the value set to the amount. The problem is that this doesn’t work when you are using hosted button’s which have shipping details already saved. Try it yourself. Set up a hosted button and then try using <input name=”hosted_button_id” type=”hidden” value=”abcdefghji”> and <input name=”shipping” type=”hidden” value=”0.0″> within the same form. You’ll find that the shipping input will be ignored and the settings you have setup in the hosted button will be used. So what is the solution?
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I’ve recently coded a new extension for Google Chrome called the Red Mars Twitter Translator. It allows you to translate foreign language tweets within your twitter stream. The reason I made this extension was due to the frustration of seeing tweets in another language and not knowing what they are saying. Read more about What’s everybody tweeting? Twitter Translator – Google Chrome Extension …