Delete Users with No Roles
I am working on a plugin for Wordpress that will allow me to delete the users that get created by spammers and such. You can tell they are spam accounts because they have no roles associated with them. If they were created the proper way they would have a role associated with their account. So I will play with the creation of a plugin to delete those users.
GoDaddy
So I mentioned that I would start sharing some of the tools I use. So I have to mention GoDaddy. I use GoDaddy for all my domain registrations. I’d recommend them to anyone. Check them out and see what all the talk is about. I’ve purchased my domains through them, SSL Certificated through them. Just about anything I need I’ve order through through them…
Here’s a link that will give you .com domains for only $7.49.
Wordpress 2.9.1
So I have just updated this site to version 2.9.1, and it is working quite well. I have just noticed the coolest thing.. I think it was implemented in Wordpress 2.9, but either way, if you put a url in your post is like a link for a video from Flickr or something. Just putting this url in your post, with nothing else special, will embed the video straight in the post.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkidd/4256016317/
Even though the URL is for the page that the image or in this case video is on, Wordpress is smart enough to embed the video for us right into wordpress. We could put the embed code around the URL and it will do the same thing, but with the embed tag in wordpress we can make the video/picture a particular size. so like this is an embed width=200
Freshbooks
So I am getting busier and busier, as I keep helping more and more people use the web, and helping different folks get their businesses on the web. So I have been using this company called Freshbooks, for invoicing and it has been working great. Check them out here http://freshbooks.com and let me know what you think. I’ll do a few more posts in the near future of other applications that I have been using to help make my life just a little bit easier…
Word Press 2.9 Beta
I just upgraded the site to the Beta version for wordpress version 2.9 so let me know if you have any problems. It seems as tho things are a little faster, but let me know what you think. If you notice any problems, or see anything that looks a little strange, let me know, so I can be sure to report the problem.
Thanks
Worm running around attacking Wordpress Sites Everywhere
So I was doing some reading today and noticed that there is a worm out attacking wordpress sites. It appears that Version 2.8.4 is not vulnerable, so was the version before but I would go around and check your Wordpress if you are using wordpress and make sure that you are atleast 2.8.3 but I think 2.8.4 would be even better. And check your friends sites too make sure they have upgraded…
This article explains this problem more, and will give you more information in you are interested.
OSX Broken Pipes
So I have been working on fixing John’s computer this morning and the solution to the problem was much easier then people were making it out to be, so I wanted to write out these steps so that next time John has this problem, it will be much easier to fix.
So the problem that John was having is that his computer somehow got corrupted or something and it wouldn’t allow him to install any DMG files. So after doing research the solution was to install a patch, but that patch is provided in DMG format, which he can’t open. So the solution. Reboot the problem computer, hold down the T key upon reboot so that it will start up the hard drives but not the OS. Then connect a working computer to this computer via FireWire cable. And then open the dmg file that can’t be open, then move the PKG file that is within the DMG file, and put it on the broken computer. Then reboot the broken computer, and then run the PKG file.
Then after the broken computer runs the PKG file, it will probably reboot a few times, but then it will be working again. So this is my brief solution on how to let a computer that can’t open DMG files to open DMG files.
Hosting provider
I have now entered into the world of being a hosting provider. I have been hosting several sites for a while, but just recently decided that I should start doing my own hosting. So I am still working out some of the kinks, and will start adding some new pages here in the next few days talking about my hosting opportunities, and how I can serve the people who want me to host their site for them. But I just wanted to put this note out there letting people know that I now can provide hosting.
openIDs
I was over using Plaxo this morning, I got an email about someone joinging Plaxo or something like that.
Any way, while I was there I noticed that Plaxo now accepted openIDs. Which got me thinking that I have always wanted to have my own openID server. Well, while I was looking how to setup my own openID server, I noticed that google was now an openID site, so when I signup to sites that use openID, I can use google as the openID site. So I decided to add an openid login to my sites, so I added an openID plugin. So if you need to login to this site, you can now do so using openID.
Travel Agent Scams
I stumbled across this site, that is great. Its just a site that lists all the information about a really bad travel agency that we tried to use to get airline tickets. So here is a link to the info about this crappy company.
http://www.freewebs.com/travelsafe/
Check this out. This is a site about the scams we faced when dealing with, lastminutetickets.net. They now appear as they are doing business as http://www.lowest-ticket.com/ & http://lowestfares.travel. Be warned of these companies as they are no good.