Author Archive for dsackr
PCI Compliance
If you have a server that is involved in eCommerce - you MUST be PCI complaint. Here are a few steps to get a virtual private server running cpanel/whm PCI complaint: Disable TRACE or TRACK method – Access your Web Hosting Manager (WHM) Under Service Configuration, click the link for Apache Configuration Click the Global Configuration link The second [...]
iptables – quick how to block a port (and save it)
If you don’t know what iptables are – don’t bother reading this post. I had a recent issue with the vncserver on my virtual private server – I don’t use the service and wouldn’t have turned it on, however the hosting provided I acquired the vps from included it in their base build, enabled and [...]
How to set different prices for each store view in Magento
If you have more than one Magento website (say a wholesale site for retailer clients and a retail site for consumers) you may find yourself wanting to set one price for site A and a different price for site B. Here is how: Step 1. In the Admin panel, goto System, Configuration, Catolog, then Price. [...]
WordPress 3.0 is OUT!
And the engine behind sannsack.com – as well as several of my other sites! If you haven’t upgraded yet – do it today!
How to Make Gmail your Default Email Program in Windows 7
Here is something I get asked alot – How do I make GMail my default email program in Windows 7? In Windows 7, you have the option to change your Default Programs to which ever email program you have installed – but GMail isn’t installed on your computer and doesn’t show up in Default Programs. [...]
Magento pre-checks – how to install curl, gd, mcrypt, and pdo using cpanel whm – yeah its easy!
I searched for hours and hours after I attempted to install Magento on a godaddy vps only to get this: Your server does not meet the following requirements in order to install Magento. The following requirements failed, please contact your hosting provider in order to receive assistance with meeting the system requirements for Magento: You [...]
WordPress 2.9 Out – Oh so fine…
WordPress 2.9 is supposed to embed video urls simply by pasting the url into its own line in a post – so here goes:
Don’t use WPAU plug-in to upgrade to WordPress 2.7!
I upgraded several of my blogs manually to the newly released WordPress 2.7 and they have worked out very well, however I upgraded one of my blogs using the WPAU plugin and the results were a disaster. Most of the functionality is there, however there have been several buggy screens inside the admin panel – [...]
WordPress 2.7 is the Microsoft Frontpage for Web2.0
When a co-worker said that earlier today, I must admit I was at first put off. I’m not a frontpage fan and I think frontpage websites look horrible. But then I gave it some thought. Frontpage made creating a website easy and intuitive; it was an amazing product at the time. WordPress makes creating high [...]