Came across this link listed a plethora of links to online tools:
http://essentialkeystrokes.com/164-essential-tools-for-online-success/
Much of it’s known, but it’s nice to have the laundry list to shop from.

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Using MySQL’s Concat and Concat_Ws is your friend when trying to search two joined column/field values.
This will sometimes be encountered in a simple example such as a name search, when you have two columns: 1. First Name (fname) and 2. Last Name (lname) and your search criteria is by Full Name.
So, let’s say you have […]

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It’s very simple to link to an iFrame with Joomla by using Wrapper and the menu item. Below are the steps to follow in order to link to an iFrame through the Joomla administrator:

1. fire up you admin
2. select Menu => mainmenu (your choice)
3. select New
4. select radio button Wrapper under Miscellaneous
5. select Next
6. add […]

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Joomla installs with a default of only 3 to 4 items on the home page (depending on your column configuration). I found it was somewhat complicated to find the administrative screen allowing you to increase the number of content items showing on a joomla home page.
Since I’ll probably need to find this again, and I’m […]

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Very simple, but I always seem to forget the format:

tar -cvvf name.tar dir/ –exclude dir_to_exclude directory

You actually need to use the full path and sometimes swap the order:

tar -cvf name.tar –exclude “/full/path/dir/exclude_this” /full/path/dir/

Here’s a couple more tar commands for good measure:

tar -cvvf file.tar file.txt (tar file)
tar -cvvf file.tar home/ (tar dir)
tar -xvvf file.tar (untar)
tar […]

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I’m going to keep a running list of APIs and their associated developer Web sites for some of the major internet companies out there today. I may need to go to these one day in building new tools for my projects, so it seems like a good idea to make it publically available:
Yahoo Developer Network
he […]

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Simple task, simple command:
php -v
For further reading, here’s the PHP documentation on command line usage:
http://www.php.net/features.commandline

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These days, “framework” is quite a buzzword in web development. With JavaScript frameworks like the Yahoo User Interface library, jQuery, and Prototype getting a lot of attention and web application frameworks like Rails and Django getting even more, it seems like everyone is using some kind of framework to build their sites.
Read More:
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/frameworksfordesigners

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Despite the buzz around sexy new frameworks like Rails and Django, PHP is more dominant than ever.
Read More:
http://www.ohloh.net/articles/php_eats_rails

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When you think of social networks you probably think of MySpace. But recently, Facebook has been gaining popularity - since it opened up beyond college users, it has enjoyed a flood of new users, boosted further by the launch of Facebook apps. It’s time these two social networks fought it out.
Read More:
http://mashable.com/2007/06/10/facebook-….

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