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Add a program to Send To context in Windows 8

With the move to Windows 7 and Windows 8, there are a number of new locations for folders that were very helpful and well known to support techs and SysAdmins. The Send To folder (where you could control what shows up in Explorer when you right clicked on an item and selected Send To) was …

Locked out of WordPress? Create new Admin Account via FTP

Have you ever found yourself locked out of your WordPress admin-level account and email recovery won’t work for you? Well, if you have FTP access, you can create a new account that will get you into the system and allow you to set things right. By placing the following code into a plugin folder or …

Did You Know: Bootstrap Grid Breakpoints

One of the nice things about Bootstrap is it’s grid system and how it can be leveraged to do some pretty cool things as you move from device to device. Aside from knowing that the standard measure is for 12 columns wide, it is also important to know what the breakpoints are for each size. …

Ever Had Your Open-Source Project "Lifted"?

Ever had your Open-Source project coopted by miscreants bent on using your good name to sucker 'Net users to spread their crap around? If you have, perhaps you can help me make sense of this violation of open-source ethos? And if not, perhaps you can learn from my mistakes.

Tracking Session Variables in WordPress

Recently, a discussion came up about some new feature that will need to be added to a client website and it quickly became clear that we need to track the some variables in the session state. Now, I had always been told that WordPress, in trying to present a stateless solution, didn’t support tracking sessions …