Using PHP 5.3

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This is a reminder for me really

I've got both php 5.2.x and php 5.3.x loaded on my shared server, vps and dedicated servers. PHP 5.2.x is default but to use the PHP 5.3.x

on the shared server

# Use PHP 5.3
AddType application/x-httpd-php53 .php

and on the vps and dedicated servers

# Use PHP 5.3
Action application/x-httpd-php53 /cgi-sys/php53
AddType application/x-httpd-php53 .php

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Drupal Professional For Hire

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One Door closes another one opens

I have recently resigned as technical director from Devol Limited, although I'm still contracted back to do some work. This means I have spare time on my hands for freelance work.

You can see some of my latest work on Devol's Portfolio page which shows a range of sites build on Drupal 6 & 7, Codeigniter and WordPress.

My skills are php, mysql, html, css and jQuery with a little bit of Photoshop.

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Drupal Hosting in New Zealand

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FlexiHost

Hosting Drupal websites in New Zealand can be quite a hassle. Overseas, offer much more options and can be a lot cheaper but the latency sometimes is just not acceptable.  I tried using Rackspace but we ended up with WSOD so many times because of their server speed.

I've tried 247hosting.co.nz but they were really bad - guaranteed money back, that's a joke!! We are still waiting for our refund.  Just as a side note they also brought the webhosting review site and suddenly all the bad reviews about them disappeared.

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Using IMCE with Image Field in CCK

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Just works

Just another quick tip for Drupal 7.

Within a custom content type that has an image upload field I want to give the user access to images already uploaded rather than uploading the image again to use on a node.

Drupal model filefield_source currently will not do the job - some technical stuff about images already uploaded through imce are not registered in the database. Here's the link to the issue queue.

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My WordPress Site got hacked

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Wordpress site hacked

I don't believe it - my WordPress site got hacked !

They were posting comments with link backs to their sites, I've got anti-spam blah blah blah. Now to post a comment you have to leave an email address but there was no email address in the comment form when I looked at them from the admin screen. Strange.

So I turned commenting off but still I was getting comment spam.

Wordpress 3.3.1

No strange plugins.

I'm running my own servers not shared hosting (no other sites touched but none of them are on WordPress).

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Wordpress 3 Quick Tip Import Content

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This tip probably applies to all versions of WP but when you export your content from one site to another the user id for anonymous users that have left a comment changes from zero to the authors' id.

This causes a problem if you have Gravatars enabled because it send the wrong email address to the Gravatar Site.

Weird !!!!

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