Category Archive: Technology

February 23, 2015 / by Marco / database, disable, mysql, replication, table, wamp

How to disable synchronisation for a mySQL database table

In a previous post, I wrote an article on how to setup database replication using mySQL. I recently had to figure out a way to exclude a database table in the replication process and this is what I had to do: NOTE: I’m using WAMP as my website hosting software Open up the my.ini file under […]

February 20, 2015 / by Marco / copy, desktop, paste, protocol, rdp, remote, server, Windows

Unable to paste text in Windows RDP

THE ISSUE For some unknown reason, I connect to a Windows 2012 R2 server via remote desktop. I copy text from my local computer and then paste want to paste it on the Windows Server. This did not work. THE FIX Apparently there is a RDP service called rdpclip.exe that is used as a clipboard […]

February 7, 2015 / by Marco / ask, Chrome, download, firefox, internet explorer, prompt

Ask where to save each file before downloading

By default, when you click on a file to download it will save it in the download folder e.g c:\users\[account name]\Downloads If you want to be a bit more organised like me, I save files in a specific location. That way I don’t have to move the files at a later stage. Each browser has […]

January 26, 2015 / by Marco / android, contacts, duplicate, Gmail, google, smartphone

How to merge duplicate information in Google Contacts

Do you have duplicate contacts in your Google Contacts or on your Android Smartphone? Here’s a simple way to remove/merge duplicate contacts: 1. Login to your Gmail account 2. Click on Contacts. There’s a few ways to go into contacts: Click on the Apps icon at the top right hand corner or click on […]

January 17, 2015 / by Marco / booknow, calltoaction, contactus, facebook, feature, new, playgame, shownow

Facebook Pages Call To Action

Today, I was given the privilege by Facebook to use a new Feature on Facebook Pages called Call to Action. [colorbox title=”What is Call to Action?” color=”#c0c0c0″]According to Facebook: Designed to bring a business’s most important objective to the forefront of its Facebook presence, call-to-action buttons link to any destination on or off Facebook that […]

January 15, 2015 / by Marco / login, phpmyadmin, setup, username

How to setup phpMyAdmin to prompt for login and password

By default, phpMyAdmin on WAMP automatically logs in using the root user account. To make this more secure you it is best to use an authentication method to prompt for the username and password. To do this follow these steps: Edit the config.inc.php file located in C:\wamp\apps/phpmyadmin3.5.1 Look for the line that has auth type […]

December 17, 2014 / by Marco / cache, caching, fastest, plugin, Wordpress

WordPress Fastest Cache plugin

I’ve been using WordPress for years. I can’t even recall whether I’ve used v1 or not but I wanted to share with everyone one of the plugins that I’ve been using for the past year. It a caching plugin and it’s called Fastest Cache. This plugin is FREE and it was one of the easiest […]

December 10, 2014 / by Marco / Free, plugin, remove, removefreeprice, WooCommerce, Wordpress

WooCommerce Remove Free Price Plugin

If you’re running WooCommerce on your WordPress site, have you ever seen this on your website? Yes the word FREE! is displayed on your products if the price value is 0. This can happen if you forget to add a price or if you use an importing tool and the source data feed doesn’t have […]

December 1, 2014 / by Marco /

Easiest way to change your mySQL root password

By default once you install mySQL using WAMP, the default password is blank. If you need to change this default password to your own the easiest way to do this is to login to localhost/phpmyadmin – in WAMP simply click on the WAMP icon and select phpmyadmin from the list. [infobox type=”tip” clickable=”no” boldtext=”The default […]

November 30, 2014 / by Marco /

NFC Tags under a microscope

NFC tags are now becoming more popular. NFC stands for Near field communication and it is a new technology which allows small data transfers between two NFC enabled devices. [infobox type=”info” clickable=”no” boldtext=”Definition”]NFC Stands for Near Field Communications […]

November 20, 2014 / by Marco / DNS, domain, ip address, name server, propogate, server

What’s my DNS?

Firstly, for the non-techie people out there DNS stands for Domain Name Servers. Since I have worked in the IT in previous roles, I have a good understanding of what DNS is. For those of you who don’t then it’s OK. You don’t really need to know what this… but just remember that without it, […]

November 5, 2014 / by Marco / Awesome, cool, Share, shareit, tips, tipsandtricks

Bug: How to avoid paying the 10% processing fee on Fivver.com

If you’re a Fivver.com user then you’re going to love this. Fivver, recently introduced a 10% fee for processing orders. So the total cost of a fivver gig is US$5.50. If your order is higher then you would still have to pay for the processing fee. I found this out when I ordered a gig […]