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Basic Web Security

Web security is a huge topic, and this article only intends to cover some of the most basic issues and increase awareness of how carelessness or ignorance can lead to exploits. Ultimately, what you don’t know can hurt you, so it’s in your best interest to learn as much as you can about your [...]

Book Announcement – WordPress 2.9 e-Commerce (plus a giveaway)

In case you’ve been wondering why my number of posts dwindled in the last year, here is the reason: I’m pleased to announce the release of my first book, WordPress 2.9 e-Commerce, published through Packt Publishing.

As the name implies, this book works through the marriage of the popular WordPress software and the WP e-Commerce [...]

Comparison of Online Email Marketing Companies

If you work on commercial web-sites, eventually you find the need to add email marketing services such as newsletters and special advertisements. The article compares 4 services: Campaign Monitor vs. Constant Contact vs. Mail Chimp vs. Topica in several categories, primarily templating abilities, the usability, and the documentation. This review does not [...]

Writing Custom PHP Snippets for MODx (part VII)

This article and tutorial video takes on how to add custom PHP scripts (known as Snippets) to the MODx content management system. This covers MODx Evolution (version 1.0 and before), but many of these methods and principles are applicable to MODx Revolution (version 2.0) and PHP coding in general.

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Forgot your MODx Password? You can reset it...

I have *cough* never forgotten my password to anything because I followed Brian’s excellent advice about storing passwords, but just in case some of you have, I thought I’d help you out.

If you have access to your MySQL database, you can still log into the MODx manager.

First off, if you are locked out of [...]

TunesBag Stores and Shares Your Music Online – Free Invites

Currently in beta, tunesBag is a free browser-based media player that allows you to (legally) upload your music, play it online, and share with other people.

Think of tunesBag as an online version of iTunes that grants you access to your full audio library from any computer with an Internet connection. Since it’s entirely web [...]

iStat Pro is an Awesome Free System Monitoring Widget

Freeware/donationware iStat pro offers detailed system information, such as Temps, Uptime, plus CPU/Memory/Network information, all within a customizable Dashboard widget [...]