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Dec/18

WordPress Search Does Not Include Tags

Filed Under WordPress at 29th December 2018 11:43 by

By default the WordPress out of the box search does not include tags in posts. It seems a bit odd not to include them as it’s purpose is additional meta data for filtering purposes. This was easily fixed by installing … Continue reading →

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Dec/18

Boot From Grub

Filed Under Linux at 3rd December 2018 0:01 by
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Overview When you get the grub command prompt: grub > It means something went wrong with the grub boot leader whether it was not installed properly or it cannot find your hard drive to boot into the OS. From this … Continue reading →

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Nov/18

Time Tracking With Toggl

Filed Under Blog, Workflow at 6th November 2018 0:01 by
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Overview First step of continuous improvement (or just improvement in general) is monitoring and what better way to do this than to track time. Time is relevant to everything and a good way to see where it goes. When someone … Continue reading →

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Sep/18

Manually Setting Up Webserver Time Trial

Filed Under Container, Web Server at 30th September 2018 23:01 by

Overview In this day and age, setting up a server is a non event with cloud computing. I am currently behind in setting things up manually and scripts rather than using a tool. I have dabbled in Vagrant and Chef. … Continue reading →

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Sep/18

HAProxy Redirect Unknown Subdomains

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Software at 3rd September 2018 0:01 by

Overview It’s possible to redirect non configured sub domains to a different error message rather than a default or error 503 which is a server side error. Edit /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg and add the following to the default frontend: default_backend no-match Then … Continue reading →

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Aug/18

Ubuntu to Alpine Docker Images

Filed Under Container at 6th August 2018 0:01 by

I did a quick test and switched the base OS in a docker image which I use for backing up MySQL database and the size difference is amazing! Going from Ubuntu 18:04 to Alpine latest (version) means the combined OS … Continue reading →

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Jul/18

Android To iOS Software

Filed Under Mobile Phone at 2nd July 2018 0:01 by

Overview I switched from Android to iOS and listed what I feel are comparable apps between the 2 with any notes about them. I am predominantly Android so there will be bias towards that platform. Tasker – Workflow Tasker is … Continue reading →

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Jun/18

Securing HAProxy Headers

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Web Server at 4th June 2018 0:01 by

Overview https://securityheaders.io will give a score of how well placed the HTTP headers are on a site ranging from A+ to F (not sure what the R rating is for). Headers are a powerful meta (invisible to the naked eye) … Continue reading →