Category: Other
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Some files on the server may be missing or incorrect…
Issue A website throws following pop-up messages on every singe page: Some files on the server may be missing or incorrect. Clear browser cache and try again. If the problem persists please contacts website author.
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Warning after PHP upgrade “Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class…”
Issue After upgrading PHP from 5.4 to 7.0 following warning is displayed: Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Pages has a deprecated constructor in /home4/webmaster/public_html/website/classes/pages.class.php on line 16 Resolution The warning can be hidden by setting display_errors to Off in php.ini. Obviously this…
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Kunena forum breaks after update
Issue Joomla’s Kunena forum breaks after attempting upgrading to version 5.0.6 (using Joomla auto-updater). Upgrade fails, in the front-end the forum displays “Offline” message. Trying to get into Kunena back-end admin panel triggers an attempt to resume the upgrade which immediately fails again… Trying to install Kunena manually (uploading pkg_kunena_v5.0.5 package via Joomla’s installer) seems to succeed…
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Simple PEAR PHP script to send emails using AuthSMTP
require_once “Mail.php”;function send_mail_pear (){ $mail_to = ‘recipient1@domain.com, recipient2@domain.com’; $mail_subject = ‘Enquiry From Website’; $mail_from = ‘My Website ‘; // make sure email is authorised in your AuthSMTP account$mail_body = ‘Email body HTML’;$headers = array( ‘From’ => $mail_from, ‘To’ => $mail_to, ‘Subject’ => $mail_subject, ‘Content-type’ => ‘text/html; charset=utf-8’);$smtp = Mail::factory(‘smtp’, array( ‘host’ => ‘ssl://mail.authsmtp.com’, ‘port’ =>…
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Hostgator shared hosting – emails sent via PHP mail not delivered
Emails sent using PHP mail() function are not reaching recipients. Sender’s domain is a domain that has a website hosted on the same Hostgator server (which I believe is a requirement). After a bit of troubleshooting I found that the issue occurs if recipient’s domain has a website hosted on the same Hostgator server as…
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Logitech Harmony Hub and Amazon Alexa integration issues
Logitech recently added Amazon Echo Alexa integration for Hub based Harmony remotes. This promises a fantastic smart-home voice enabled integration allowing complete control over your home entertainment system. For example, simply saying “Alexa, turn on TV” can turn on your TV, AV Receiver, Cable Box, set everything to the right inputs, dim your smart-light, etc. This sounds like the…
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Installing Toastman’s Tomato on Asus RT-N16
Toastman’s Tomato custom router firmware has great tools for tracking both live and historical client data transfers (download / upload / bandwidth). This was the main reason for installing “Tomato” on my Asus RT-N16. I tried using this tutorial but kept having issues trying to uploading the firmware via Asus Firmware Restoration Utility. Instead I went slightly different…
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Android Studio – bindView called multiple times for each listView row
Issue bindView inside a custom CursorAdapter is called 6-7 times for each row. Resolution There is no direct way to control when bindView is called. Android operating system does it as and when required it in order to properly measure and draw the layout. In this particular case the issue was caused by setting layout…
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Configure Draytek Vigor 2860 to work Huawei E3372 4G USB Dongle
Plug the Huawei E3372 USB dongle into USB-1 port on Draytek Vigor (which corresponds to WAN-3) WAN > General Setup. Make sure WAN3 is Enabled and set to Always On.
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Virgin Super Hub Blocks VPN Connections
By default Virgin Super Hub will block outgoing VPN traffic, even with firewall disabled. To allow all VPN connections perform following:
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Get rid of Android “SD card encrypted” notification
After rebooting an Android phone that has encrypted SD card, you may get following notification: SD card encryptionSD card encrypted
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Export emails from Gmail for Work – downloading your data is disabled
Issue A user is getting error when trying to export his emails via Google “Download you Data” feature. My Account > Personal Info and Privacy > Control your Content > Create Archive. Downloading your data is disabled.Downloading your data has been disabled for your account or organization by your domain administrator.