Author Archives: matt
Handy Magento Upgrading Links for 1.5 to 1.6
When upgrading Magento, it doesn’t hurt to have some handy resources. I’ve pulled up a few for doing the upgrade from 1.5 to 1.6: Magento 1.5 – 1.6 Upgrade – The Magento Wiki Resetting file permissions – The Magento Wiki … Continue reading
Fixing Youtube iframe overlay issues
I’ve got a website that displays iframe embedded Youtube videos and uses Lightbox to load images up, however, the images load behind the Youtube video. I’ve come across this before on other websites but not on any of my own. … Continue reading
Upgrading Magento Community Edition Through Magento Connect
I’m still experimenting with Magento, and there has been a new version released. As I am going to put this experimental site into production once I’m happy with it, I figure it’s best to keep it up to date and … Continue reading
Running a remote backup of cPanel automatically
I’ve been looking for a way to automatically backup individual cPanel accounts to a remote server that don’t necessarily have root WHM access. In particular, I want the MySQL databases, but I would also like to get entire site backups … Continue reading
Installing Drupal on Windows Server 2003 – Relevant Links
Recently I have needed to setup a Windows 2003 IIS server to run Drupal, the catch though is that it already runs an ASP.NET website and does not have MySQL, PHP, or even FastCGI installed. So, it must not affect … Continue reading
10 Great Creative Commons Coffee Cup Photos
I recently had to find the perfect image of a coffee cup for use on a client website, and Creative Commons images were approved for use, so I did some hunting around, both on stock photo websites and searching through … Continue reading
The Story of Co-Design
I find Co-Design a fascinating way of producing a design. It’s the way that most designs should be done, yet most designers don’t even consider it. ThinkPublic have produced a video that does a great job of explaining what Co-Design … Continue reading
Internet Explorer Truncates Long CSS Files
I came across an interesting quirk in Internet Explorer a couple of days ago whilst working on a project for a client. There is a section on their website that has an extensive set of stylesheets that is around 3,500 … Continue reading
John Bortolin Photographer
John Bortolin is a photographer based in Lennox Head that specialises in wedding photography as well as portraiture and landscapes. He looks after the photography for weddings all over the Northern Rivers region including Byron Bay, Ballina and Lismore. He … Continue reading
My Work Area
Over at Onextrapixel they have just done a showcase of the work areas of 88 designers. I was invited to include my work area, however, it was Good Friday that I received the invitation and being the Easter long weekend, … Continue reading