July 27, 2010

Simple Invoices 2010.2 Update 1 has been released

Hi Guys,

You can grab the download from:

* http://simpleinvoices.googlecode.com/files/simpleinvoices.2010.2.update-1.zip

Whats new:

* This releases fixes the edit customer issue in 2010.2

Documentation:

* Installing Simple Invoices: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/install

* Upgrading Simple Invoices: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/wiki/upgrade

* Simple Invoices help: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/help

* Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/wiki/faqs

* Simple Invoices config file options: http://www.simpleinvoices.org/config

* ChangeLog: http://code.google.com/p/simpleinvoices/wiki/done

If you have any issues or queries please post here in the forum

* http://simpleinvoices.org/forum/discussion/1410/simple-invoices-20102-update-1-released/

Cheers

Justin

July 22, 2010

.htaccess and Apache VirtualDocumentRoot

If you using VirtualDocumentRoot in your Apache set you need to make a minor change to your .htaccess rewrites to make them work

- just add a slash before the url and it'll work

refer below

from:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ index.php?module=$1&view=$2 [L]

to:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ /index.php?module=$1&view=$2 [L]

July 22, 2010

Connecting to an OpenVPN (untangle) network from linux: How to

Just connected to an OpenVPN (untangle) network from linux and it was super easy (way easier than a normal cisco vpn anyway)

All you have to do is:

install the openvpn client for your distro and get your config files from the network admin

-- the files should look somethign like below

--- replace 'xyz-co' with and 'you' with your username

xyz-co.conf

xyz-co.ovpn

untangle-vpn/

untangle-vpn/xyz-co-ca.crt

untangle-vpn/xyz-co-you.crt

untangle-vpn/xyz-co-you.key

copy the above files into your /etc/openvpn directory

then connect using the below command

sudo openvpn /etc/openvpn/xyz-co.conf

all done - too easy

July 18, 2010

Pinboard.in/Delicious.com -> Chrome bookmark syncing : How to

Since Chrome was first released I wanted an easy way to get my Delicious.com and Pinboard.in bookmarks syncing to Chrome's internal bookmarks. Why ? So I could just type stuff in the address bar and it would search my online bookmarks.

Given that the delicious chrome extension is crap and pinboard.in doesn't have one that integrates with the internal bookmarks i created a simple PHP script to make it happen

To sync your pinboard.in or delicious.com bookmarks to chrome follow the below steps

install RSS Live Links - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hcamnijgggppihioleoenjmlnakejdph
stick the below PHP script on a server somewhere and adjust the 3 config options for your bookmarking service
in chrome go to the options section of RSS Live Links and add in the path to the php script in Step 2
Save the options
Add a bookmarks folder call 'RSS Live Links' into your Chrome bookmarks - bookmarks toolbar is best

Done, now the Chrome will grab your bookmarks and sync to the bookmark folder every few minutes

July 14, 2010

How to add Wikipedia as a Chrome search engine

For a simple way to add Wikpedia into Chrome as a search engine follow the below steps:

in Chrome go to Tools menu, then Options, and in the Default Search section click Manage

then click Add and enter the below details in the available fields

Name: Wikipedia

Keyword: wiki

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

refer image below:

No in chrome just type wiki followed by where you want, ie 'wiki php' in the chrome address box (refer image below) and chrome will now search wikipedia for that term

July 11, 2010

don't bother with [code] or markdown on posterous.com for pasting code - use gist.github.com

if you ever need to post code on posterous.com don't bother with [code] or <mardown> - especially in chrome - its evil, text just goes all over the place - just paste it in http://gist.github.com/ and past the gist link in the post - done, too easy

July 11, 2010

simple 1 file contact page updated

My simple 1 page/file php/jquery contact form has now been updated to include very simple spam detection - based on http://devgrow.com/examples/honeypot/

refer: http://blog.justin.kelly.org.au/simple-1-page-phpjquery-contact-form

since implementing this on my contact form: http://justin.kelly.org.au/#contact_form i haven't had any more comment/form spam

-- its a very simple method - but it works