By now in out Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API journey, we have a basic vuejs app which can fetch data from a WordPress API using axios and can display the data.The aim of this Building a PWA vuejs app with wordpress API series, however is to build Read more…
How to cast amazon prime video to google chromecast. Finally. The battle between Amazon and Google over which devices cast which services seems to be over. With the latest releases of youtube and prime video you can now cast to firetv and chromecast devices. To cast prime video to your Read more…
It turns out that adding cordova to an existing vue app is pretty easy – if only I’d known this before trying at least 10 different ways: First, make sure your environment is setup npm install -g cordovanpm install -g @vue/cli clone your existing repo and cd to its folder Read more…
This is a WordPress Security mega-post containing a lot of best-practice information on securing, hardening, updating and maintaining a WordPress site. Used by more than 60 million websites, including 30% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2018, WordPress is the most popular website management system in use. Read more…
Remote Debugging PHP in Brackets with XDebug prereqs: This post assumes you already have: a working xdebug install Brackets How to get Xdebug working with Brackets? Open Brackets Goto the extensions tab (the second icon on the right pane) Search for ‘xdebug’ Click install Click close, click close again Click Read more…
Remote Debugging PHP in Visual Studio Code with XDebug prereqs: 1) This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install2) vscode How to get Xdebug working with Visual Studio Code? Open vscode Goto the extensions tab (the last icon on the left pane) Search for ‘PHP Debug’ Click install Read more…
Night shift, or night mode is a setting that reduces the blue in your screen, turning everything a calmer, sepia-like tone. This post shows you how to enable night mode in ios11 swipe up from the bottom of the screen to enable the controls tap-and-hold on the brightness setting the Read more…
After trying Kali on the hi10 pro (its totally not ready for the bay-trail / cherry-trail platforms) I decided to give ubuntu on the chuwi hi10 pro a go (after hearing good things about their support) This is a short tutorial on dual booting ubuntu linux and windows10 on the Read more…
This post is now updated with install information for using 2020 versions of Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. When I first wrote this post I seriously wouldn’t have recommended Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro as an every-day system – Starting with 2018.01 and the 4.14 kernel it makes Read more…
Multiloquent 9 0 0 Changelog 3015a81 – Merge branch ‘master’ of https://github.com/localhost8080/multiloquent a79d3a3 – Update to version number as this removes backward compatibility with the old amelia theme df0d6df – Update to bootstrap code 9bd8d60 – update to all bootstrap and bootswatch themes b39a9f3 – update to all bootstrap and Read more…
This is a basic openvas tutorial for beginners. I will explain a little of how to use openvas web ui to perform a test of your systems. It will give you the basic options for using metasploit msfconsole to run an openvas vulnerability scan. You will also learn how to Read more…
This post will show you how to mount a remote ssh filesystem as a ‘drive’ in osx using a bash script, osxfuse and brew. There are a few ways to go about this, all of them require a bit of setup and tweaking, But I found this to be the Read more…
Multiloquent 7 Changelog 3412cf9 – updating readme f0905c2 – updating readme files f498de6 – version bump [major release] updating readme files eae969b – search form css fix 7602671 – search label 3dbab3c – search form mods 764ca66 – markup for label button dacb048 – nicer label and button 2d524fd – Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 01 Changelog development c33c95d – fix for mce content body development 8a1cbaf – fix for background colour inside tinymce development 864c9c8 – code cleanup development 37cc370 – aligning things development d8c91b7 – alinging things development dca23c7 – aligning elements development d112d09 – code tidy development afc6101 – Read more…
Multiloquent 6 2 0 changelog development 646e320 – fix for readme file adding multiloquent url at jonathansblog.co.uk development 90f0277 – revert – its easier to read development 708ca0f – fix development afdad58 – small fix for readme development 0a54442 – version bump and changes to the readme development 5f08e9b – Read more…
How to change the number of icons in launchpad – this is a great tip: change the number of icons in launchpad! if you use launchpad a lot (I don’t, because the icons are too big) then you can change the number of icons that are shown at any one Read more…
Games console emulation android – I recently got a jxd s5110b android game tablet thing. My first driod. It is basically a small android tablet, but with hardware controls for gaming :) It comes with a few emulators pre-installed, but they aren’t that great, so Ive collected a list of Read more…
Everything you need to know about tags in OSX. OSX Mavericks introduced an interesting new feature: tags. Tags are used almost like folders. Except that the files that show when you view the tag stay in their original place. When you open a finder window you will see a list Read more…
This post will show you how to delete single or multiple sms text messages in ios7 firstly, open the messages app tap and hold on any message as if you were going to copy it. the copy menu will appear. click ‘more’ to the left of each message you will Read more…
This post will show you how to encrypt your external drives so that your data remains safe. it really only works with new drives though, so if you have a drive thats already got lots of data on it, you might need to find a way to save that data Read more…
If you keep backups on time machine you can browse these backups from a different mac. there is a little trick to it, but its simple once you master it :) if you click on the time machine icon in the menu bar then the time machine menu will appear. Read more…
It took me a while to figure out how to close running apps in ios. the new multitasking feature looks great, but it doesnt behave the same way as ios6 and earlier. in ios6 and earlier you hold the icon till it wiggles and then hit the X to close Read more…
This post will show you how to How to delete and move icons from apple tv! Its easy once you get the hang of it: Moving Icons Highlight the icon you want to move or erase. Press and hold the select button. The icon will start to wobble. You can Read more…
This post will show you how to delete dmg disk image automatically – it will delete a mac disk image file (dmg) when you eject it from your mac There is an easier way to do the following (just drag the mounted dmg file to the trash, but this is Read more…
This post will show you how to install redmine mylyn connector in zend studio or eclipse. firstly you need to configure redmine: update your redmine to the latest version [see instructions here] install redmine mylyn connector in redmine [see instruction here] once your redmine is updated and the plugin installed Read more…
I asked a colleague at work about the icon set that she used for a site so that I could use them on this site, she replied with ‘font awesome’ (thanks pam) through that I found bootstrap. what an awesome thing that is. It contains a responsive, fluid and static Read more…
This is an excellent tip I saw in one of my rss feeds over the christmas break: quickly view and edit drafts in iphone / ipad mail.app open the mail app on your iphone / iPad press and hold the compose new mail icon in the top right hand corner Read more…
This post will list the various ways to get pdf ebooks (or anything in a pdf) on to your iphone / ipad / ipad mini there are a few ways to do it: if its just one or two pdf files then email it to an email address thats configured Read more…
Osx has a lot of built in tools. there is a wifi analyser / packet capture tool to open it, just hold down ALT + click on the wifi icon in the menu bar the dropdown menu will have a lot more information, eg transmit rate / security info for Read more…
Apple have added an ‘apple events’ icon to the apple tv – you can now watch apple events live on your apple tv! Thera are also historic apple events so you can watch those too!
This post will show you how to quickly download multiple tracks from itunes match using a quick shortcut 1) make a new playlist 2) add in each of the tracks (you can select all tracks and drag them into the playlist) 3) once the songs are added, click on the Read more…
I just found this out by mistake! while trying to alt+click on the timemachine icon in the osx system bar thing in the menu bar I held cmd instead of alt… if you cmd+click on items in the system menu bar then you can move their position and even drag Read more…
Safari in mountain lion has a cool new feature – icloud tabs. icloud tabs let you sync your browser tabs between devices, eg you can open a tab in your ipad, and then view it in your iphone or on your mac! to enable icloud tabs on your mac: open Read more…
This is an excellent feature of mountain lion. you can send your audio output to airplay enabled devices (apple tv or airplay speakers) to send the audio to an airplay device just alt_click on the volume icon in your task bar. you will see a menu with all the airplay Read more…
This post will show you how to hide the notifications in osx mountain lion. open the notification center [click on the icon in the top right, next to the spotlight magnifying glass] scroll the page down. it will reveal an on/off radiobutton slider thing. turn notifications off.
This is an excellent tip. if you like the natural scrolling in osx lion for your trackpad, but want the old style scrolling for your mouse, then it is possible. download scrollreverser make sure that you have natural scrolling enabled: system preferences > trackpad > natural scrolling on start scrollreverser Read more…
This post will show you how to sync all of your Facebook contacts details with the contacts in your iPhones addressbook. It will only add the information that your Facebook contacts have allowed to be synced, so if bob or joe don’t want you having their new cell number or Read more…
This post will show you how to move the apps arround on your iphone or ipad, and how to put apps into folders. to move apps around, tap and hold on an apps icon. all the icons will start to wiggle. once they are wiggling you can delete apps by Read more…
