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How to extend TinyMCE in Piranha CMS?
How to extend TinyMCE 5 editor in Piranha .NET CMS and add extra plugins to your project using Visual Studio 2022.
Posted inWindows Server
ASP.NET web application monitoring in Zabbix, part 2
Monitor ASP.NET web applications performance in Zabbix. Take advantage of Windows Server performance counters using Zabbix functions "perf_counter" and "perf_counter_en" in your templates.
Posted inWindows Server
Hugo development environment in WSL 2
How to set up Hugo and an static website in an not-so-standard (but fun) development environment? In WSL 2 on Windows 11/10 of course.
Posted inMySQL
How to fix System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException “The given key was not present in the dictionary” Exception with MySQL Connector/NET and utf8mb4 character set
An System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException "The given key was not present in the dictionary" can be the result of using a too old MySQL Connector/NET version in your ASP.NET web application.
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SSL in WordPress: how to move WordPress to HTTPS? The definitive guide
Having an SSL certificate in your WordPress is the de-facto standard nowadays, did you know that? Google ranks sites having HTTPS higher in their SERP. But in WordPress, how do you configure an SSL certificate and HTTPS URL? You'll learn the important steps to move WordPress from http to https
Posted inWindows Server
AppCmd introduction and examples
AppCmd.exe is a command-line utility to manage Windows Server IIS 7+ web servers. The AppCmd command is your one-stop-shop for administering Windows Server IIS web servers. In combination with WinRM it’s your Swiss Army knife for your daily routine. This post introduces appcmd and provides you with a lot of helpful appcmd examples.
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Minify WP-Super-Cache HTML cache files: WPSCMin a WP-Super-Cache plugin
The WordPress WP-Super-Cache cache plugin doesn't minify HTML cache files, which I find a disadvantage. Knowing minify libraries, I went looking for an existing solution (why reinvent the wheel?), and found one: WPSCMin. Read on ...
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PHP 5.6 default_charset change may break HTML output
An important note for everyone who's upgrading from PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 to PHP 5.6: the PHP default_charset in php.ini changed from "empty" to UTF-8, often breaking sites after upgradiong from PHP 5.4 and PHP 5.5 to PHP 5.6. UTF-8 encoding breaks when upgrading PHP 5.6 to PHP 7.0.
Posted inGNU Linux Windows Server
Redirect HTTP to HTTPS
Various HTTP to HTTPS redirection methods, for Windows Server IIS and Linux Apache.
Posted inCode base
Redirect old URL to new URL or send 404 page with PHP
Use a PHP redirect script to redirect old PHP URLs to new ones. This examples uses a 301 Moved Permanently redirect, perfect for SEO.
Posted inWindows Server
Conditionally start Application Pools on remote IIS web servers
Learn how to start all stopped application pools in IIS that have the ApplicationPool.AutoStart property set to true using AppCmd.exe or PowerShell.
Posted inCode base
Check website availability with PHP and cURL
Perform a PHP cURL request to check if your website is up or not. Verify your website's online status and availability using just PHP.
Posted inWeb application security
Exploit PHP mail() to get remote code execution
If you are able to control the 5th parameter of PHP mail() function ($options), you have the opportunity to execute arbitrary commands. Remote Code Execution (RCE) in PHP mail()
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Send authenticated SMTP email over TLS from WordPress
How to configure TLS for SMTP email in WordPress. I was suprised WordPress is not able to send email using an SMTP server out-of-the-box. Not to mention using authenticated SMTP or TLS transport for security. A quick Google search showed me multiple plugins to handle this, but I wanted to create something myself. Here is how to override the wp-mail() function and send email using authenticated SMTP and StartTLS from WordPress.
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8 Tips to improve Joomla performance
Speed-up Joomla with just a few config settings: 8 Tips to improve Joomla performance. Add caching, gzip compression, set your sessions & optimize MySQL database functions... Provide your visitors with a blazing fast Joomla website!