By Garrett Blanton posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - (How To's)
Have you ever made any modifications to your Magento eCommerce store, then notice that the items you just added are not showing up? If so, you need to know how to properly flush, or clear the cache. By following the instructions below your items will instantly appear to your live website.
Magento keeps its cache in /var/cache located inside the Magento installation directory. So, for example, if your Magento is installed in your main public_html folder, the cache will be in public_html/var/cache.
1. To clear the cache, simply delete everything from the /var/cache directory and then reload your website in your browser.
2. If you need to go a step further and clear all sessions, you can also delete everything from the /var/session folder within your Magento installation directory.
When developing your store, you need to be able to see the changes you have implemented each time you load the page. In order to do this, you should refresh Magento's caching system. To do this follow these simple steps.
1. Select System->Cache Management from the Magento Administration Panel
2. Select Refresh from the All Cache Drop Down List.
By Garrett Blanton posted on Friday, September 10, 2010 - (How To's)
Just recently I upgraded to an iPhone 4, which also meant I had to upgrade all my iPhone applications. Being an avid Twitter user, I decided to test my new phone by uploading a picture to TwitPic using the iPhone Twitter application. When I went to view my photo, it was linking to a page on the yfrog website! Since I already had a TwitPic account I began to winder how can I stop this from happening? Yfrog pretty much took over my phone without my permission! After poking around a bit, I was able to find a fix.
1. Open your Twitter iPhone application. 2. Click the settings box. (The box with 3 dots located in the bottom right corner.)
3. Scroll to the very bottom below all of your lists, then click on “Accounts & Settings”.
4. You should now be on the Accounts page. Now click “Settings” located in the bottom left corner.
5. Click “Services”.
6. Select “Image Service”.
7. This is where you can select the image service you prefer. JVF Consulting prefers to use TwitPic.
8. Once you have selected the service you wish to use click “Services” to save your selection.
There you have it, you can now upload your images directly to the image service you prefer!
By Garrett Blanton posted on Friday, August 13, 2010 - (Tips & Tricks)
Just when you thought you seen it all, another type of scam to take your hard earned money pops up. In our mailbox this week we found a statement in the mail from the INS! No, not the Immigration and Naturalization Service, but the Internet Name Security! The invoice they sent gives us the impression that a one of our domain names is not safe, and to send $99.95 for their DomainSafe monitoring system. The letter actually states that, "Increasing threat levels from domain theft and domain hijacking mean that it is imperative you monitor the status of your online identity!” Unfortunately for them, we’re not falling for this type of direct mail scam and you shouldn’t either! This type of direct mail marketing scam is aimed at consumers who do not realize that their domain names are in fact already secure with their current domain registrar, and in most cases set as “locked” by default.
A locked domain protects you from unauthorized third parties who might try to misdirect your name servers or transfer your domain without your permission. Only the domain registrar is able to unlock a domain and modify it’s name servers.
If you received one of these letters, please ignore it! Do NOT complete the payment slip at the bottom or make any payments to this company. The address listed is: P.O. Box 1120 Niagara Falls, NY 14304. Beware!
By Garrett Blanton posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - (Press Release)
Founded in 1968, New Bridge Foundation is a drug and alcohol treatment center located in two Hearst mansions nestled in the Berkeley hills in the beautiful Bay Area of California.
San Francisco, CA August 11, 2010 –New Bridge Foundation rehabilitation facility has been serving the community for over 40 years and is regarded among the most successful alcohol and drug treatment centers in California. All of our substance abuse treatment plans are tailored to fit the needs of the individual and are result-oriented and solution-focused in a nurturing and structured environment.
The goal of New Bridge Foundation’s treatment center is to educate, enlighten and improve the quality of the lives of our clients. Our outcome studies reveal that our graduates enjoy lives free from drug and alcohol use, and consistently report more meaningful relationships, higher job satisfaction, and a better overall quality of life. New Bridge Foundation’s drug and alcohol treatment utilizes a holistic model focused on the whole individual. We offer a range of alternative services including acupuncture, biofeedback, and relaxation to augment our core education and therapy focused on effective relapse prevention and education.
One of the unique aspects of our program is our full continuum of care. We offer many levels of treatment including detox, residential, day treatment, and intensive outpatient. Our flexible program suits the individual and allows clients to move from one level of care to another without interrupting the treatment process. In addition to providing adult services, New Bridge Foundation’s adolescent program provides drug and alcohol services in targeted middle and high schools in the East Bay.
“Recovery is a process that encompasses the whole person,” states Dr. Abby Medcalf, Director of Administration at New Bridge Foundation. “We treat drug and alcohol addiction from a holistic perspective and our graduate’s report lives not only free of addiction, but filled with meaningful relationships and more satisfying careers as well.”
New Bridge Foundation is a nonprofit agency. Unlike for-profit institutions, everything we make goes directly back into the quality of our services. This means we always have your best interests in mind.
About New Bridge Foundation: New Bridge Foundation is a full service drug and alcohol treatment center that offers a wide variety of addiction programs in a nurturing and structured environment. Our holistic treatment approach incorporates physical, psychological, familial, spiritual, and alternative methods. Our warm and dedicated staff members treat each client as an individual with unique needs. New Bridge Foundation is licensed and certified by the State of California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and has the highest accreditation from the Commission for Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF). For more information call (800) 785-2400 or visit www.newbridgefoundation.org.
By Jason Franco posted on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 - (How To's)
If you have you ever tried setting up the mailto function within Firefox for Google apps, then you know what a pain it could be. This article will walk you through how to setup the mailto shortcut for your Google Apps domain within FireFox 3.6.8 on Windows 7. This means that by clicking on any "mailto" links it will automatically open and compose a new email in your Gmail account.
1. Open up FireFox 3.6.8 and paste in the following into the address bar:
about:config
2. Click "I'll be careful, I promise" when the warning appears
3. Copy and paste the following three values into the "Filter" field, one at a time and make sure they are set to “true”. If not, double click the value to change it:
4. Update the following script to have your domain within the URL and on the label for the new “mailto” application handler. Paste it into the address bar within FireFox, hit Enter and then click the “Add Application” button when the small notification appears:
javascript:window.navigator.registerProtocolHandler('mailto','https://mail.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s','Google Apps - Your Domain')
5. Next get into the Applications settings section within the options menu item by going to Tools -> Options:
6. Navigate to the Applications tab, scroll down to the “mailto” entry, select you’re the “Google Apps – Your Domain” entry you created and then click “OK”.
