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Azure DevTest Lab: run mysql and wordpress docker container

Posted by Ivan
/ November 17, 2017 / Leave a comment

It has been a long while ago I logged on a linux console and played around to install some packages. Currently working on a course for “Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions (70-532)” where I learned what DevTest Labs is and spin off an Ubuntu server image with the Docker package (as...

Posted in Azure, Microsoft, Wordpress
WordPress: Upgraded to Benny v4 Networknet.nl

Posted by Ivan
/ October 18, 2014 / Leave a comment

I wanted to do this for some weeks and today I upgraded my own blog to Benny WordPress v4.0. Latest and greatest version of WordPress. The new interface looks great, fast and I like the performance when using Google Chome. Adding social links and youtube has been easier than ever....

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Windows Live Writer 2011: Why should I care?

Posted by Ivan
/ May 23, 2011 / Leave a comment

Today I reinstalled Windows Live Writer 2011. The installation took longer then expected. After the installation I started Windows Live Writer from the Windows Live menu. The interface has been updated since I used the application one or two years ago. It has the Office ribbon which I like. The...

Posted in Windows Live Writer, Wordpress
WordPress: Flickr Manager for WP 2.8

Posted by Ivan
/ July 14, 2009 / 1 Comment

Since upgrade to WordPress 2.8 “Flickr Manager” plugin stopped to work. I was able to upload my files to Flickr but failed to insert the picture into my posts or pages. As Flickr Pro member and WordPress fan I love this extension into WordPress. Today a found solution on my...

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WordPress: latest and greatest release of 2.8

Posted by Ivan
/ July 4, 2009 / Leave a comment

For three weeks I planned to install the latest release of WordPress 2.8. The list of improvements and enhancements is endless! Highlights New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors Browse the theme directory and install themes from...

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WordPress: Reset Admin password

Posted by Ivan
/ March 25, 2009 / 1 Comment

At some point I lost my admin account password for a WordPress site. There are several ways to perform a password reset for WordPress. These are my instruction how I reset my “admin” account password for WordPress 2.7.1. How to reset WordPress admin password? Open a linux shell Generare a md5 password by running echo -n...

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WordPress: intranet and firewall

Posted by Ivan
/ March 11, 2009 / 2 Comments

I am a huge fan of WordPress blogging platform. Recently I introduced the platform in my enterprise environment. WordPress is running behind a restricted network and it has no connection to the Internet. While installing and finalizing the virtual machine which is used to host WordPress I encountered one problem...

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WordPress: how to set external SMTP server?

Posted by Ivan
/ February 9, 2009 / 16 Comments

I installed and configured a WordPress virtual machine appliance. The virtual machine was running in an intranet environment. An internal SMTP server was used which allowed to email relay into our Microsoft Exchange organization. The vm appliance had an admin option to configure the SMTP relay server. I configured the...

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WordPress: XML-RPC services disabled

Posted by Ivan
/ January 4, 2009 / 9 Comments

Some while ago I created a new WordPress blog. Recently I updated my Windows Live Writer configuration and I registered my new blog in Windows Live Writer. Just after entering all required parameters I got the following warning: WordPress developers decided to disable “Remote Publishing” from version 2.6 and higher....

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