Author Archives: Julian

November 22, 2011
by Julian

Manual upgrade of WURFL xml file in DotKernel

DotKernel Application Framework can be downloaded with WURFL XML file bundled in it, but is quite an old file,  the latest GPL version, from June 2011. Because of license changed of that WURFL file,  this bundled file will not be … Continue reading

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October 18, 2011
by Julian

Remote connections to MySQL server on Plesk based servers

By default, MySql servers on Linux machines where Plesk is installed, have the old_passwords=1 or ON flag. That mean even if you have MySQL 5.5+ version, it still use old style of password storage, pre-mysql 4.1+ If you try to … Continue reading

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September 7, 2011
by Julian

Zend Server 5.5 Quick Setup on Windows

In order to make  usable a fresh installation of Zend Server 5.5.0 on Windows 7, and be ready for development , few quick steps are required: Continue reading

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July 28, 2011
by Julian

Zend_Session usage in DotKernel – Refactor of Dot_Session class

We found a strange behaviour of sessions in one of our project, running DotKernel version 1.5.0 Similar to this one described here In unknowns circumstances, and only in IE 8 and IE9 , the session cookie is not saved on … Continue reading

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June 15, 2011
by Julian

Protecting admin folder with .htaccess in Plesk

In /var/www/vhosts/exampledomain.com/conf/vhost.conf file add this code: < Location /admin> AuthType Basic AuthName "My Site Admin" AuthUserFile /var/www/vhosts/exampledomain.com/conf/.htpasswd Require valid-user < /Location >   Notice the server that vhost.conf has been added/changed with command: /usr/local/psa/admin/sbin/websrvmng -a   Then create the .htpasswd … Continue reading

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