Posted by The TechMentor in git, Journal
on Mar 19th, 2014
Install git sudo apt-get install git Configure git git config --global user.name "Jay Everson (hostname-O/S)" git config --global user.email jeverson@techmentor.com Setup SSH client to use port 2222 # vi ~/.ssh/config Host backwater.techmentor.com port 2222 Setup SSH to login to the “origin” server without a password. Create source directory Clone Repos git clone gitpriv@backwater.techmentor.com:gitrepo/scripts.git git clone gitpriv@backwater.techmentor.com:gitrepo/configs.git git clone...

Posted by The TechMentor in System Configuration
on Mar 15th, 2014
Run sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Posted by The TechMentor in Configuration, OS X, Tips&Tricks
on Mar 6th, 2014
Well, in the name of security, it seems Java 7 has broken a whole lot of apps. I will not bother with the pros and cons of this, but will simply address how to get things working again. Java 7, by default, blocks “untrusted” and “self-signed” applications. In addition, it is 64 bit and will not work with Chrome on Macs, which is 32 bit. Trying to run such an app results in this annoying dialog: There are a couple ways around this. The most simple is to use the Java Security Preferences to lower the Security Level. This can be done by: Select “System...

Posted by The TechMentor in Wordpress
on Mar 6th, 2014
In single.php replace: $thumbnail = get_thumbnail($width,$height,$classtext,$titletext,$titletext); $thumb = $thumbnail["thumb"]; if($thumb <> '') { ?> <?php print_thumbnail($thumb, $thumbnail["use_timthumb"], $titletext, $width, $height, $classtext); ?> with <!-- Modification 3/6/14 to display thumbnail from custom field --> $myThumb = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'Thumbnail', true); if($myThumb <> '') { ?> <img src="<?php print($myThumb) ?>" class='thumbnail alignleft' alt='GitHub Developer Program Emphasizes Integrations'...

Posted by The TechMentor in Wordpress
on Mar 3rd, 2014
Added following code to Custom CSS: #pagesback { width:970px; margin: 10px auto 0px auto; height: 39px; } Then, added the following to header.php, just before Navigation Bar code: <div id="pagesback"><img src="https://sysadmin.techmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Banner03.png"> </div>
