http://jamescoletti.com At least you'll learn something. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:28:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a handy script (called "sPing") to monitor any number of sites and ensure that they return a pleasant status code (200 or 304). The script will silently access each of the URLs in the array. Any that return something nasty like a 403, 404, 500, or 503 will be ... http://jamescoletti.com/php-website-monitoring-script Oh no, not another "simple wordpress contact form". Yes, that's right. There are a million contact form plugins for WordPress, and I've probably tried the majority of them. They're great, don't get me wrong, but either they're bloated with features that I don't use or I'm just O.C.D. about certain ... http://jamescoletti.com/simple-wordpress-contact-form-plugin I have a fairly sophisticated WordPress setup where every site has its own database, shares a common regular WordPress 2.7 code base, can optionally share themes and plugins, and much more. (Yes, this is all done without hacking any of the core files so upgrades aren't a nightmare.) There are ... http://jamescoletti.com/multiple-wordpress-installs-and-object-cache-collision So the site has been dying for some new content, and I haven’t had five minutes to conjure up anything. Coincidentally, my old Netgear RT311 router started acting up and my replacement solution turned into a small project, and from it I created this tutorial. Unpacking and Examination I ordered the RouterBOARD ... http://jamescoletti.com/routerboard-rb532-assembly-and-configuration-tutorial Assume you have the following file, in comma-separated value format: names.csv 1,James,admin,active 2,Jake,user,active 3,Paul,user,active 4,Suzie,moderator,active 5,Brenda,user,inactive We need to import this data into a MySQL table, and we'll assume we have a structure that supports the data. For simplicity, something like: [sourcecode language='sql'] CREATE TABLE users ( id INT(4) NOT NULL, name VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL, type VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL, mode VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL ); [/sourcecode] We'll ... http://jamescoletti.com/insert-csv-file-into-mysql-with-php I bring you a new, minimalistic version of the site, and hopefully some quality posts in the near future. http://jamescoletti.com/new-site-launched