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jQuery: get a specific ancestor of an element

Here’s a nicer way to get an ancestor element without chaining calls to parent().parent() etc.

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Magento Tip: Enable Google Sitemap XML

Magento has good support for generating a Google Sitemap XML file, there are just a few steps to the process.

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WordPress Command Line Database Upgrade

If you’re like me and manage dozens of WordPress sites, you’ve probably got a shared code base which allows you to upgrade the WordPress filesystem easily.. But most likely you’ve also found it painful to have to visit each wp-admin individually and click the “Update WordPress Database” button. Ever wanted to script this task to run from the command line? Here you go 🙂

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Merge AVI files in Debian Linux

Here’s a nice quick way to merge 2 or more AVI files into 1. Add Debian Multimedia to your sources list vi /etc/apt/sources.listvi /etc/apt/sources.list I’m currently using Squeeze – change to your distro as necessary deb http://deb-multimedia.org squeeze maindeb http://deb-multimedia.org squeeze main apt-get updateapt-get update Install the Debian Multimedia keyring apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring Install these […]

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Magento Performance Boost: Enable Log Cleaning

Magento has automated log cleaning functionality built in, but it is not enabled by default. Here’s how to turn it on.

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