Author Archives: Ammon

OGG Encoding for HTML5 Audio

By Ammon | January 13 2012

The html5 <audio> tag needs an mp3 file and and ogg file to be cross-browser compatible. For best results, only encode raw, wav, or aiff files this way. Mp3 to ogg will look like it works, but the file won't play on Firefox. Encode Install oggenc: $ sudo apt-get install vorbis-tools Encode: $ oggenc -q [...]

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.htaccess for Magento pretty URLs

By Ammon | October 11 2011

I was pulling my hair out over this because Magento failed to produce an .htaccess file after I enabled url rewrites on my local dev server. I searched the old internets and found nothing! I ended up using the same .htaccess arguments as I do for WordPress and it worked great. To enable url rewrites, [...]

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And the eCC compatible shopping cart winner is…

By Ammon | September 7 2011

Opencart! No wait… it was actually LiveCart. Ed. Note 9/8/11: LiveCart made me a liar.  Turns out its broken, the community is non-existent, and the documentation is incomplete.  After struggling with PHP error after error for hours yesterday, I’ve given it up and my search for an eCC compatible shopping cart continues.  I remain impressed [...]

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Livecart 500 Internal Server Error on Install

By Ammon | September 1 2011

I just installed Livecart on my local development machine and got a 500 Internal Server error when I visited the site. My permissions were set correctly. The Apache log was showing this error: livecart/.htaccess: Options not allowed here Never seen that one before! I fixed it by following tristanC’s advice on this forum post. Just [...]

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eCC compatible shopping cart reviews

By Ammon | August 17 2011

I have a client who uses eCC for quickbooks integration with their webstore. Originally we had them on the WP E-Commerce plugin, but the new version (3.8) is badly broken, and after a horrendous couple days trying to fix it I’m forced to abandon ship. So I went through the list of eCC compatible shopping [...]

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Disable WP E-Commerce scripts and stylesheets

By Ammon | August 15 2011

This comes straight outta the getShopped forums: http://getshopped.org/forums/topic/disable-all-wpsc-javascript-and-css-files-3/ via cannobbio. To disable all scripts and stylesheets, add this code to the functions.php file in your theme folder: // Remove Styles function childtheme_deregister_styles() { wp_deregister_style( ‘wpsc-theme-css’ ); wp_deregister_style( ‘wpsc-theme-css-compatibility’ ); wp_deregister_style( ‘wpsc-product-rater’ ); wp_deregister_style( ‘wp-e-commerce-dynamic’); wp_deregister_style( ‘wpsc-thickbox’ ); wp_deregister_style( ‘wpsc-gold-cart’ ); } add_action( ‘wp_print_styles’, ‘childtheme_deregister_styles’, 100 [...]

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WP E-Commerce 3.8 and Thematic = no sidebars!

By Ammon | August 15 2011

I just upgraded a client from WP E-Commerce 3.7 to 3.8 and all my sidebars disappeared! This is how I fixed it: Background info The freshest software First of all, I’m using a child theme of Thematic (version 0.9.7.7) and the latest versions of WP E-Commerce (3.8.6) and WordPress (3.2.1). I just downloaded everything today [...]

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Novacut is back!

By Ammon | July 25 2011

Support Novacut, a pro open source video editor! Its an idea whose time has definitely come:

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Milholland Bicycle Company

By Ammon | July 15 2011

Did I ever mention that my brother builds the best bikes in the world? He built a mountain bike for me that is the best thing I’ve ever ridden. Check him out! Sweet new website: http://www.milhollandcycles.com/ Facebook: Milholland Cycles

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Add Javascript to a Concrete5 template the right way

By Ammon | May 27 2011

jQuery is included by default in Concrete5. Here’s how to add your own script: Put your .js file in the /js directory in the root of your Concrete5 install. In your theme’s elements/header.php file, add the following just before <?php Loader::element(‘header_required’); ?>: <?php $html = Loader::helper(‘html’); $this->addHeaderItem($html->javascript(‘my_script.js’)); ?> If you want to include your javascript [...]

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