milesjohnson

I have been trying to get into Git for a while now, but with its lack (or terrible) support on Windows, I ignored it. I tried using TortoiseGit, but wasn't too fond of still trying to get SHH or Putty integrated nicely. I want something that does it all for me, without me having to configure or do anything (or maybe I just completely did it wrong, or was using an old build). Along came GitExtensions in all its glory. Heres how to install it for Windows. Continue reading...

If you have ever used a local server, you would immediately realize that you can only develop one site at a time using the given root. You could however setup multiple folders for different websites within your local servers root, but the problem with that is they would all share the same root, big problem! To fix this you would have to set up virtual hosts, or vhosts for short. A vhost is a small server side trick (using Apache) that allows for multiple domains (websites) under the same root or IP address. Continue reading...

I recently convinced my friend to start learning CakePHP and to install XAMPP for windows. Everything was going smoothly up until he needed to have the database engine InnoDB enabled. Here's a very quick tutorial on how to enable InnoDB on Windows XAMPP (might also work with other local servers). Continue reading...