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Improving WordPress performance with changes to .htaccess

The solution proposed by jdmorgan involves optimizing the Mod_Rewrite code that WordPress places in your web’s root folder .htaccess file by default.  When you install WordPress, the following directives get added to the .htaccess file located in your web site’s root folder:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

The suggested optimization from jdmorgan was to replace the above code with the following:
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine on
#
# Unless you have set a different RewriteBase preceding this
# point, you may delete or comment-out the following
# RewriteBase directive:
RewriteBase /
#
# if this request is for "/" or has already been rewritten to WP
RewriteCond $1 ^(index\.php)?$ [OR]
# or if request is for image, css, or js file
RewriteCond $1 \.(gif|jpg|css|js|ico)$ [NC,OR]
# or if URL resolves to existing file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
# or if URL resolves to existing directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
# then skip the rewrite to WP
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ - [S=1]
# else rewrite the request to WP
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
#
# END wordpress

WP-Newspaper WordPress Theme

While using the WP-Newspaper theme in Chrome, the sidebar would display all the tab content at the same time, instead of hiding the other tab info that was not active.

This is caused by the Google Analytics plugin for WordPress and when viewing the theme in Chrome.

To fix this:

find the file external-tracking.min.js in the plugin directory and add this function right before:

jQuery(document).ready(function() so the it looks like this:

jQuery.noConflict();jQuery(document).ready(function()

The noConflict command will allow the Theme to work properly.

CD/DVD Driver for GH15F 16x DVD±RW DL SATA Drive w/Labelflash invalid

1) Close all open programs

2) Click on Start, Run, and type REGEDIT and press Enter

3) Click on the plus signs (+) next to the following folders

* HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
* SYSTEM
* CurrentControlSet
* Control
* Class
* {4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

4) This folder is the DVD/CD-ROM Drive Class Description in the registry. Look for any of the following names in the right hand column.

* UpperFilters
* LowerFilters
* UpperFilters.bak
* LowerFilters.bak

5) If any of the above keys shown in step 4 are listed, right-click on them and choose Delete

6) After deleting the keys, close the Registry Editor

7) Reboot your computer

Open My Computer and check to see if your CD or DVD drives have returned. You may also want to open Device Manager and verify that the yellow exclamation and error code on the CD or DVD drive is gone

CSV to vCard

This is a free utility that will convert csv to vcard. Easy to use. Works well with the roundcube webmail imports.

http://homepage.mac.com/phrogz/CSV2vCard_v2.html

Dashboard/Admin CSS broken – Godaddy free hosting install

this code should help repair the broken css issue:

Replace line 619 in function _print_scripts():
echo “\n”;
with:
// **********************************************
// Clean for godaddy free hosting
$st_data = file_get_contents( $src );
$st_data = substr( $st_data, 0, strrpos( $st_data, ” ) );
echo “\n”;
// **********************************************

and replace line 686 in function print_admin_styles():
echo ”

\n”;
with:
// **********************************************
// Clean for godaddy free hosting
$st_data = file_get_contents( $href );
$st_data = substr( $st_data, 0, strrpos( $st_data, ” ) );
echo ”

\n”;
// **********************************************

Note to self:
Don’t install WordPress to GoDaddy free hosting account. It is more of a headache than anything. Although, it is possible to hide the ads, the code that GoDaddy uses still breaks other code. It is just not worth the effort. 12+ hours wasted.