phpBB3: Avatars not showing after update – Solved!

Another day, another issue to resolve… this time it was the turn of phpBB to shed some of the remaining hair from my head. I have however now got to the bottom of this, so this is another post aimed at helping others hindered by this irritating issue. It seems that the phpBB update changed […]

“Unknown error” in Windows Live Mail

I don’t know if it’s my anti-virus getting a grip onvirus ridden e-mails, but I am getting a lot of “unknown error” messages in Windows Live Mail when I try to delete or move to junk, spam mails with attachments. I was somewhat frustrated by this, as it leaves my inbox littered with junk… I […]

cPanel Addon Domains: Host multiple domains under your hosting package

A prospective client contacted me yesterday asking whether it was possible to host more than one domain against a BeachyUK hosting package. The answer is yes… and having had a similar question before, I thought it was worth adding a post on this to explain how you can do this using cPanel Addon domains.

WordPress Upgrade Failed: Could not copy file

Obviously I like to keep WordPress up-to-date to ensure it has the latest security patches, and that any new features, or improvements are available to myself, and you lovely readers! Well of late I’ve had issues upgrading WordPress. I’ve tried the automatic upgrade on several occasions, but it continues to give me an “Installation Failed” […]

Haiti earthquake: What are we doing?

“We’re” obviously there, and we’re obviously doing “everything we can” with the available resources, but this country is not inaccessible to the world, I refuse to believe that it is that difficult to get people and resources into the country.

WordPress – Cache Issues – Clear Cache

Well I thought I would help others who may have been facing the same problems as me. When visiting my wordpress blog several errors appeared at the top of the website stating headers have already been sent out. This made it impossible to login to the backend of my blog. After searching google for answers […]

Changing the Maximum Product Name Length in Virtuemart

Hi Guys, Just a really quick post for anyone who wants to increase the Product Name length in Virtuemart. Go to phpMyAdmin Locate the table  jos_vm_product Find the field product_name (ot at the top of the table like you would expect!) Then click change (the second button from the left) Change Length/Values to the number […]

Eco-spirit – Will World leaders find a greener way forward?

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit of an eco-fan myself, and I get really mad reading these constant reports that suggest world leaders won’t come up with a satisfactory way forward at the Copenhagen conference in early December. It’s great to see world leaders making pledges before the conference, but nobody seems […]

ISP’s blocking Port 25 (SMTP)

Why the heck is it that ISP’s feel the need to dictate to us the ports we should and shouldn’t make use of? I say this having just spent near-on a week of frustration wondering why the BeachyUK server hated me and refused to send my mails! After finally finding some time to sit down […]

Changing default payment method in Virtuemart

I have just found out how to hard code change the way virtuemart lists its payment methods: Locate the file: components/com_virtuemart/themes/default/templates/checkout/list_payment_methods.tpl.php Locate the code: $ps_payment_method->list_nocheck($payment_method_id,  false);$ps_payment_method->list_bank($payment_method_id,  false)$ps_payment_method->list_paypalrelated($payment_method_id,  false); You can then copy and paste the lines in order to change the order of t payment method category list. Changes within the category can be done […]