Mathew Porter Web Design & Development Blog

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Enable https on WordPress Admin and Login

This post assumes that you have a valid SSL certificate installed on the host account for the WordPress site / domain in which you would like to enable admin control panel and account logins over https. The simplest way to enable a https secure connection on your WordPress admin panel and account logins is via a wp-config.php update, using the […]

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Default Username & Password for MySQL Databases in MAMP

MAMP for Mac OS X is a great local development server for local web site development. One question that I always get asked or even forget myself is what the default username and password for MySQL databases are when created in phpMyAdmin in MAMP. On the more recent versions of MAMP the default username for created databases is: root. On […]

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Magento, SEO

Link Rel Author & Publisher Tags in Magento via local.xml

The are a variety of reasons for including the rel=”author” and rel=”publisher” link tags (occasionally referred to as meta tags) in the section of your sites markup and this post will detail how to add them to your Magento theme via a local.xml file update. The primary reason is to help Google associate your Magento site and any content on […]

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Reset WordPress Admin Password in Database via phpMyAdmin

There are a variety of reasons that you may need to reset the password of an admin account in WordPress directly in the database, primarily when the password has been forgotten and the ‘password recovery via email’ functionality on the WordPress login page is not working for you. Resetting the password in the database via phpMyAdmin on your live or […]

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Google AdWord Ads and Search Result Changes

Earlier in the year Google were investigated by the European Commission with regards to “competition concerns” within the EU when displaying search results. This investigation and subsequent report identified four key areas for improvement to Google’s Search Results to help make them more competitive. For the full report and details of the requested changes by the European Commission, view it […]

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