How to create a symlink when you don’t have shell access (WP-Cache issue)

How to create a symlink when you don’t have shell access (WP-Cache issue)
Earlier today I needed to create a symlink in order to get WP-Cache working. Unfortunately a simple ln -s target link wasn’t an option as I didn’t have shell access. So in usual fashion I have to use a php script and chmod the directory permissions to 777 in this case <?php $target...

upgrading from 1.2.4 to 1.4.1 in CMSMS ( CMS Made Simple ) causes the templates to die

upgrading from 1.2.4 to 1.4.1 in CMSMS ( CMS Made Simple ) causes the templates to die
Well in case this has happened to you the solution is handy enough. Though why the problem I’m not entirely sure. For some reason a column “assoc_order” is missing in the “css_assoc” table. To fix this (probably handies via phpmyadmin go in and alter the table structure...

The absolute path / relative path doesn’t work with CMSMS / CMS Made Simple

This has just eaten the better part of an hour for me I’ve running a lot of installs of CMS Made Simple ( CMSMS ) and any of the images I was adding were appearing fine on my admin section when I was adding them to the page in edit mode. Of course I’ve a load of sites out there and I couldn’t...

How can I change my php settings with .htaccess files

A great thing about .htaccess is the ability to alter a few of the settings for php. These days a lot of the content management systems are getting pretty hefty and the default apache / php config just isn’t cutting it anymore. If you find yourself needing to up some of the settings well you may...