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How to : Create a new WordPress user using PHP function

It's pretty easy to manage users in WordPress when you are logged into WordPress Dashboard as an Administrator. But what if you want to create a user via a PHP function ? The method which we are going to discuss is useful when you are creating a plugin or if you want to create a user by simply execu

Spell check your documents from Command line in Linux

I know lot of people think that Unix/Linux has very less functionality, but the fact is Unix/Linux has all the functionality in it's core. It won't be wrong, if I say that other Operating Systems have copied some awesome stuff from Linux. Today we are going to see how you can spell-check a document

Mac OS X: 2 ways to lock screen without any app

There are many blog posts on Internet which discuss about Locking screen of your Mac. Some discuss using Automator while other just ask you to install a 3rd party App, paid or free. However, there are two quick ways using which you can lock screen with just 2 clicks or even without a click of the tr

Login into multiple Skype accounts in Mac OS X

I am sure you must have tried / searched a lot about this and that is why you are here. But I promise that this solution works for running multiple instances of Skype on Mac OS X. Note: If you want to see it in action, then scroll to the bottom of this post for the video tutorial on how you can r

5 commonly used url rewriting examples using .htaccess

URL rewriting using .htaccess is pretty common today. Most of the frameworks like WordPress, CodeIgniter,cakePHP etc. provide their own URL rewriting techniques. However, there is always a necessity to beautify the URLs using .htaccess when you are using any of the framework. Without talking abou

Batch resize using ImageMagick

People who do not use or cannot use Adobe Photoshop ,whatever the reason maybe, processing large number of images could be a pain for them. And for those who use Photoshop, it could be a slow process. Using ImageMagick to resize images from Command Line is faster. It may not be as easy as click-cl

PNG Transparency with ImageMagick

I am sure it took you long to figure it out as to how do we change the Transparency of PNG images using ImageMagick. Same was the case with me and that is why I decided to write a post for the same. As you might be aware, ImageMagick is really awesome tool for image manipulation. It performs Imag

[How to] Setup Tikona Wireless correctly

Tikona WiBro is basically a Wireless Broadband Service provider.Their plans are quite competitive & hence I chose to get it installed. Speed advertised was decent at 2Mbps. What it means (simplified) is that there are multiple “Signal Broadcasting/Transmission” Towers known as Access

How to pass data into Facebook iFrame application

While you are developing Facebook application you sometimes need to pass data to the application. As a matter of fact iFrame cannot access data from the parent window. Hence you cannot access certain parameters from the URL using $_GET as a usual process. Facebook provides a way to pass certain d

Now Google to help you in making Recipes

What if you search for your favorite food, dessert in Google and along with search results you get some awesome recipe filters ? Yes, now when you search for a recipe on Google it recognizes it and display it's ingredients along with other options - stunning ? I was searching for Blueberry ice-cre

Google helps to understand tech jargon

Google has started publishing videos that will make you understand Technical Jargon in simple english. Google privacy channel is present on YouTube which gets updated with all the videos concerning user's security. Google's effort to make web safe for users is commendable. User's might feel bored

Turn Off Auto Correct in Mac OS X Lion

You might have noticed the "Auto Correct" feature of OS X Lion. It's really helpful but at times it becomes simply annoying. For example, when I tweet I do not want my tweets to be auto-corrected. You might want to turn off this feature cause it tries to auto correct tech terms, slang and many o

How to inspect css hover , active property using firebug

I am sure that while Design and Development of a website you definitely want to see the :hover property of an element using your favorite addon in FireFox called Firebug. But I have found that many newbie developers do not know how to see this property. Default settings of firebug shows only the "De

Enable Apache,PHP in Mac OS X

Mac OS X comes with Apache,PHP pre-installed but is not enabled by default. Just when you get on to your new Mac OS X you definitely want to enable these. The following steps should help you enable PHP over Apache and you can start rolling. Enable PHP module in httpd.conf We first need to enabl

Enable Save and Quit tabs in Firefox

I am sure when you open FireFox you open as many windows. And imagine if you accidentally quite Firefox ? That's irritating - No ? I know you are smart enough to go to in History menu and Click Restore previous session. But imagine having to fill user username password for certain Web Sites ? And im

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