Install Magento on Ubuntu and fix PHP Extensions "0" must be loaded error with PHP 5.4

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Magento LogoEvent though I follow MVC pattern in many of my web related projects, like every PHP web developer I came to the point when I have to dive into some well established MVC PHP framework. This is something backend developer must do if he wants to stop being a lone wolf and start working inside a team of developers. Web frameworks of my choice are fast Codeigniter and powerful Zend Framework. Getting to know about Codeigniter wasn't hard, but mastering Zend is still work in progress especially since Zend Framework 2 has been recently released. Talking about Zend, recently I got interested in getting to know about open source eCommerce solutions and I choose to get acquainted with Zend based Magento. In this article I'll show you how to install Magento on a Debian based distributions like Ubuntu and provide workaround for the PHP Extensions "0" must be loaded error thrown by Magento installer running on PHP 5.4.

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Udev rule to run a script after plugging in USB device on Ubuntu Linux operating system

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Logitech QuickCam E3500 Web CamFor my video chat sessions I use my Logitech E3500 USB web cam. On my Linux box this hardware device sort of works fine, but it does have it's own set of quirks I've developed workarounds for over the years. One of the things that bug me is that even though you can change it's configuration options trough GUI or CLI, this hardware device has it's defaults, and these defaults are back every time you plug it in. In this article I'll show you how to create script that changes web cam settings using CLI tools I've explained in one of my earlier articles, and how to make this script being executed every time web cam is plugged in.

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Is the HP ASE - Cloud Architect V2 Certification Right for You?

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Are you interested in certifying your knowledge of the newest technologies? If so, the HP ASE - Cloud Architect V2 certification might be right for you. Earning this certification tells potential employers that you are able to specify and architect multiple cloud services based on converged infrastructure. It also tells future employers that you are comfortable with using HP Converged Cloud, Cloud Service Automation (CSA) 3.0, HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.1, HP Insight Management software 7.1, and HP Cloud Reference Architecture.

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Adding GeSHi/WP-Syntax compatible pre HTML tag button to WordPress Quicktags Javascript editor

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Wordpress Logo BlueIf you're anything like me your blog is probably full of code snippets and you're using WordPress Quicktags editor to enter your posts content. You're also using GeSHi compatible syntax highliter like WP-Syntax to make your code snippets more readable.

In this article I'll give you Javascript and PHP code I've created to add GeSHi compatible pre button to my blog's Quicktags editor toolbar on both frontend and backend.

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PHP function for adding admin menu separator inside WordPress backend

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WordPress admin menu separatorOften your WordPress plugin or theme adds admin submenu inside WordPress admin interface using add_menu_page() functions on admin_menu hook or using WordPress Settings API. When your code adds multiple submenu items wouldn't it be nice to create section on admin menu to reduce clutter? Unfortunately WordPress currently doesn't support adding admin menu separators so you must do it manually by filtering $menu global variable. Here's function for doing that together with an example that should demonstrate it's use.

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