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Slow running wamp server on windows vista

Submitted by ryan on Mon, 13/07/2009 - 16:16
Lately I've had a super slow apache on my local machine running wamp

Simple cache management class for Symfony

Submitted by ryan on Mon, 21/07/2008 - 15:49
Here's a simple class to manage Symfony's cache clearing using sfToolkit::clearGlob

Automatically switch Symfony front web controllers using .htaccess

Submitted by ryan on Mon, 21/07/2008 - 13:33
If you have separate back-end and front-end applications, we have a simple way to enable switching of the front controller based on the url that a user provides

Enabling and configuring SSL for apache 2.2 under windows WAMP server 2

Submitted by ryan on Sun, 20/07/2008 - 15:26
If you want to access and test pages under SSL eg. https://mylocalhost, you'll need to create a self-signing certificate and configure apache for SSL
Enabling and configuring SSL for apache 2.2 under windows WAMP server 2
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Image maps with CSS

Submitted by ryan on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 19:56
To make our image map, we'll use CSS to create invisible links and float them over the background image wherever we need them to be.

Restarting apache, the nice way .. gracefully

Submitted by ryan on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 18:12
Graceful apache restarts without booting off your users

Enabling min-height in your css for Internet Explorer

Submitted by ryan on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 12:41
Since ie doesn't support min-height, here's how to add a minimum height for a class in IE

Configuring apache directives for Symfony on WAMP

Submitted by ryan on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 12:35
How to set up apache VirtualHost directives for Symfony under apache 2.2+ for wamp (windows) and linux

Symfony platform specific config.php (windows and linux)

Submitted by ryan on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 10:32
When porting your Symfony application between windows and unix, you must change config/config.php

CSS and HTML Must-haves

Submitted by ryan on Sat, 19/07/2008 - 10:32
Here are a couple of things that you should always strat with when constructing you HTML pages