Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
April 27th, 2010Comments 0
WordPress database migration causes MAMP permissions error – solved!
Tech tips aren’t something I ever intended on posting here. They’re boring as all hell to the majority of people and seem out of place in amongst my fantabulous drawings and aural selections. I will however make an exception for this little nugget.
I’ve encountered this problem twice now while moving a WordPress database from my local to remote server. I’m posting this largely so the next time it happens to me I won’t have to resort to a half-hour google search to find the answer, and of course to help those of you that may find it in your own search for a solution.
Here’s the story: I backup my database and WP files, go into settings and change the wordpress and blog address to the new url. I upload the files to the server and head back into MAMP to retrieve the database with the modified settings. Problemo! I can’t access the MAMP start page or phpmyadmin. Panic sets in.
Thankfully, like most web related problems chances are somebody out there has already encountered the same issue before. After some googling I discovered this thread which covers my exact problem. About eight posts in a generous soul shares the solution.
Here it is:
WordPress has created a .htaccess file in the root of your harddrive (that little devil!). The contents of which will likely look similar to this:
# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /ExampleSite/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /ExampleSite/index.php [L]
# END WordPress
Get rid of it. You’ll have to turn on hidden files to delete it, but once removed MAMP should be back to normal. Praise Jah.
February 16th, 2010Comments 0
A graphic designers wet dream
This formula will make 80% of designers nut on sight (particularly useful for annual reports).
November 27th, 2009Comments 0
I’m not dead!
Bah! Adult type responsibilities are preventing me from drawing and posting. Nothing new there. In other news I attended my first Vancouver Comic Jam last weekend. If they post the pages I’ll be sure to link them on the chortle as well. Also, I finished the first Chortcast a couple weeks ago but the levels (is that what they’re called?) are all messed up because I am such an amateur. Garage band is confounding!
I will return, soon(ish).