Category: Website Development

Add Let’s Encrypt Trust Certificates to Cold Fusion on Windows

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Getting this error when trying to use ColdFusion CFHTTP to connect to a site using Let’s Encrypt? I/O Exception: sun.security.validator.ValidatorException: PKIX path building failed: java.security.cert.CertPathBuilderException: Could not build a validated path. You need to add their trust chain to you JRE. I’m lazy and don’t touch Java too much so I always have to look up… Continue reading Add Let’s Encrypt Trust Certificates to Cold Fusion on Windows →

root can’t connect remotely to MySQL 5.5

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This drove me absolutely nuts. I recently installed CentOS 7 with the typical LAMP configuration. Also, I know. I shouldn’t be using root. I am because it doesn’t matter in this case – it’s not a production machine. I installed MySQL 5.5 and ran the secure installation (mysql_secure_installation). I made sure selinux and firewalld were… Continue reading root can’t connect remotely to MySQL 5.5 →

Facebook’s Trend Mapping Sites

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It’s pretty amazing that Facebook would reveal this, but due to an apparent accusation that they trend to “liberal” causes they released their one thousand plus list of sites they pay attention to for trending information. See the list below: www.10jqka.com.cn www.114dianxin.com www.163.com www.17k.com www.19lou.com www.1tv.ru www.20minutes.fr www.20minutos.es www.2258.com www.247wallst.com www.24h.com.vn www.31n.com www.365jilin.com www.39.net www.39yst.com… Continue reading Facebook’s Trend Mapping Sites →

Simple PHP SPAM tracking and logging tip

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This one’s easy. Place this in your php.ini (don’t forget to restart, if needed). mail.add_x_header = On mail.log = /var/log/phpmail.log You can change the log file location, of course. Note that mail.add_x_header  will add the script file to the email header allowing someone to see which file generated the email. This may be a security… Continue reading Simple PHP SPAM tracking and logging tip →

Multiple Google Analytics Codes on the Same Page and Cross Domain Tracking

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This covers only Google Analytics universal code (analytics.js) and not the old GA code (ga.js). It does not cover GA dashboard or reporting functions. There are examples for tracking using a single set of GA code for your site, and then when you are using it for a another tracking ID (UA) on the same… Continue reading Multiple Google Analytics Codes on the Same Page and Cross Domain Tracking →

Test your browser for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 Compatibility

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How’s My SSL is an open source site with code available on Git do test for TLS compatibility. I have tested it on Windows 8.1 Chrome/FF/IE 11 and Windows 7, Internet Explorer 9 and have found it to be reliable. https://www.howsmyssl.com/ Since it is open source I will make a version for my own site… Continue reading Test your browser for TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 Compatibility →

This page can’t be displayed – TLS 1.0 and Internet Explorer

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All months leading up to June of 2016 are going to be pretty important in the e-commerce landscape. PCI DSS 3.1 has come down and compliance is no longer a matter of looking the other way. You need to be compliant or risk fines and penalties that cannot be offset by gains without it. Your… Continue reading This page can’t be displayed – TLS 1.0 and Internet Explorer →

Brocade ADX load balancer and TLS 1.0

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Have you configured your web servers so that TLS 1.0 is disabled and your website no longer is accessible? Is it running behind a Brocade ADX load balancer? Are you running SSL healthchecks? Before disabling TLS 1.0, make sure to confirm that the Brocade software is 12502e, or higher. The healthchecks don’t support TLS 1.1+ until… Continue reading Brocade ADX load balancer and TLS 1.0 →

Remove a URL from Google Search Index

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Search engines are necessary for the web, but sometimes you have posted content that you longer want to be seen. How do you get rid of a URL in Google? It is really simple:     Login to Webmaster Tools https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ Click Google Index [1] Click Remove URLs [2] Click “Create new removal request” [3] Paste… Continue reading Remove a URL from Google Search Index →