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Simple Password Protection for a Directory Using .htaccess

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Simple Password Protection for a Directory Using .htaccess

Here is a simple way to password protect a directory with .htaccess.

The basic snippets are:

The .htaccess Code

The basic .htaccess configuration tells this directory to use basic authentication, what to title the login dialog and where to find the .htpasswd file.

AuthType Basic
AuthName "restricted area"
AuthUserFile /home/user_name/public_html/protected-dir/.htpasswd
require valid-user

The .htpasswd Code

.htpasswd is simple a list of usernames and passwords in the format of: user_name:password. One entry per line.

your_user_name:secret_password
another_user:another_password
someone_else:I*3joidsl__2

Resource: David Wals Blog

Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

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Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

Avanish Kaushik provides some simple definitions, graphics and examples for common web analytics terms.

Here are the filtered key points:

Business Objectives:
This is the answer to the question: “Why does your website exist?”
Or: “What are you hoping to accomplish for your business by being on the web?”
Or: “What are the three most important priorities for your site?”

The objectives must be DUMB: Doable. Understandable. Manageable. Beneficial.

Goals:
Goals are specific strategies you’ll leverage to accomplish your business objectives. Do x, increase y, decrease z

Metric:
A metric is a number – a count or a ratio (typically seen in columns). Number of visits, unique visitors, pageviews.

Key Performance Indicator:
A key performance indicator (KPI) is a metric that helps you understand how you are doing against your objectives. Example: One of bestbuy.com’s KPIs is “Average order size”.

Targets:
Targets are numerical values you have pre-determined as indicators success or failure. Continueing his example above, target for the KPI of Average Order Size is $90.00.

Dimension:
A dimension is, typically, an attribute of the Visitor to your website (typically seen in rows). Keyword, referal source, location, campaign, web browser, screen resolution, activity (played video, posted comment)

Segments:
A segment contains a group of rows from one or more dimensions. Examples: Visitors from a specific location, visitors who spend over X minutes on the site, visitors who click more than X pages, visitors who searched a specific key phrase.

Check out the full Web Analytics 101 article for more detailed explanations and graphics.

Buffers, windows, and tabs | Arabesque

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Buffers, windows, and tabs | Arabesque

This post provides a good overview of some basic vim concepts. effectively using buffers, windows and tabs makes using vim much more efficient.

Buffers

A buffer in Vim is probably best thought of for most users as an open instance of a file, that may not necessarily be visible on the current screen.

Windows

A window in Vim is a viewport onto a single buffer. When you open a new window with :split or :vsplit, you can include a filename in the call.

Tabs

Finally, a tab in Vim is a collection of one or more windows. The best way to think of tabs, therefore, is as enabling you to group windows usefully.

Triggering Specific Transaction Responses Using Test Zip Codes for Authorize.net

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Triggering Specific Transaction Responses Using Test Zip Codes for Authorize.net

Use these zip codes to test failed transactions, invalid addresses and other errors when using Authorize.net for payment processing.

General Responses

ZIP CODE	RESPONSE CODE	RESPONSE TEXT	NOTES
46282	2	This transaction has been declined.	General bank decline

AVS Responses

ZIP CODE	AVS RESPONSE	AVS STATUS	NOTES
46206	P	AVS Not Applicable
46203	E	AVS data provided is invalid or AVS is not allowed for the card type that was used.
46207	R	The AVS system was unavailable at the time of processing.
46204	G	The card issuing bank is of non-U.S. origin and does not support AVS.	Not applicable to American Express
46209	U	The address information for the cardholder is unavailable.
46208	S	The U.S. card issuing bank does not support AVS.
46205	N	Address: No Match ZIP Code: No Match
46201	A	Address: Match ZIP Code: No Match
46217	Z	Address: No Match ZIP Code: Match
46211	W	Address: No Match ZIP Code: Matched 9 digits	Not applicable to American Express
46214	X	Address: Match ZIP Code: Matched 9 digits	Not applicable to Visa or American Express

CVV Responses

CARD CODE	CVV RESPONSE	CVV STATUS
900	M	Successful Match
901	N	Does NOT Match
904	P	Is NOT Processed
902	S	Should be on card, but is not indicated
903	U	Issuer is not certified or has not provided encryption key

Partial Authorization Responses

ZIP CODE	RESULT	REMAINING BALANCE	AUTHORIZED AMOUNT
46225	Partial Authorization	n/a	$1.23
46226	Partial Authorization	$1.23	Full amount
46227	Partial Authorization	-$1.23 (negative balance)	Full amount
46228	Partial Authorization	$0	Full amount

How to run a single rails unit test – Flavio Castelli

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How to run a single rails unit test – Flavio Castelli

Examples of running a single unit test with Ruby on Rails.

Git Cherry Picking: Move small code patches across branches | TechnoSophos

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Git Cherry Picking: Move small code patches across branches | TechnoSophos

How to checkout only the changes from a specific commmit:
Get the commit SHA1 and run:

git cherry-pick 5d3e1b6

Download file with php and curl

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This is a great tutorial on using cURL in php and downloading a file. http://phpsense.com/php/php-curl-functions.html I was able to download a zip file to my web server from a website using this code. Sample code: ————- <?php /*** Initialize the … Continue reading →

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Subtle Patterns | Free textures for your next web project

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Simple Password Protection for a Directory Using .htaccess

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The .htaccess Code

The .htpasswd Code

Web Analytics 101: Definitions: Goals, Metrics, KPIs, Dimensions, Targets

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Buffers, windows, and tabs | Arabesque

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Triggering Specific Transaction Responses Using Test Zip Codes for Authorize.net

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How to run a single rails unit test – Flavio Castelli

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Git Cherry Picking: Move small code patches across branches | TechnoSophos

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Download file with php and curl