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Globally Change Date Display in CakePHP 3
By default the Locale for CakePHP 3 is en_US so dates display as m/d/y # config/app.php 'App' => [ 'namespace' => 'App', 'encoding' => env('APP_ENCODING', 'UTF-8'), 'defaultLocale' => env('APP_DEFAULT_LOCALE', 'en_US'), 'base' => false, Which makes...
How to use log() in Model/Entity/Bookmark.php CakePHP 3
In CakePHP 2.x I could insert $this->log() just about anywhere and it worked. Was just trying to do the same in CakePHP 3 from inside the file src/Model/Entity/Bookmark.php I received an error message "Call to undefined method App\Model\Entity\Bookmark::log()" To...
Download Pentaho Reports from Pentaho Community Edition
Sometimes you can't locate the original prpt file that you use to create and upload a report to the Pentaho BI Server. So how do you grab the reports from the BI server and then edit them? Firstly you need to have Pentaho Report Designer Installed. Then you need to...
Extracting Icons to make Custom Launcher Icon on mac
I use Homebrew to install wine to run Microsoft compatible apps Install Homebrew by following the instructions from http://brew.sh/ brew update brew install wine Install your Microsoft Windows App ... mount DVD or ISO image, or copy the contents of the DVD to a USB...
For the Seriously Lazy – wakeonlan
Note: The caveat to using Wake-on-LAN to wake your Synology box is that if you switch off the switch that connects your Synology to your network it will loose it's MAC address table map (the one that tells the switch which Ethernet port the Synology is plugged into)....
Multi-Device Mobile Access to Files at Home On A Budget
How to create a home office with remote access to all your files... First things first get yourself a good NAS device. Install it on your home network. I have found Synology** works well and has all the features you will need. Get a NAS with at least 2 disks and make...
LibreOffice: Creating a Table of Contents that doesn’t Include Heading 1
I frequently create documents in LibreOffice that have a Title in Heading 1 style on page one, the next page contains a Table of Contents which I want to have use the Heading 2 through to Heading X styles but not Heading 1 Here is an example of a Table of Contents...
Real SEO
I've been looking at SEO and finding that there is more to it than just links and keywords. One of the more important things is that the website has good content. Meaning something that a real human will find compelling and worth reading. Googles algorithm appears to...
Lucid Chart – Online Visio Replacement
Just discovered Lucid Charts. It is a diagramming program you can run in your browser. First look: Feature Rich - Provides generic Network and Network Infrastructure Shapes. It provides Cisco, Azure and AWS shapes and a heap of 'clip-art' network and equipment shapes...