Copying a Live WordPress website onto MAMP
This is a follow-on post from Configuring MAMP (with WordPress) and is a guide on how to download your website and have it run locally on your laptop or PC.
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Configuring MAMP (with WordPress)
MAMP is a “one-click solution for setting up your personal webserver”. If you don’t have hosting or a domain name sorted out, you can go ahead and build your WordPress website using this free bit of kit.
Killing SQL Server Processes (SPIDs)
There are many reasons why you’d KILL a SPID in SQL Server. Whether it’s impending disk space doom due to data or log file bloat, or a long running query that’s lost in space…
Renaming a computer that hosts SQL Server
When changing the hostname of a computer running SQL Server, system metadata must be updated so that remote connections and applications do not lose connectivity.
Installing SQL Server 2017
Installing SQL is a straight-forward task… but it’s important that things are in-place from the get-go to prevent having to make changes on a live system.
SiteOrigin Custom CSS Load Delay
I’ve used SiteOrigin CSS WordPress Plug-in quite a bit now, although there’s one note-able issue that I feel is worth blogging about. This SiteOrigin Plug-in lets you click on an area of your page and customise a ton of options without you typing a single line of code.
Get Estimated Database Restore Time
If you’re backing up or restoring a large database, you can run the script below to find out how long it has left to complete.
