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Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5.0gpl using a PPA

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Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5

Installing PHP 5.6.x and 7.0.x with Ubuntu 14.04 and Virtualmin 5

Updated with new information regarding having PHP 5.6.x and PHP7.0.x work with the creation of new sites

This tutorial shows you how to install PHP 5.6.x and PHP 7.0.x side by side on Ubuntu 14.04 with Virtualmin using FCGI and assumes that you already have Virtualmin configured on a server. Please read through this entire tutorial before starting.

Note: As always backup your servers or sites. I accept no liability for loss of data, problems, or damage caused to your server by following this tutorial. This worked for me but – use at your own risk.

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Learn how to use Lightbox Plus ColorBox Complete Video Tutorial

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Lightbox Plus WordPress Plugin video guide
Lightbox Plus WordPress Plugin video guide

The other day I ran across what is probably the best video guide to learn how to use Lightbox Plus ColorBox and easily add fancy light box photo effects to your WordPress site. I wish I could say that I created it, but frankly writing tutorials, guides and documentation is not my forte.
The author of this excellent guide is Philip Gledhill and he does an brilliant job covering all aspects of Lightbox Plus ColorBox.  The tutorial is available on Philip’s site as Lightbox Plus WordPress Plugin video guide. If you are trying to get a better understanding of how to use Lightbox Plus ColorBox I can’t recommend his guide enough!

Lightbox Plus ColorBox 2.6; HTML5 valid code option, better gallery handling

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Abandoned Sand Castle
Abandoned Sand Castle

Lightbox Plus ColorBox has been release at version 2.6 which includes additional fixes for WordPress galleries not loading correctly and the option to output HTML5 valid code. There are now 26 styles included with Lightbox Plus ColorBox.

See the change log after the jump for details.

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Lightbox Plus 2.5.4 Available, Gallery Fixes and a Dozen New Styles

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New River Gorge
New River Gorge

Lightbox Plus has been updated version 2.5.4 which includes fixes for WordPress galleries not loading correctly and and update to correct lightboxing galleries based on the Use for WP Gallries checkbox. In addition there are over a dozen new styles added for Lightbox Plus.

See the change log after the jump for details.
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Lightbox Plus 2.5.3 Now Out, Bugfixes and up to 1000 inline lightboxes

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Mississippi River Crossing, Helena, AR
Mississippi River Crossing, Helena, AR

I have updated Lightbox Plus version 2.5.3 which includes additional fixes to the PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser and the ability to have up to 1000 inline lightboxes.  More importantly I corrected a problem for servers that don’t have the PHP mbstring extension installed.

See the change log after the jump for details.
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Lightbox Plus 2.5 released with new features and WordPress 3.5 compatibility

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Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Austin, TX
Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Austin, TX

Lightbox Plus is updated to version 2.5.1 which include compatibility with WordPress 3.4 and 3.5 and also updated Colorbox to version 1.3.20. This release includes a major interface overhaul and additional features and options including the ability to position the lightbox in a specific location on a page, the ability to set the position of the lightbox to stay in the viewport even when the page is scrolled, per page usage of Lightbox Plus and the ability to auto-launch the lightbox on page load and specify lightboxes on individual pages.

See the details of the post after the jump for details.

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CISPA: Say Hello to Big Brother!

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CISPA: Say Hello to Big Brother! Please Share! You share all sorts of silly stuff and important stuff but unless you want the government know what those things are you might want to take action now!

The privacy-destroying Internet bill (CISPA) goes to vote this Monday (4/23/12), and without massive resistance from the American people,it’s expected to be passed. [8:01]

CISPA: Say Hello to Big Brother!
CISPA: Say Hello to Big Brother!

We need to start contacting our Representatives in Congress directly. Please Share!

More lines of Action after the jump!

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HubSpot for Gravity Forms Add-On

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Gravity Forms HubSpot Add-On
Gravity Forms HubSpot Add-On

I just released a new plugin that is an add-on for Gravity Form which allows leads generated in Gravity Forms to be fed into HubSpot.  The Gravity Forms HubSpot add-on let’s you use the HubSpot Lead API to send your Gravity Forms based landing page leads directly to HubSpot. All you need to do is add one setting and check a box when configuring your forms.  All your form entries will then be added to HubSpot from now on. Integrating with HubSpot has never been so simple.

You can grab the plugin right here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hubspot-for-gravity-forms/

Lightbox Plus Gallery Tutorial

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Learn how to add fancy lightbox effects to your images in WordPress. You can add the lightbox effect to individual images or all images, and your photo galleries. Lightbox Plus is a small easy to use lightweight plugin. It’s a good compliment to the more powerful and more complicated NextGEN Gallery.

From Lightbox Plus (fancy photos) @ Using WordPress

Lightbox Plus Gallery Tutorial
Lightbox Plus Gallery Tutorial

Many thanks to the creator of this wonderful tutorial!

Going to be @SXSW Interactive

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SXSW Interactive
SXSW Interactive

I’ll be at SXSW Interactive later this week. I’m not sure which talks, panels and events I’m going to attend just yet.  I do plan on attending at least one or two of the keynotes – hopefully the Ray Kurzweil conversation with Lev Grossman “Expanding Our Intelligence Without Limit” and Jennifer Pahlka’s “Coding the Next Chapter of American History“.  Quite a few of the featured sessions look good too.

If you’re going too there leave me a comment about what events you might be attending.

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