I came across a common problem among photographers: lack of storage space. With RAW images at 20MB/file, my hard drive is filling up quickly. I came up with a plan to filter images directly on the SD Card before I copy to the local machine. Since I save both JPG and RAW images on the…
While getting started on Xamarin Android, I had trouble installing the app on my LG v20 phone. I kept seeing the message “App not installed” and could not figure out why? I knew my phone’s debug settings were correct. I spent some time searching online and then came to the conclusion that I needed to…
I just got the Oshiro 60mm on Amazon for my Panasonic Lumix G7. I’m using it with a Fotasy adapter. There’s no stabilization in the lens so it’s something to be aware of. In terms of the macro shots – all I can say is WOW!! It’s superb. If you plan on purchasing the lens,…
I was able to get my hands on this lens and let me tell you – it’s fantastic! This lens is great for low-light shots and combined with the speedbooster, you get an extra stop of light. With f/1.8, it lives up to its expectations! The additional stop makes it a f/1.2 (or f/2.4 in…
Often, performance on a website isn’t what it needs to be. One way you can improve performance is to cache files to the local disk. On Azure App Service Web Apps, an application can access the local disk at D:\local\temp. This location is specific to each instance. Due to the nature of Platform-as-a-service, this location…
I’m running Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) on Windows 10. I downloaded a Git repo under the WSL mount. I noticed that whenever I used Windows/Visual Studio Code to save files, the permissions would reset to 000. I spoke with a colleague and his setup was different than mine. I had the Git repo inside WSL mount….
App Service Assistant is a WordPress plugin that provides details on important settings and configuration. This can be helpful to troubleshoot WordPress issues. Information such as current theme, theme path, WP defines, plugins, php_errors.log (if enabled), debug.log (if enabled), user.ini, app settings. Installing this plugin is a cinch! Just follow the steps below to get it…
This post discusses how to use the Azure Web App Site Extension, WordPress Buddy+, to import a WordPress MySQL Database (.sql file) into MySQL In-App. If you haven’t already, review and install (link here) the WordPress Buddy+ Site Extension for Azure Web Apps. The steps below require MySQL In-App to be enabled. Import Steps From Kudu CMD…
WordPress Buddy+ is an Azure Web Apps Site Extension that facilitates WordPress configuration and especially useful for WordPress migrations. It has features for updating HOME and SITE_URL, viewing list of plugins and updating passwords. In addition, it can also help migrate the MySQL database, whether it be MySQL In-App, ClearDB or on a Virtual Machine…
Content Management Systems such as WordPress, Drupal, Joomla contain the database credentials within a configuration file. If you decide to use MySQL In-App for development purposes, you will quickly realize that you need to modify these credentials to work with MySQL In-App. Below is a table containing the default configuration, followed by In-App credentials and…
