What to do when Eclipse won’t start
After I installed Eclipse on a new iMac, I used it for several days and everything seemed OK. Then, suddenly, it stopped launching. No bouncing icon in the dock, no splash screen, just no response
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Category: Web Building
What to do when Git commands fail on a Mac with invalid active developer error
If you are using a Mac, and trying to run any Git commands results in an error like: xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrun On OS X, Git and many other
Continue readingHow to fix a Share that is not shown in Computer Management in Windows Server 2012 R2
There are always a few gotchas when migrating between Windows Server versions. In older Windows Server versions, shares I created by right clicking a folder and selecting Properties > Sharing would also be editable within
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How to restore the missing “x” in a JQuery UI dialog Close button
When building a new online course, we noticed that the “x” was missing from the jQuery UI dialog Close button in the upper right corner of the title bar. The image below shows the close
Continue readingIIS 7 error – can’t bind new SSL certificate to a website
On attempting to bind a new SSL certificate to a website in IIS7, if you get the error A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated …there are several workarounds
Continue readingBBedit Grep Search: Strip HTML tags from every line
BBEdit’s Grep Search is a very handy tool for cleaning long text files. I recently had to move a form from a webpage into Qualtrics. In the original form there is a list of about
Continue readingJavascript: Using a string as a function
I’m working on a game framework where “trigger” objects have a property “clickhandler” that contains the name of the function to be executed on click. All items in the game are listed with their properties
Continue readingIIS 7 error: cannot write configuration file when trying to bind an SSL certificate to a site
When binding a new certificate to a site in IIS Manager, if you get an errror like: filename: \\?\C:\Windows\system32\inetserv\config\applicationHost.config Error: cannot write configuration file …try restarting the server before trying anything else! This error looks
Continue readingTroubleshooting database imports on hostgator or other shared hosts
When restoring an old MySQL-based site on Hostgator, I tried to use phpMyAdmin to import the database dump-file. It failed to import no matter how I cut the file up into segments or compressed it.
Continue readingIOS7 Visual Accessibility
Is there anyone over the age of 45 who thinks iOS 7 hasn’t been a visual disaster? I’ve been using the iOS7 interface for quite a few months now, and having seen my friends and
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