This assumes that you are using Lighttpd as your web server. But this trick should work with all web servers. If you are using Lighttpd, add the following line to your site settings in lighttpd.conf. You now need to restart Lighttpd. Now login to your wp-admin console and change the permalink URL to resemble the following. That’s it! You’re done. The simple, easy, elegant way to get WordPress to work without showing the index.php. Update: If you do not wish to use the 404 trick, there is another way to accomplish the same thing by using a mod\rewrite rule. The following example illustrates how to use mod\rewrite to accomplish the same thing as we did above with the 404 error handler.
If you are using Ubunutu, there are a couple of packages that you need first. This command should get you what you need. Now, let’s edit the /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf file. You need to add mod\_fastcgi to your server.modules line. It should look something like this when you’re done. Now let’s add the fastcgi.server settings so that it knows what to do with a .php page. Now we need to make index.php pages part of the normal start pages. Lastly, we simply need to change the document-root to point to our wordpress installation. It should look something like this. Now run these few commands to stop Apache, make sure it doesn’t start again, start Lighttpd, and make sure it automatically starts for you. That’s it! Enjoy WordPress running on Lighttpd!
It sounds like a harmless word. Perhaps even a good one. But the word entitlement can be quite a dirty word. Let’s look at 2 examples of why that might be. Scenario 1 – The Commute You are driving along in your car on a 2 lane road cruising along at 60 Mph, the speed limit. Out of nowhere a car pulls out in front of you and you have to slow down to avoid hitting it. To make matters worse, they are driving at 55Mph – under the speed limit. Remember, you are only on a 2-lane road. The law states that you cannot pass over a double-yellow line, and there is most certainly one present. You may feel entitled to pass the person because they cut you off and are driving under the speed limit. The right thing to do is to stay behind them and to keep a safe distance. But that feeling of entitlement can become overwhelming to some people and may make you want to tailgate them, break the law, or worse – break the law and then slam on your breaks in front of them to show them how it...
There are three types of contributors of change; Instigators of Change, Implementers of Change, and Resistors of Change. Each of these people are vital if any business is going to succeed. Here’s why. Instigators of Change are the people with uncontrollable passion. They may often have ungrounded ideas, but their ideas might also be essential to the business’ success. Many times, these are the people who are focused on the reward and oblivious of the risk. Implementers of Change are the people with the technical skills needed to implement just about anything. They often possess seemingly unbounded knowledge, and bring tremendously creative solutions to match equally difficult challenges. Resistors of Change are the people who are usually the doubters. They often fear change, and have a self-serving vested interest in averting it. Many times, these are the people who are focused on the risk and unconvinced of the reward. We need all three types of people to be successful. ...
Many of us have experienced stress at the job. Perhaps we feel a muscle twitch, a migraine headache, or even our blood pressure might skyrocket. Is there anything that we can do to be less stressed? Let’s explore. Empowerment is stress reducing. Enabling others to make as many decisions as is prudent is one way of reducing their stress. Having less on our plate reduces our stress. The long way may take longer than taking shortcuts, but doing so will reduce stress later on. When facing the choice, always try to avoid taking shortcuts. Do things the right way the first time. Be direct when communicating with others. Avoiding confrontation is many times a precursor to passive aggressive behavior. Whether you are the aggressor or the subject of the aggression, both parties will be subjected to stress. It is always better for us to directly communicate with others, especially when our opinions differ. Inform the uninformed. Working for someone who shoots first and asks...
A simple-minded approach toward solving problems deals in black and white. Just as a physics puzzle without friction or resistance is easy to solve, so too are these black and white simple-minded puzzles. But the world is complex. There is friction, and there is resistance. When lightning is about to strike, it does not abort because there is no superconductive object below. No sir. Rather, it selects the object with the least resistance to the ground. Lightning does not require that ideal conditions are satisfied. It only requires that the bare minimum conditions are satisfied. Too often, I see people make the mistake of focusing so much on ‘ideal’ conditions that they fail to succeed in their goals. When the path with no resistance is unavailable, the path with the least resistance might just be the best one to take.
Is it better to be busy or bored? That’s the question that many of us already have an answer to but never really stop to give it much thought. When we are busy, time flies. Those are the days where there just is not enough time to get everything done that we wish to do. At the end of the day, we usually feel accomplished, but exhausted. When we are bored, those are the days that drag. We watch the clock and think, “For goodness sake, let this day be over already!” At the end of the day, we usually feel exhausted, and unaccomplished. Most of us seek that feeling of accomplishment, and for those of us – it is far better to be busy. However, being too busy can sometimes stunt a career. Let’s consider the self-motivated email administrator. Every day she comes to work and is inundated with account updates and email related tasks. The day completes before her work is finished, leaving no time for her to gain experience in other areas of administration, such as VPN or...
Perception is simply an interpretation of facts. Knowing only a subset of facts might yield a different perception than knowing the full set of facts. When managing a team, it is important to ask enough questions to gather a complete set of facts/details. A manager who is overworked might try to cut corners by not asking questions and making gut decisions based on incomplete information. Most often, these are bad decisions. Making bad decisions not only demoralizes the team, but it also hurts the organization that you work for. Always ask questions. Always collect all of the facts. Then make decisions. Never make decisions without all of the facts. Have I used the word “facts” enough? I think you get my point.