January 24th, 2012
I was writing a little script to make my Click to Call product talk nicely with JQuery and encountered many problems – so I thought I would put some of the problems and my solutions to them.
Firstly, the goal was to create a ‘dynamic’ version of the click to call service – which previously has been hardcoded using element ID’s with remote javascript.
So the first goal was removing all that and using classes and relying on the DOM to make sure I had the correct elements selected.
The Click to Call system uses a timer with a curl request to the switch to monitor progress of the call – so I needed to make sure I had state and kept track of which ‘click to call’ form was being used.
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December 30th, 2011
Here are some nifty commands to backup a directory:
ssh user@host "tar zcf - /the/dir/" > filename.tgz
And then to backup a database
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December 1st, 2011
Just rebuilding a server of mine and realised I should document the install process required to run my java app on my debian linux server. Few assumptions made here, but this should get you and your app up and running pretty easily.
First of, grab java from sun.com. At the time of writing, this worked for me.
cd /usr/src/
wget http://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/VerifyItem-Start/jdk-6u24-linux-x64.bin?BundledLineItemUUID=Q9.J_hCyVlIAAAEvskMIRCSC&OrderID=8nOJ_hCy5FEAAAEvoUMIRCSC$
chmod +x jdk-6u24-linux-x64.bin\?BundledLineItemUUID\=Q9.J_hCyVlIAAAEvskMIRCSC
./jdk-6u24-linux-x64.bin\?BundledLineItemUUID\=Q9.J_hCyVlIAAAEvskMIRCSC
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November 14th, 2011
Following on from my previous article, here is part 2 in the series on the common questions I get asked by my customers about 1300 numbers and 1800 numbers.
Can I get a number that makes a word?
Yes, you certainly can. Firstly, let me explain: there are 2x kinds of inbound numbers. Numbers from the public list which are free, and premium numbers. If your looking for a word, or specific sequence of numbers you will need to purchase the premium number from Smartnumbers, a branch of the ACMA (government body).
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November 14th, 2011
I get asked by almost every single customer to explain how 1300 numbers work on a daily basis, so this has prompted me to write a series of articles asking and answering some of the common questions I receive. I am going to put these articles up in simple1300numbers as well as information for my customers.
The first set of questions we have is:
How do 1300 Numbers work?
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