Yann "Bug" Dubois

Développeur WordPress freelance à Paris
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Adding a dynamic administrable menu to an existing WordPress theme

20 July 2011 - 11h52 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, WordPress

Ever since WordPress 3.0 was released, the TwentyTen theme bundled with the distribution has included a feature do dynamically manage the content and organization of menu items from inside the WordPress administration interface. Here’s a step-by-step guide to integrate that feature to any existing WP theme.

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How to make sure that WordPress automatic install and upgrade work

18 July 2011 - 18h10 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, WordPress

When file permissions are not setup the way it expects, WordPress cannot use the automatic upgrade feature and prompts you for FTP or SFTP credentials to perform any upgrade on a theme, plugin or the core WP files. This happens even when WordPress does have actual write permissions on the files that need to be upgraded.

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LM555-based oscillator circuit on-line calculator

4 November 2010 - 19h14 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, tech

The LM 555 IC timer chipHere is a quick and very simple way to calculate all linear component specifications of a LM 555 type timer IC chip based astable oscillator electronic circuit. This will give you resulting frequencies and pulse width for different resistor and capacitor values arranged in the provided classic circuit diagram.

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What’s inside a Canon Powershot G10

30 September 2010 - 16h02 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, tech

Wear and tear have finally overcome. This Canon Powershot G10 has a stuck lens, and the warranty has long expired. I decided to take it apart to see if there is something to be done about it. I took some photographs of the tear-down process, and here is a detailed inside view of the camera.

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How to configure a dedicated Debian server for LAMP

29 September 2010 - 18h42 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, tech

Here is a short memo that I use for quickly reinstalling an operational configuration under Debian / Apache2 / PHP5 / Mysql for hosting web sites on a dedicated GNU/Linux hosted server. This configuration also includes eAccelerator and basic supervision and administration tools (Munin, phpsysinfo, mtop, PhpmyAdmin, AWStats). It is directly operational and sufficiently secured for a standard install (as long as packages are regularly updated). Anyways it works for me©®™.

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DIY: Turn your GNU/Linux computer into a free oscilloscope

29 September 2010 - 01h48 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, tech

Any serious hobbyist-grade two-channel digital oscilloscope is worth a few hundred bucks, with professional lab models reaching into the few thousands. One way to avoid spending too much on such a versatile equipment is to use a personal desktop or laptop computer as a digital oscilloscope. Commercially available plug-and-play probing interfaces and compatible software and drivers are still quite an expensive option. Alternatively, here is a way to turn any GNU/Linux computer with an integrated sound board into a free digital oscilloscope using free software and custom-built probes. Just follow this step-by-step visual guide.

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Recommended Readings

17 September 2010 - 15h43 Par : Y.Dubois Catégorie : English, tech

Here are a few books about computing science, the web industry, programming and key programming figures that I have been (re-)reading lately. I strongly recommend each of those.

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