The home of Eric Sizemore aka SecondVersion.
Posts about programming (specifically PHP).
For the past two years, I’ve been fortunate to use JetBrains‘ excellent PHPStorm IDE through their Open Source Program. The free license gave me access to all the powerful development tools I could need, and significantly enhanced my productivity as a developer. The Unexpected Change Recently, I was sent an email stating that my license … Read more
Hello everyone. I know it has been quite some time since my last post to this blog. I am not as involved in the domain name industry and community as I once was. Some of you may remember me from the NamePros domain name forum. At one time, I had a rather popular open source … Read more
New versions of my Simple Counter and Simple Contact Form projects have been released. These updates mainly focus on minor changes and bug fixes. It is recommended for current users of both projects to update; however, it is not required. Please head on over to my download section where you can download the archives, or … Read more
Today I will show you how to create a redirect when needing to place a site under maintenance. The method I prefer to use involves .htaccess. By using the following code within a .htaccess file, you will be able to direct visitors to a maintenance page no matter which part of your site they request. … Read more
By default, WordPress adds a “generator” meta tag to your site header HTML. The content of the tag contains “WordPress” and the version you are running. For example: WordPress 3.1.3 With a simple edit of your theme functions.php file, you can either remove or alter this tag to add a small, additional layer of security. … Read more