Author: John Walker
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How to convert an entire MySQL database character set and collation to UTF-8?
I found myself in need of upgrading a number of older wordpress sites to change from the old latin1_swedish_ci to UTF-8, both the character set and collation. I utilized a command line SQL prompt to accomplish this. Modify the appropriate parameters “test” for your database, and “yourpasswordhere” with your password, ymmv, and have fun. I am…
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Moodle “version 5.5.31 is required and you are running 5.5.5.10.0.X”
I received this error message upgrading an older Moodle installation this weekend to Fedora 21 and Moodle 2.8.2+. Information on the forums on moodle.org was less than gratifying with little or no work done to explain an answer, merely pontificate about this or that, or my favorite, ask for more information. Many folks posted less helpful…
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Choosing the Platform
Choosing a platform upon which to teach or blog or run a server is a crucial step. It isn’t simply that it is important to consider which is the latest and greatest, nor to discard that as often a newly developed system gives a much needed thorough housecleaning; however, it helps to consider which platform…
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First Step After Using Fedup To Install Fedora 21
The primary problem this post addresses is removing old versions of the Kernel as Grub is apparently not booting the version it is visually confirming that it is booting. The details are that on my first three Fedora 21 installations I used FedUp to upgraded existing Fedora installations with some unusual but simple to fix…