I came across this great Wordpress plugin yesterday called Sidebar Login. Like the name says, it lets you place a login form in your WordPress sidebar so you can bypass the typical WP login screen. I thought the plugin would be a nice addition to a site I’m finishing up at work. Here’s what it looks like on my site:
While browsing through my RSS feeds last week I came across a post over at WebResourcesDepot about this really slick MySQL admin utility called SQL Buddy. It’s written in PHP and Ajaxed to the max! And it’s free! Needless to say I downloaded and tested it out immediately.
One of the best features for web developers in Mac OSX Leopard is the inclusion of PHP and Apache. By default both are inactive and require you to get them ready for business. I will outline how to do this as well as get MySQL up and running so you can have a local development setup right on your Mac!
It’s all pretty easy to do but requires a little attention to detail in parts. So lets get started.
